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  24 May 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society groups call for inclusive census and electoral reform Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Confidence in a new population census can only be based on adequate preparation and participatory responsibility to guarantee a rapid, transparent and credible census. The results of the 6th ce ...
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  24 May 2022
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Pauline Jaricot's Living Rosary on an App Paris (Agenzia Fides) - "I want you to pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary": these are the words of the Virgin in Fatima, who appeared to three children to ask the whole world to pray the rosary. ...
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  23 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Theological faculties in the Middle East relaunch their mission: to announce the Gospel by listening to the "signs of the times" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The common reflection of Christian theologians who live and work in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa can nourish the communion between the Churches and ecclesial communities of th ...
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  23 May 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishop of Matagalpa "finds himself confined, in prayer and fasting"; solidarity from Costa Rica and Panama Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Managua "publicly reaffirms its closeness in prayer to all the people and families who suffer from the effects of the socio-political problems in which we Nicaraguans continue ...
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  23 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Allow me to visit the people who live in the bushes" asks the new Bishop of Yei Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Allow me to visit the people who live in the bushes", said the new consecrated Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yei on May 15, 2022, Msgr. Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo. "I would like to appeal to the ...
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  23 May 2022
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith confirmed in its charism and activity Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - "The beatification of Pauline Marie Jaricot is a confirmation of the importance of the charism of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith for the Church and underscores the unique n ...
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  23 May 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: May Pauline Jaricot's example arouse in everyone the desire to participate in spreading the Gospel in the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " This afternoon in Lyon, Pauline Marie Jericot, Foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith for the support of the missions, will be beatified", recalled Pope Francis yesterda ...
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  23 May 2022
  AFRICA - Food emergency in the Horn of Africa: the worst drought in the last forty years Gode (Agenzia Fides) - "We are running out of time, we need funds to save lives". The undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, returning from a very recent visit to Kenya, has raised a very strong alarm ...
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  23 May 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - After the latest crimes, the Bishops ask "once again everyone to lay down their weapons and put an end to all forms of violence" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "All the limits of violence and human respect are overcome when a man of God is attacked and another is attacked within the house of the Lord, who deserves all our respect. We ask everyone o ...
• 23 May 2022
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the Bishop of Christchurch, Msgr. Michael Andrew Gielen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 21, 2022, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen, until now titular of Abbir Maius and auxiliary of Auckland, as bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand. (SL) (Agenzia Fi ...
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  23 May 2022
  VATICAN - Pauline Jaricot is blessed: "She loved Christ, letting Him act through her" Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Pauline Marie Jaricot (1799-1862), the citizen of Lyon, foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, one of the four Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), was proclaimed bles ...
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  21 May 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "The power of hope must push us to participate responsibly in the democratic process" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Bishops of Colombia, on the occasion of the presidential elections, invite all Colombians to participate actively and consciously in the upcoming gatherings": this is how the messa ...
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  21 May 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Service to others, promotion of human rights, justice and peace: inauguration of the new house of the Lay Comboni Missionaries AFRICA/KENYA - Kitale (Agenzia Fides) - The ethnic Pokot population of Kitelakapel in Kenya has a new home for the Lay Comboni Missionaries (LMC). The Bishop of Kitale Diocese, Msgr. Maurice Anthony Crowley officially in ...
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  21 May 2022
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle: forming native priests, men and women religious for evangelization Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - " The work of evangelization cannot be carried out effectively without the help of priests, men and women religious, totally consecrated to this task. How to find these Priests, Men and Women Relig ...
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  21 May 2022
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Missionary Union: Formation, animation and missionary awareness with a fraternal and synodal style Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - "I will speak in Italian, the language of Blessed Paolo Manna, founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU)!": This is how Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, Secretary General of the PMU began his ...