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  7 April 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - Vocations, families, synodal journey among the topics addressed by the Bishops in the Plenary Assembly Havana (Agenzia Fides) - From March, 28 to 31, the 159th Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba was held at the Casa de Retiros y Convivencias de El Cobre, which was attended by almost all the Bi ...
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  7 April 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Silsilah" movement: "Ramadan, time to deepen faith and dialogue" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the month of Ramadan in the Philippines coincides with the period of the electoral campaign for national and local elections; we also live it in conjunction with the alarming period ...
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  6 April 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: God bless the visit of Pope Francis to Lebanese land Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite bishops "express their joy at the news of the visit of Pope Francis to Lebanon, which is on the agenda for the month of June". They do so at the end of the meeting which saw them me ...
• 6 April 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kokstad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Fr. Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M., currently Superior General of the Mariannhill Missionaries as Bishop of the Diocese of Kokstad (South Africa). Hi ...
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  6 April 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "We want to go home but we fear for our safety": the cry of Central African refugees in Cameroon to Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - More than 20,000 people, Central African refugees living in Gado-Badjeri, 26 km from Garoua-Boulai, on the road to Bertoua in Cameroon, have expressed their strong desire to return to the Central ...
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  6 April 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: "crises cannot be resolved with the suspension of rights" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, asked the government of President Pedro Castillo to cancel the decree on the prohibition of social mobility (curfew ...
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  6 April 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The community of Yalgo in shock after the kidnapping of an American missionary Kaya (Agenzia Fides) - "The diocese of Kaya joins in prayer for the release of Sister Suellen Tennyson, kidnapped on the night of Monday 4 to Tuesday 5 April 2022 in the parish of Yalgo, 110 kilometers from Kaya, the cap ...
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  6 April 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Online lessons for Salesian schools and activities for young people, while assistance to the population continues Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the war and all the difficulties, the Salesians in Ukraine continue to offer education and work for young people, putting the needs of others first and sharing every resource and every good ...
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  6 April 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The Apostolic Administrator: "Priests and missionaries are always needed" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "The decline of the impact of the coronavirus in Uzbekistan has led to a return of the international community, which in the last two years had diminished. This also has consequences for us: in ...
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  5 April 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops send the President-elect a document on the 7 challenges that society must face San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica have sent a letter to the President-elect of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, who won the ballot on Sunday, April 3 with 52.89% of the votes. In the letter, they ...
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  5 April 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Concern among Christian leaders: "Chaotic political situation Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a very embarrassing political situation in the country. I am sorry to say that politics these days is a type of selfish politics: all political leaders, including their parties, focus ...
• 5 April 2022
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Oita, His Exc. Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the rev. Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama, of the clergy of Fukuoka, currently Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Japan, as Bishop of the Diocese ...
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  5 April 2022
  EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - The loneliness of Dutch Catholics and the resumption of evangelization from small groups Utrecht (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Netherlands, together with Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen OFM, Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union, addressed the ...
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  5 April 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "The government should stop trying to play the ostrich and take urgent steps to ensure the safety of citizens" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The government should stop trying to play the ostrich as the nation profusely bleeds and take urgent steps to unmask these marauding terrorists who terrorize innocent Nigerians", say the Nigerian ...
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  5 April 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Archbishop Martinez Flores to the laity: "Go to the suburbs and announce the good news" Luque (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the collaboration of the lay faithful is precious and necessary also in pastoral tasks and activities directly linked to the life of the parish ... the fundamental mission of the laity i ...