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  1 September 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - An old Catholic church in Meghalaya state damaged and destroyed Tura (Agenzia Fides) - One of the oldest churches in the Garo Hills district, in the state of Meghalaya, in northeastern India, was destroyed by vandals. The attack has shocked the community in the town of Daram, where t ...
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  1 September 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Campaign for World Mission Sunday: This year's example country is Ethiopia Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Australia (PMS), Catholic Mission, will focus its Missionary October commitment on the Church of Ethiopia and local communities. Ca ...
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  31 August 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Cardinals: Church's mission stems from wonder and gratitude Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus' call to proclaim his Gospel should not be understood as a call to a missionary mobilization that is additional to the daily duties of life. The impulse to communicate the salvation of Christ ...
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  31 August 2022
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A project to support young mothers and their children Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 570 young mothers and their children are receiving assistance from the HELINA project, an aid program run by the Catholic Relief Services for young mothers and their children in the ...
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  31 August 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A family home built by the missionaries for the albinos of Tanzania Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - In the new building of the Society for African Missions in the city of Mwanza, fourteen boys and girls find a safe home, quality education, good living conditions, but above all the affection and ...
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  31 August 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Young people: in the Bible the source of evangelization and the path to Heaven Bagerhat (Agenzia Fides) - A copy of the Bible in one's hands, as a source of grace and as a sign of being ready to witness and announce the Word of God. In this way, more than 130 young Catholics from the diocese of Khu ...
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  31 August 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Month of the Bible: “Let us also share the experience of the disciples on the road to Emmaus” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Under the motto "The Disciples on the road to Emmaus", the Biblical team of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care has organized a series of special activities for the M ...
• 31 August 2022
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Esteban Ramon Kross Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 28, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, confirmed Fr. Esteban Ramon Kross, of the diocesan clergy of Paramaribo, Suriname, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 31 August 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Msgr. Esteban Lo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 6, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, confirmed Msgr. Esteban Lo, LRMI (Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Institute), of the archdiocesan clergy of Manila as National Director of the Pontific ...
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  31 August 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic church vandalized in Punjab Patti (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic church has been the victim of an attack in the Indian state of Punjab, in the north of the country. A statue of the Virgin Mary was damaged and a priest's vehicle was burned in Patti. ...
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  30 August 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to save the life of a human rights activist threatened with death Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Congolese human rights activist from Kasogomba is in danger of death. According to a note from the Coordination de la Société Civile du Hauts Plateaux à Milimba, sent to Fides through miss ...
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  30 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi grants land for the construction of the "Bambino Gesù" Pediatric Hospital in Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the first African pediatric hospital to bear the name of the Child Jesus and will belong to the Coptic Catholic Church. It will guarantee health care for children and pregnant women in ...
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  30 August 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Singapore's first Cardinal promotes religious harmony with a research institute Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The first Cardinal of Singapore, Archbishop William Goh, assures that he will promote religious harmony in Asia by strengthening dialogue between different religions. "Interreligious dialogue ...
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  30 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Living with Dignity and Freedom: Dosso Mission Summer Camp for Blind Children Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Our appeal was followed by all, the children and young people and their families", says to Fides Fr. Raphael Casamayor, of the Society for African Missions in Niger, about the recent initiatives ...
• 30 August 2022
  OCEANIA/AMERICAN SAMOA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Kolio Etuale, of the clergy of the diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, until now chancellor and rector of the Holy Family Cathedral, Fatu- ...