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  2 April 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - What does God want from the young people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan? Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting the young Catholics of Central Asia, understanding their spiritual needs, giving them the proclamation of Christ: these are the objectives of the diocesan meeting of young people from ...
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  2 April 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Living the Gospel and accompanying young people": inauguration of a new community of the Missionaries of Mary Garoua (Agenzia Fides) - "For some years we have been planning to open a new community of the Missionaries of Mary in Cameroon: we will live in the midst of a Muslim majority people. Jesus, Light of the nations, wants to ...
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  2 April 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New "men of the peripheries" in the Church of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh city (Agenzia Fides) - Deacons are "gatherers in the Lord's rice field", Samaritans, prophets, pastors at the service of the ecclesial community in the Asian country. The gift of 61 new deacons revitalizes th ...
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  2 April 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Let's take care of our Common Home!" theme of the first meeting of Indigenous Ecology Belem de Solimões (Agenzia Fides) - The first Indigenous Ecology Meeting was held from March 27 to 30, 2022, organized by the Association of Artistic and Cultural Development of the Indigenous Village of Belém do Solim ...
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  1 April 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Conference of Missionary Childhood of Europe on the theme of “holiness” Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - After four years of "break" due to the pandemic, CEME - an organization that brings together all the Secretariats of Missionary Childhood of the countries of Europe - met at the ecumenical center ...
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  1 April 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: Christians and Muslims should live Lent and Ramadan as a time of fasting and healing Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins on the evening of Saturday, April 2, which coincides with the final weeks of Christian Lent, during which Christians prepare for Easter, the fea ...
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  1 April 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Forgotten war in Cabo Delgado: number of internally displaced persons increases Maputo (Agenza Fides) - The population continues to flee from Cabo Delgado, the northern Mozambican province where an insurrection led by armed jihadist groups has been ongoing since 2017. According to the latest report ...
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  1 April 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "Don Bosco for Ukraine": the Salesians of Brazil launch a solidarity campaign Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment of the Salesians to the population victims of the war, in Ukraine and beyond, continues at all levels. The Salesians remain committed in the field, in direct relief to the refugees, ...
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  1 April 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Robe Apostolic Prefecture: “We are turning the desert into an oasis” Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "Some may have the impression that I have abandoned the Prefecture, in fact I have lived all this time in the heart of our Church, where the Gospel has not yet arrived, among the Somali peop ...
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  1 April 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The diocese of Maumere prays for Russia and Ukraine Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "On March 25, the priests of the diocese and representatives of the 45 religious institutes of our Diocese of Maumere, were deeply and spiritually united with Pope Francis during a solemn Euchar ...
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  1 April 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic Church and United Nations in Arauca: dialogue and processes to support victims are needed Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Catholic Church and the United Nations visited the territory of the Department of Arauca in view of the renewed outbreak of fighting between armed groups, which has caused ...
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  31 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Raï relaunches the document of the Nakhtar al Hayat group on the present and future of Christians in the Middle East Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The document drawn up by the ecumenical team Nakhtar al Hayat ("Let's choose life") on the present and the future of Christians in the Middle East finds the full support of the Maronite Patriarc ...
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  31 March 2022
  VATICAN - Patronal feast of the Pontifical Urbaniana University: "The art of global aspiration to fraternity" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The long period of crisis of the pandemic has deprived us of many things, the value of which appeared precious to us precisely because they were withheld from us. We were not able to cele ...
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  31 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Seeking spiritual comfort in books: the Paulines in Lviv also receive requests for books from refugees in other countries Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "Ukraine has been at war for more than a month. Every day bombs destroy houses in different parts of the country. The city of Mariupol has become a huge cemetery. A lot of people are crossing Ukrai ...
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  31 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attack on train in Kaduna: Condolences from Christian denominations Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hearts and prayers are with the bereaved families and we pray that God will give them comfort. And for those who have suffered injuries we pray for a speedy recovery", said the President of t ...