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  26 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "Jobs have to be created especially in rural areas" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Pretoria on August 24 to protest against the worsening economic conditions. The protest was organized by the eight unions, which called for govern ...
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  25 August 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops warn of increases in drug abuse in schools Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the growing frequency of drug abuse and violence in our schools". This is the cry of alarm launched by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda, an Anglopho ...
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  25 August 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Church publishes salaries of bishops and priests Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Chaldean Church, gathered in Baghdad on the occasion of the annual Synodal Assembly, have, among other things, established and published the salary levels for bishops and prie ...
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  24 August 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Armenian Catholic Bishops: May Saint Nerses "the gracious" be recognized as the Patron saint of unity among the Churches Bzommar (Agenzia Fides) - Given the current historical processes that are pitting peoples against each other and also endangering unity among Christians, the proposal of the Catholic Armenian Bishops deserves special att ...
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  24 August 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Resumption of fighting in Tigray: government and rebels accuse each other of having interrupted the truce Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - War resumes in Tigray, the region in northern Ethiopia, devastated by the conflict that broke out in November 2020. "The Ethiopian forces, together with the special forces and the Amhara mi ...
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  24 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Unconditional release" of the 4 Nigerian nuns kidnapped on Sunday Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With hearts full of joy the sisters of Jesus the Saviour wish to announce the unconditional and safe release of four of our sisters, who were abducted around Okigwe-Umulolo axis on August 21, 202 ...
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  23 August 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - The alarm of Chaldean Patriarch Sako: world crisis and war in Ukraine aggravate the "alarming" exodus of Christians from the Middle East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The world economic crisis and the global situation marked by the Russian military invasion in Ukraine are also having serious effects on the network of charitable and social works promoted by th ...
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  23 August 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - President of CEAST: "May tomorrow's vote take place in a spirit of peace, reconciliation, unity and fraternity" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "May the Angolan people show on August 24 the maturity that they have always shown at other times and may political leaders abandon all resentment, all hatred, and not seek power for power's sake ...
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  22 August 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - For the first time in the history of the Turkish Republic, an Armenian becomes Governor of a district Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - His name is Berk Acar and he is 27 years old and is the first Armenian Christian to become governor of a district in the history of the Republic of Turkey. The news, echoed by the Turkish media ...
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  22 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Four nuns kidnapped in south-east Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Four nuns of the Sisters of Jesus the Savior have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Four nuns Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu were abducted while traveling on the Oki ...
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  22 August 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From the Silsilah Movement a call for dialogue and peace Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Since 1984 we have been promoting the culture of dialogue as a path to peace in Mindanao, in the southern Philippines and throughout the world. Today we resume our journey with an even more ...
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  20 August 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Violence in the east of the country: at least 21 dead in attack on gold mine in Bigaragara Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Various armed groups led by former leaders of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) named Makanika, Sematama, Mitabu and their allies have carried out another massacre of civilians and miners in ...
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  20 August 2022
  ASIA - The mission of the Church in Asia: 50th General Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - On August 22nd, at the Shrine of Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung in Bangkok, Thailand, the General Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) will open, during which - ...
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  20 August 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - In Brampton: Park named after Catholic Pakistani Minister Shahbaz Bhatti Brampton (Agenzia Fides) - In the Canadian city of Brampton, near Toronto, a public park has been named after Clement Shahbaz Bhatti (1968-2011). The Catholic Pakistani politician was killed by terrorists on March 2, 201 ...
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  19 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Confiscate the assets of human traffickers": the campaign also promoted by the Catholic Church is underway Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Confiscate the assets of human traffickers". This was stated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja, Msgr. Anselm Umoren, who together with the president of the Justice, Peace and Development Commissio ...