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  17 October 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Famine in refugee camps: children and young people search for food in the garbage Nyala (Agenza Fides) - In the Otash refugee camp in the town of Nyala, southern Darfur, in the face of a food crisis that continues to worsen, children are also forced to look for food in the rubbish. The head of the ref ...
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  17 October 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Exploitation and environmental damage: “We must fight the problem of illegal gold diggers together” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot continue like this" says Fr. Dieu-Donne Kofi Davor, Director of Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Ghana, who was part of the delegation of different Christian confessions th ...
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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Signs of the Times": Social Media Mission by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - For years, the daily life of a large part of the Chinese population has been characterized by the use of the news app "Wechat" from the Chinese company "Tencent Holdings". The com ...
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  17 October 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops call for judicial reform: Human dignity and human rights must be the focus La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Gospel, the woman, the widow, wanted justice, and had to deal with a judge who didn't care about God or men, it seems that she lived in Bolivia, where many are asking for a reform of just ...
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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The baptized pray the Rosary for peace in Korea and Ukraine Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer to Mary moves mountains; the "impossible causes" are entrusted to the Mother of God through the prayers of the Rosary, recited in community. With this certainty of faith, the Catholics of t ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Eviction for Christian refugees in Baghdad: the building where they live must become a shopping center Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014 they had to flee Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. They had abandoned their homes and all their belongings in the face of the advance of so-called Islamic Stat ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - World Mission Month campaign goes to places of pain and healing Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The World Mission Month campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies in East Timor goes to prisons, hospitals, homes for the elderly. The focus of the initiatives that take place throughout the mon ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The anniversary of the Second Vatican Council commemorated with an interreligious round table Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council is commemorated in Indonesia with two special meetings today, October 15: one at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the "Sanata Dharma U ...
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  14 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Court of Appeal drops charges against Biafran separatist leader Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - With a unanimous decision of all three judges who followed the case, the Nigerian Court of Appeal has withdrawn the charges of terrorism against the separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Court of Ap ...
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  14 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity affects the living conditions of the local population and internally displaced persons Bourzanga (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Bourzanga, in northern Burkina Faso, is difficult to access due to the presence of armed groups along the road. This uncertainty is also affecting an aid program initiated by the C ...
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  14 October 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the opening of the borders: Bishops of Venezuela and Colombia discuss migration and warn of a humanitarian crisis Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conferences of Venezuela and Colombia have been in constant contact for many years to exchange ideas, proposals and work plans for the benefit of the ecclesial communities of both ...
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  14 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops encourage the faithful to physically return to mass in churches Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the parish of St. Anthony, run by the Franciscans, in Forbes Park, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the Makati district, the economic and financial heart of Manila, before the pandem ...
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  14 October 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: missionaries have often discovered that the Holy Spirit had arrived before them Rome (Agenzia Fides) - If Christian communities look only at themselves, instead of bringing the word of Jesus to everyone, "they end up dying". While the Gospel, meeting different peoples and cultures, "is given back to ...
• 13 October 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Mariannhill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mariannhill, South Africa, presented by Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane. He is succeeded by Bishop Neil ...
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  13 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In October, pilgrimages to Marian places flourish throughout Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian shrine "Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni" in the Indonesian city of Medan, in the north of the island of Sumatra, looks from the outside like a Buddhist temple with Indian and Chinese el ...