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  18 May 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Elections, Father Zgheib: no one has really won, no one has really lost. It is time to seek a Great Compromise Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - From the scrutiny of the Lebanese parliamentary elections held on Sunday, May 15, a political framework emerges that is in danger of ending in paralysis, marked both by the fragmentation of polit ...
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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?" asks the Bishop of Nsukka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?", asks His Exc. Mgr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, Bishop of Nsukka, in the State of Enugu (south-eastern Nigeria), saying he ...
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  18 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Sister Churches": collection of Pentecost for the mission in Mozambique Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Rio Grande do Sul (Regional Sul 3) took over the project of Mission Ad Gentes in the Archdiocese of Nampula, Mozambique, 28 years ago. Since 1994, nearly 70 missionaries have ...
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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The work of formation of priests is a global and continuous effort on the part of the whole community" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - After five years of being closed, Saint Joseph Minor Seminary, a secondary school that welcomes 92 seminarians in the Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio, reopened its doors on May 11. "Le ...
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  18 May 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops' appeal: "The wave of corruption and criminality that is devastating our society is unacceptable" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "As Pastors of the people of God, we launch a vehement appeal to stem the tide of violence and delinquency that affects our nation": this is what the Bishops of Costa Rica ask in the declarati ...
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  18 May 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The lay faithful participate in the synodal journey and in the evangelizing mission of the Church Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Lay Catholics in the city of Dhaka enthusiastically participate in the different groups organized by the Church for the synodal journey. Recently, more than 40 Christian lawyers participated in a ...
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  18 May 2022
  VATICAN - A historic assembly to look to the future starting from the roots Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - "A historic assembly", this is how Archbishop Dal Toso, President of the PMS, defined the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies, underway in Lyon, in his introduction which in fac ...
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  18 May 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Everyone has the right to a better life: the commitment of the "Nanjing Ark Charity Foundation" for the disabled Nanjing (Agenzia Fides) - "For a pair of chopsticks" is the theme of the charity campaign launched in 2021 by the "Nanjing Ark Charity Foundation", the charitable foundation of the Catholic community of Nanjing, capital ...
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  17 May 2022
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Beatification of Pauline Jaricot in Lyon: local initiatives and events Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Lyon is preparing for the beatification celebrations next Sunday for the foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Pauline Jaricot (see Fides, 3/5/2022). In the course ...
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  17 May 2022
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father Francis to the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies gathered in Lyon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish below the Message that the Holy Father Francis has sent to the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) on the occasion of the opening of the General Assembly which is taking place in ...
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  17 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Communication Week: "Listening with the ear of the heart" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - For the third consecutive year, Pascom Brasil (Pastoral Care of Communication-Brazil) will celebrate the Week of Communication, in preparation for the 56th World Day of Social Communications, ( ...
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  17 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - "I have never regretted converting to Christianity" Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not easy to be a Christian in Niger today, and even more so after the jihadism fueled by movements such as Al Qaeda or Boko Haram, present in the country", writes to Fides Fr. Rafael Casama ...
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  17 May 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Church officials after Israeli police intervention against funeral procession: "Violation of international norms" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The attack by the Israeli police on the funeral procession of the Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was killed on Wednesday 11th May during a raid by the Israeli army on a refugee ...
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  17 May 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops on National Day: "Independence is neither complete nor possible without charity" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "The independence of the homeland is neither complete nor possible without mutual love between Paraguayan brothers and sisters, following the example of Jesus", writes the President of the Par ...
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  17 May 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Vesak Festival: Buddhists and Christians together for a better world Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The festival of Vesak, celebrated by Buddhists all over the world to commemorate the birth of Buddha, touches most Vietnamese people deeply. It is an opportunity for many of the country's citizens ...