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  12 August 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rights, education and religious freedom: effective laws and policies for the protection of minorities are urgently needed Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The government must introduce legal and administrative guarantees to protect minorities from human rights violations, take serious measures to stop forced religious conversions, prevent the mi ...
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  12 August 2022
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - The Bishop: “The road to dialogue is marked by uncertainty” Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "If I had to summarize the situation eSwatini finds itself in, I would use the term 'uncertainty'. This is the state of mind that best represents and characterizes the situation for some time an ...
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  12 August 2022
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council: Spiritual accompaniment on a common path Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Spiritual accompaniment on a common path: this is the mission accomplished in 55 years by the Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, a Catholic voluntary organization founded in 1965 by ...
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  11 August 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - 2022 Census: Catholic Church calls for participation Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in East Timor is calling on the population to take part in the forthcoming general census, scheduled for autumn 2022, which will officially start next August 15th. The Office of ...
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  11 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks on church in Owo: Suspected responsible arrested Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two other people suspected of being responsible for the massacre on Pentecost Sunday (June 5) at the Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier in Owo, state of Ondo (see Fides 6/6/2022) have now been ...
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  11 August 2022
  ASIA/JAPAN - Peace is everyone's responsibility Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a year in which peace has been trampled upon. The dignity of life and its protection are neglected. During our ten days of prayer for peace this year we find ourselves in the midst of a n ...
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  10 August 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minority Day: August 11 is meant to commemorate the rights of all Pakistani citizens Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's start with the question of forced conversions, a scourge in the life of Pakistan's religious minorities. This painful mentality goes hand in hand with extremely worrying factors such as ...
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  10 August 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Barbarism in Kikwit: a priest murdered by armed bandits Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai of Kikwit, is deeply saddened to announce to his faithful and to all people of good will the sad news of the death of Father Godefroid Pembele Mandon. We recom ...
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  10 August 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Archdiocese of Lilongwe begins the diocesan Synod Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On July 30, in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe in Malawi, the 2022-2023 "Discerning with the Holy Spirit". It is the third diocesan synod after that of 1973-1975 convened by Bishop Patrick Kalilomb ...
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  10 August 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of Xi Tang in Beijing on a synodal journey towards the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In the framework of the "Year of the Son of God", which will be celebrated in 2022, the parish of Xi Tang in the Archdiocese of Beijing, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, is ...
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  9 August 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Personalized video messages for World Mission Sunday New York (Agenzia Fides) - Personalized messages at local level are to be created as part of the campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States for World Mission Day. This year, the directors and coll ...
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  9 August 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The vocation of the young people of "Jesus Youth": "Disciples and missionaries to proclaim the love of God" Ayubia (Agenzia Fides) - "As young Catholics we are also missionary disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are called to fulfill a mission of healing and renewal of life. We are the hands and feet of Jesus Christ, we wal ...
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  9 August 2022
  ASIA - Young people in the footsteps of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Shymkent (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people in the countries of Central Asia should know that they are not alone on their way to holiness, but that there are many of their peers who share the same ideals. They should know w ...
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  9 August 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Jubilee year of the Pontifical Mission Societies: conveying the message through music Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In view of missionary October and the Sunday dedicated to the missions, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Malawi presented two songs last Sunday, one in English and one in the local Chi ...
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  8 August 2022
  VATICAN - Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, passed away at the age of 98 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With deep sadness and gratitude for the service rendered, the collaborators of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization received the news of the death of Slovak Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefe ...