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  1 June 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The valuable contribution of the Catholic community to the new political season Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "We have inaugurated a period of political stability. This is a good omen. In this phase, as in the past, the Catholic Church will make its valuable contribution to the spiritual, cultural, economi ...
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  1 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops for the presidential ballot: Strengthening democracy, the common good, excluding hatred and violence Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The leader of the left, Gustavo Petro, will face the independent Rodolfo Hernández, in the second presidential round scheduled in Colombia for June 19. In the first round of the presidential ele ...
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  1 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Nabad” peace! With peace and reconciliation everything is possible Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The election of Hassan Sceikh Mahamud, former president and founder of a private university, has received warm congratulations from international and regional leaders and has already moved the ...
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  31 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Celebrations in the Marian shrine Jabal al Tayr: around one million pilgrims expected Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than one million Egyptian pilgrims, both Coptic Christians and Muslims, are expected at the Marian Monastery-Shrine of Jabal al Tayr, near the city of Samalut, in the Egyptian pro ...
• 31 May 2022
  ASIA/LAOS - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Paksé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa, of the clergy of Paksé, Laos, until now apostolic administrator of Paksé, as vicar apostolic of the same vicariate ...
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  31 May 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries begins Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The XIX General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries, inspired by the biblical icon "I am the vine, you are the branches" (Jn 15.5), will take place from June 1 to 30, at the General House of the In ...
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  31 May 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Catholic school in America has a future, but the task ahead is not easy Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - " The Catholic school of America has a future!". With this conviction, the 27th Inter-American Congress of Catholic Education concluded in Mexico City on May 27 and 28, with the participatio ...
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  31 May 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians wanted to carry out the most humble jobs: the Punjab government puts an end to this practice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the notification from the government of the province of Punjab, issued last week, which states that all government offices will no longer have to indicate, in any announcement or publ ...
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  31 May 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Reducing Poverty and Improving Food Security in Baringo County, severely affected by climate change Baringo (Agenzia Fides) - Reducing poverty and building community resilience by improving food security and responding to climate change in Baringo County is the goal of a post-Covid-19 project, launched in May 2021, by ...
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  31 May 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Father Canetta: a new treaty to end the war in Europe Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "To try to unblock a very difficult negotiation, it is necessary to start from a proposal that can represent a starting platform. The proposal could be that of a new treaty, like the "Collective S ...
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  31 May 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Diploma in Communication and Catholic Media: "A difficult mission for which we must prepare" San Josè (Agenzia Fides) - According to information published by the Episcopal Conference, which reached Fides, the objective is to make communication in the local Church more professional. Monsignor Daniel Francisco Bl ...
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  30 May 2022
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Apostolic Prefect Marengo, appointed Cardinal: "That of the Pope is a missionary gesture" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am surprised and amazed by an unexpected moment of grace. I believe that the Pope's gesture was a missionary gesture, to express attention and care to a small community and to all the small comm ...
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  30 May 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Pizzaballa: this is what Charles del Foucauld tells us, the Saint who "did nothing" Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - What is striking about the Christian adventure of St. Charles de Foucauld is that, during his life, "he seems to have done nothing". He converted no one, founded nothing, and did not "bring hom ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Working to generate peace: to be ambassadors of peace in one's own Communities Lira (Agenzia Fides) - "Working to generate peace, respect for fundamental human rights and the dignity of everyone in every situation, are elements that require active participation of all political, civil and cultural ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA - Appeal from Africa for the 56th World Communications Day: "Let us rediscover the ability to listen to the other" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Only listening to the other allows us to lay the foundations in order to build a fruitful dialogue, a prerequisite for building a more just society. This is the synthesis of the messages launched b ...