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• 7 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 6, 2022, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Owerri, Nigeria, presented by Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna. ...
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  7 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The PMS of Australia and Europe mobilized to welcome and support Ukrainian refugees Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The worldwide network of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) is also mobilized to come to the aid of the people of Ukraine who are leaving the country to escape the violence and destruction of w ...
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  7 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "A church for every mosque". President al-Sisi confirms the provisions on the construction of places of worship in the new urban centers Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The newly built cities must include the construction of a church in the urban project and in the regulatory plans, even if said place of Christian worship is attended and used by a small number of ...
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  7 March 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A new place for women, in society and in the Church Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "While it is 'politically correct' to talk about women and gender, in daily life inequalities persist and announcements do not always translate into concrete improvements in the lives of wo ...
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  7 March 2022
  VATICAN - Restoration work at St. Peter's College and new names for Cardinals and former missionaries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Taking care of students and giving them all the necessary material, cultural and spiritual support: it is for this purpose that at St. Peter's College, an institute dependent on the Congre ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - To the ends of the earth: Docu-film on Saint Francis Xavier, great missionary in the Far East, 400 years after his canonization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint Francis Xavier - To the ends of the Earth" is a Docufilm that tells the story of the Patron saint of the missions, his university years at the Sorbonne, the troubled encounter with Ignatius ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionaries and Witnesses: “Gospel Speakers” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Today's man listens more to witnesses than to teachers", says Pope Paul VI in Evangelii Nuntiandi, with a widely known expression, also taken up by Pope Francis: "today's world is in great need of ...
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  5 March 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A century of missionary work in the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "100 years of sowing the Gospel" is the title of the message of the Permanent Commission of the Venezuelan Episcopate, on the occasion of the centenary of the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The appeal of the Salesians: "We must pray, people need to feel the presence of God" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "These are difficult days, the war has deeply shaken our population. Many no longer have a home and there are endless queues to get basic necessities. Many people need to feel the support, the stre ...
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  5 March 2022
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Tibhirine's spiritual heritage Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Involve the university community and widen the circle of people who can learn about the spiritual heritage of the monks of Tibhirine, martyrs in Algeria in 1996, their writings; and promote the des ...
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  5 March 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Thanks to Pope Francis, because with his visit he brings us a strong message of hope and encouragement" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the visit of Pope Francis to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused great joy in both countries. Fides has collected some testimonies from the east ...
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  5 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The President-elect, Gabriel Boric, meets with representatives of religious confessions Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Cardinal Celestino Aós, Archbishop of Santiago, participated, together with representatives of various religious confessions present in Chi ...
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  4 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops describe war in Ukraine as "surrender" to logic of violence Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Ukraine is a "surrender to the logic of conflict and violence" and marks "the failure of all political and diplomatic attempts to avoid conflict", said "with regret" the Maronite bish ...
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  4 March 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Priest shot dead San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Enrique Vasquez was murdered, a body was found in the north of San Pedro. Once again the blood of the martyrs bathes our land": these are the moving words of Monsignor Ángel Gara ...
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  4 March 2022
  ASIA - Cardinal Bo and the Bishops of Asia: No to nuclear war, the world needs healing Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Avert in every possible way the risk of a nuclear war, promote dialogue and bring global healing to the world: this is the hope expressed in an appeal launched today, March 4, by Cardinal Charles ...