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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Where the Ad gentes Mission has been a priority for decades Rio Grande do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Sul 3 region of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), the Mission Ad gentes has been a priority since 1994, when the Church of Rio Grande do Sul became involved in the proje ...
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  23 February 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Mediterranean frontier of peace”. Bishops and Mayors gathered in Florence, in the name of Giorgio La Pira Florence (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday, February 23, the unique meeting of Catholic Bishops and Mayors of Mediterranean countries met in Florence to attest and re-propose the role of the Mediterranean Sea as a "fron ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Hard work is the key to success for young people. "Let's get our hands dirty": a warning from the bishop of Tombura Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We must work hard, be honest, commit ourselves as if we were not the ones who would benefit from the fruits of South Sudan. We are the ones who lay the foundations", said the Bishop of t ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "Direct abortion is an immoral act and a violent practice contrary to life" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Perplexity and deep sadness" were expressed by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia after the publication of the note of the Constitutional Court that "the conduct of abortion will only be punis ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - "We who know war, we beg you: do not do it!": from the depths of the Congo, a call not to start a war in Ukraine Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - We, the young people of Bukavu, the war generation, have suffered a lot of misfortune and trauma because of it. That is why we beg you not to start the war. Someone wrote: "If you want peace, pre ...
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  23 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The precious contribution of consecrated life to evangelization and charity Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Consecrated persons in Vietnam are called to a constant renewal of spiritual life and to a joyful missionary ministry to show Jesus' teaching, to present his face and spread the Gospel to others. ...
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  23 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy, forced conversions, education system: the weak points for the rights of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The fundamental rights of religious minorities in Pakistan are of great concern, as can be seen in the field of blasphemy, in religious conversions, in the implementation of labor regulations, i ...
• 22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Mamfe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Aloysius Fondong Abangalo, of the clergy of Buéa, bishop of the Diocese of Mamfe (Cameroon), currently teacher and formator at the St. Thomas Aqu ...
• 22 February 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Maurice Nyunt Wai, of the clergy of Pathein, currently parish priest of the Sacred Heart Church, Myaungmya, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of ...
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  22 February 2022
  ASIA/THAILAND - An exhibition of the Foreign Missions of Paris on the history of evangelization Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The seeds of evangelization in Thailand, planted three and a half centuries ago by missionaries sent from France, by the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris (MEP), in response to the invitation ...
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  22 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - "Aguchita", the missionary martyr who gave her life for the Amazon and for the human rights of its peoples Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Sister María Agustina de Jesús Rivas López, known by all as "Aguchita", the Peruvian nun murdered on September 27, 1990 by the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso and whose martyrdom in odium fidei ...
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  22 February 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli reassurances: the status of the Mount of Olives will not be changed without consulting the Churches Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli project to include the Mount of Olives area in the Jerusalem Walls Natural Park "will not be carried out without the participation of all interested parties, including, of course, ...
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  22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Students and schools targeted in English-speaking separatist regions Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There is also a Catholic school among the schools attacked in recent weeks in the southwestern region of Cameroon. On February 8 and 11, armed groups burned down two schools, respectively the p ...
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  22 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - State officials interrupt Mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Hanoi Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics of the Archdiocese of Hanoi were surprised and shocked when government officials entered a church in the province of Hoa Binh and interrupted the Mass celebrated by Msgr. Joseph Vu V ...
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  22 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Street children rediscover dignity, hospitality and love at the Foyer totonn Gilles Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "With the street children I met in Niamey, we organized a cleaning campaign in a field near our house", says Gilles, a Nigerian journalist who spends most of his time with these young victims in ...