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  25 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After Father Joseph Akete Bako, another Priest Abducted in Kaduna State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. It is Father Felix Zakari Fidson, from the diocese of Zaria, in the state of Kaduna, in the north of the country. According to a statement sent to Age ...
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  25 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Peace, not war, has always been our choice": hope for a humanitarian truce Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - The Ethiopian government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ali Ahmed, wants to take "extraordinary measures" "to save lives and reduce human suffering" and declares "an indefinite humanitarian ceasefi ...
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  25 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A new beginning for the Catholic Church: Father Christian Carlassare is ordained bishop in Rumbek Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Almost a year after the dramatic attack in which he suffered serious injuries (armed men broke into his bishop's house on the night of April 25-26, 2021), Bishop Christian Carlassare returns to R ...
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  25 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Christian churches and organizations: spontaneous solidarity cannot be considered a replacement for the "much needed support and coordination, which is a State responsibility Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Various religious organizations representing all the Christian Churches present in the European continent (Anglican, Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic) and many active institutions for migrants, re ...
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  25 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Attacks on religious freedom and freedom of worship 'deplorable and unacceptable', bishops call for dialogue Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - During the month of March, acts violating the right to freedom of religion and worship took place in several ecclesiastical jurisdictions in Colombia. The latest occurred last Sunday, March 20, ...
• 25 March 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Curé d’Ars" Philosophical Seminary in Bujumbura Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 30, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the "Saint Curé d'Ars" interdiocesan philosophical S ...
• 25 March 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Belarmine Tchipundukwa, MS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 13, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in A ...
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  25 March 2022
  AMERICA - "Missionary conversion" at the center of the online Lenten retreat, promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "In this 3-day Lenten retreat and six meditations, what touches us most on the journey of missionary conversion is the witness of faith, ardor and boundless missionary passion of the founders o ...
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  25 March 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Archdiocese of Abidjan joins the Pope in the Act of consecration of humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Abdjan (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jean Pierre Kutwa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan, in a note sent to all the ecclesial realities of the Archdiocese, urges the faithful and all the parishes to unite spiritually in p ...
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  25 March 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The day of Mary's "Yes" is the right day for the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops of Australia, we join the Holy Father and the faithful around the world in this act of Consecration and invite everyone to join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine. We invite people to ...
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  24 March 2022
  AMERICA - On March 25, prayers for peace will be raised from Marian Shrines, parishes and families on the continent Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The local Churches of Latin America have responded to Pope Francis' call for bishops, priests, religious and faithful from all over the world to join in community prayer on March 25, when he pro ...
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  24 March 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - "Wars play cynically with the fate of entire peoples": A vision from the south of the world of the war in Ukraine Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A vision from the South of the first great war on European soil since the Second World War (with the exception of the wars in the former Yugoslavia). This is what is reported in a note sent to ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions: a bill is urgently needed to protect religious freedom Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Forced conversions to Islam threaten religious freedom and religious pluralism in Pakistan, therefore it is urgent to introduce legal and administrative guarantees to address crimes involving fo ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Churches of the Middle East join the act of Consecration to Mary for the end of the war in Ukraine Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Churches of the Middle East join Pope Francis in the act by which Russia and Ukraine will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to ask for an end to the tragic war that be ...
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  24 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Society of African Missions: Polish province accepts Ukrainian refugees in Piwniczna Zdrój and Borzęcin Duży Borzęcin Duży (Agenzia Fides) - Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, there has been a great willingness to help in Poland in the face of the humanitarian crisis affecting the Ukrainian population. Many people take war ...