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  12 April 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Before God there are no second-class children": Father Maccalli remembers the victims of jihadist terrorism Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "It is essential not to forget the 'anonimus' who are victims of violence and kidnappings by jihadist terrorism that rages in the Sahel. The names of some give a face and a history to local popula ...
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  12 April 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayer, relationship with Christ, new ways of evangelizing: the Beijing Seminary continues its synodal journey in the spirituality of Lent Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The life of prayer, the consolidation of the relationship with Christ in order to help the faithful who are facing a crisis of faith, the new ways of evangelizing in the midst of a pandemic: the ...
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  11 April 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Leo Raphael Ozigi's release confirmed; two priests still in the hands of the kidnappers Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The release of Father Leo Raphael Ozigi, parish priest of St. Mary's Church, Sarkin Pawa Village, Munya Local Government Area, Niger State, kidnapped on Sunday, March 27, has been confirmed (see ...
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  11 April 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Raï: the Pope's visit is a blessing for the people and a wake-up call for those in power Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the forthcoming visit of Pope Francis to Lebanon is "a blessing for the people, a hope for the Fatherland and a warning signal for the leaders". This is how the Lebanese Card ...
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  11 April 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Twelve university students, missionaries among the indigenous people of the Vicariate of Caroni San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - There are 12 young missionaries who from April 9 to 20, will dedicate the Easter period to evangelization among the peoples and indigenous communities of the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni ...
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  11 April 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Called to bear witness with our lives that the Lord is alive and risen": April 11, 1799, anniversary of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Artisans of fraternity, we inhabit the world with the desire to bring hope and promote many brothers and sisters. In fact, our commitment in the missions is to collaborate with the inhabitants of ...
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  11 April 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - An "international Easter Triduum" for the small Catholic community Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - At Easter 2022, liturgical and pastoral activities will resume, without restrictions, for the community of the Uzbek faithful. This is what Fr. Jerzy Maculewicz, OFM Conv., Apostolic Administra ...
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  11 April 2022
  VATICAN - Two missionary Bishops in Peru and Zambia recognized as "Venerables" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the audience granted on April 9 to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Holy Father Francis authorized the Congregation to promulgate some decree ...
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  11 April 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Sisters of Reparation: "We walk alongside the people, asking for peace and justice" Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "When the coup took place (February 1, 2021, ed.), I was in the Burmese state of Kayah. I also took part in the peaceful demonstrations of the Burmese people, sharing the feelings of the people, e ...
• 11 April 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Lindi and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 9, 2022 the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Lindi (Tanzania), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Bruno Pius Ngonyani. The Holy Father ...
• 11 April 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Katsina-ala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 9, 2022 the Holy Father Francis appointed Rev. Fr. Isaac Bunde Dugu, of the clergy of Gboko Diocese, currently Director of the Pastoral Agents Department of the Catholic Secretaria ...
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  9 April 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - In a book, the spirituality and missionary legacy of the first Malaysian Cardinal Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The spirituality, the "lesson and missionary legacy" of the first Cardinal of Malaysia are contained in a book entitled: "The Cardinal: The Life and Times of His Eminence Anthony Soter Card ...
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  9 April 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Hunger, insecurity, desertification will be at the center of the regional meeting of the Bishops of West Africa Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Fratelli Tutti: Path to building human fraternity and sustainable peace in West Africa". This is the theme of the plenary meeting of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) to b ...
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  9 April 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The kidnapping of Sister Tennyson, among the six Western hostages in the Sahel, has not yet been claimed Kaya (Agenzia Fides) - The kidnapping of Sister Suellen Tennyson, missionary of the Congregation of the Marianite Sisters of the Holy Cross, kidnapped by force on the night between April 4 and 5, 2022 (see Fides, 6/4/202 ...
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  9 April 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A new church built thanks to the donations of a Catholic layman Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic layman Solomon Hasda, a retired policeman of the Santal ethnic group, has donated funds and land to build a church in Chirgaou, in the diocese of Dinajpur, in northern Bangladesh. ...