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  22 March 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "It was one of the best trips I've ever done": says a missionary from Monassao Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "Singila mingi, Nzapa! (Many thanks to God). This is how my mission begins, remembering that it is never mine but God's, in this blessed land , but so wounded by poverty, war, instability. The ...
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  22 March 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas and regional authorities of San Martín join forces for Covid vaccination in indigenous communities Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Communities Vaccination Promotion and Awareness Project of the Peruvian Amazon, to contain the deadly effects of the pandemic", is supported by Caritas Germany and implemented by Car ...
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  22 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A pact for life and to eliminate violence and intolerance in political confrontation Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Fifth pre-electoral report on violence against political, social and municipal leaders - from March 13, 2021 to January 13, 2022 - produced by the Electoral Observation Mission (OEO), report ...
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  21 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Let us pray and ask the Lord for peace": dioceses and parishes join the Pope on March 25 San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica and the Apostolic Nunciature in Costa Rica invite all the dioceses and parishes of the country to join Pope Francis' invitation for the Ac ...
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  21 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - President Assad meets the participants at the Conference of Catholic Aid Organizations and Local Churches Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad met the representatives of Catholic humanitarian associations and institutions and the representatives of various ecclesial groups on Saturday March 19 w ...
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  21 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young Muslim arrested for blasphemous acts against Christian community Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Lahore have accused the young Muslim Muhammad Bilal of blasphemy. He is said to have desecrated the cross of the Pentecostal congregation "One in Christ Church" in Lahore through hi ...
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  21 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Church's spiritual and material support to war-torn Ukraine Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Imploring peace as a gift from God and witnessing the closeness and solidarity of the Ukrainian people suffering the devastating effects of war: with this objective the Catholic community o ...
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  21 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "We need peace above all, apart from food", Fr Mikola from Lviv Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "Here life flows calmly without panic, the factories work, the bombing of the airport caused no casualties, they hit an old disused warehouse, and no one knows why. Now we are used to running under ...
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  21 March 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - No to the crime of trafficking in Ukraine and in the world: war particularly exposes women and children Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the victims of this conflict and urge peace. We also urge governmental and multi-governmental agencies throughout the region to take extreme measures to prevent and protect tra ...
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  21 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The elder Scalabrinian nuns leave their home to refugees from Ukraine Piacenza (Agenzia Fides) - As soon as they saw the scenes of Ukrainians fleeing their country due to the war, the Sisters did not think twice and decided to make room to welcome refugee women with their children. They pa ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Cheongju and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Cheongju (Korea) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Chang Bong-hun. The Holy Father appoi ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Bishop of Hai Phòng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Nguyên Van Ban, currently Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt as Bishop of the Diocese of Hai Phòng (Viêt Nam). (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Francis Kalist, currently Bishop of Meerut, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India). (S ...
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  18 March 2022
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Latin Patriarchate schools in conference to address the educational emergency with new strategies Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The schools of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem operating in Palestine celebrate their first programmatic conference in the name of realism and the search for new strategies and new paths to ...
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  18 March 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The Pontiff will celebrate Mass near the site of the ambush on Ambassador Attanasio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass not far from the place where, on February 22, 2021, the Italian Ambassador in Kinshasa, Luca Attanasio, was killed. This was announced by sources from the gov ...