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  31 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Catholic Institute for Migration writes to President Boric: "We must take the problem into our own hands" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean Catholic Institute of Migration, (Istituto Nacional Catolico di Migracion, INCAMI), has made known its concern for the migratory crisis that is being experienced in Chile and which ...
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  31 March 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - A synodal journey in charity: the "Volunteers of the Lord" at the forefront to fight the pandemic Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Priests who guard the quarantined areas to enforce health rules at night, the nuns who are drivers and messengers, the seminarians who load material aid, the laity who intervene in all areas where ...
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  30 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Stop the war Now": Vehicle convoy sets off for Ukraine Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday April 1st, a delegation of 200 people and members of various Italian civil society organizations will leave for a non-violent peace initiative in Ukraine. The convoy, which consists of 50 ...
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  30 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Terrorist violence in Kaduna: Three priests have been kidnapped in the region this month alone Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - New attacks have occurred in the state of Kaduna, where two of the three priests kidnapped in Nigeria in the last month were kidnapped (see Fides 29/3/2022). In the last 24 hours, two attacks have ...
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  30 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Years of legal battle: Settlers from the Ateret Cohanim organization break into historic building in Jerusalem's Christian Quarter Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the churches in Jerusalem condemn the attack by settlers belonging to the Israeli organization Ateret Cohanim on Saturday, March 26, at the historic Petra Hostel near the Jaffa ...
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  30 March 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops invite competent candidates to vote: "our vote is our voice" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Philippine Bishops have told Catholics of the country to select competent candidates who will work for the welfare of people and the interest of the country in the forthcoming May 9 general and l ...
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  30 March 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The history of Catholic missionaries among Canadian Inuit: many testimonies collected during the polar expeditions Fermo (Agenzia Fides) - "An exceptional meeting that represents a milestone in the history of new relations between the indigenous peoples of Canada and the Catholic Church". Renato Zavatti, President of the S. Zavatti P ...
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  30 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fight against human trafficking: joint commitment of the Church and social organizations Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Our communities, the different ministries and civil society organizations are committed to raising awareness, preventing and training new leaders for the 'culture of care' for brothers and sis ...
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  29 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Orionini in Lviv: Missiles fell one kilometer from their monastery Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, March 26, Lviv was also bombarded around 3:30 p.m. Italian time. Some missiles fell just over a kilometer from the monastery of Orione (see Fides, 25/2/2022). The two ...
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  29 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Diocese of Campina Grande inaugurates new seminary Campina Grande (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Campina Grande, in the Brazilian state of Paraiba, inaugurated on Friday March 25th, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Propedeutic Seminary "São José". Durin ...
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  29 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Third priest kidnapped in Nigeria in March Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Father Leo Raphael Ozigi is the third Catholic priest kidnapped in March in Nigeria. Fr. Ozigi, parish priest of the church of St Mary, in the village of Sarkin Pawa, in the local government are ...
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  29 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to government: it is necessary to protect religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is encouraging that the killing of Pooja Kumari, a Hindu girl who resisted kidnapping, forced conversion and forced marriage, was widely condemned by civil society and by individuals on socia ...
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  29 March 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Prison Counseling: “We see the Holy Spirit at work within these walls” Korhogo (Agenzia Fides) - "Since 2009 I have been visiting the Korhogo prison in the north of Ivory Coast twice a week, where little by little a pastoral care for the spiritual accompaniment of the prisoners has develope ...
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  29 March 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies collect donations for Ukraine Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - As a sign of prayer, awareness-raising and charity, the Pontifical Mission Societies (Catholic Mission) in Australia have launched a network of prayer and fundraising to respond to urgent request ...
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  29 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Alarm from the Latin Patriarchate: fake messages sent in the name of the Patriarch Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Someone, pretending to be the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, is sending e-mail messages to extort money from people who are unaware of the increasingly aggressive forms of deception implemented ...