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  17 February 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Kuwala FM: Catholic radio station, an important instrument of evangelization Limbe (Agenzia Fides) - "May this radio be an instrument of unity and help us to promote political and cultural tolerance in our country", said the Archbishop of Blantyre, Msgr. Thomas Msusa, on the occasion of the offic ...
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  17 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Petropolis launches urgent call for help after the storm Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask every Catholic Christian, men and women of good will, to share the pain of those who have lost what little they had, victims of the climate tragedy. We especially support the bereaved a ...
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  17 February 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Nahdlatul Ulama" relaunches its fundamental mission of a social, economic and cultural nature Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) remains the guardian of the Republic of Indonesia and Pancasila, two key themes of our national political platform", said the new leader of the organization, Yahya Cholil S ...
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  17 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Cathedral of Calcutta launches "food for all" initiative Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in the Archdiocese of Calcutta has launched the "Food for All" initiative with the support of the AnnBandhu foundation, a local non-governmental organizati ...
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  16 February 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis remembers Father Richard, killed in Congo on February 2, during his general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, greeting the religious of the Order of Clerics Regular Minor, the Holy Father Francis said: "I am thinking of your young confrere, Father Richard, fr ...
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  16 February 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Lenten Campaign for a three-year period will be in support of vulnerable families affected by Covid-19 Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - This year the Fraternity Lenten Campaign will have the slogan "Chile reaches out to vulnerable families". After a process of national consultation with the dioceses, informs the note sent to Fi ...
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  16 February 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The grateful memory of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya is renewed and grows, seven years after their massacre Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - This year again, the Coptic Orthodox Church paid homage, with prayers and celebrations, to the memory of the workers who, seven years ago, were slaughtered and beheaded on a beach in Libya by ji ...
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  16 February 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christian university students: "No" to meetings with the military, who commit violence against civilians Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Under pressure from the Myanmar army, the Myanmar Council of Churches, MCC, an ecumenical body that gathers 11 Protestant Churches published a statement in the state newspaper in recent days, inv ...
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  16 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Appeal by Trocaire and other humanitarian NGOs: "Act now to save millions of Somalis from hunger" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - In Somalia, one and a half million children, almost half of the population under five, are at risk of suffering from acute malnutrition due to the drought that has affected more than four mill ...
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  16 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A statue of Christ demolished by order of the civil authorities in the state of Karnataka Kolar (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the district of Kolar, in the Indian state of Karnataka, have given the order to demolish a statue of Jesus Christ, erected 18 years ago in the village of Gokunte. As confirme ...
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  16 February 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The synodal journey of small Christian communities that are open and welcoming Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "After eight years of service in Italy, I am joining the parish of the Sagrada Família, recently born in the district of Desvio da Barra, one of the many new anonymous suburbs of Luanda", says F ...
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  16 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Repam: spaces for the solidarity market in 91% of the local Churches in the Amazon Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - A survey by the Pan-Amazonian Eclesial Network (Repam-Brazil) has shown that 91% of the archdioceses, dioceses and prelatures of the Brazilian Amazon have permanent spaces for the marketing of ...
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  15 February 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Farewell to Mar Addai II, Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Ancient Church of the East mourns the death of its Patriarch Mar Addai II, who died on February 11, at the age of 74. With the death of its Patriarch, a new season opens and not without unce ...
• 15 February 2022
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Chiayi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Norbert Pu, of the clergy of Chiayi, until now parish priest of Christ the King in Putzu, as bishop of the diocese of Chiayi, Taiwan. Msgr. Norbe ...
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  15 February 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Honorary citizenship" to Pope John Paul II: encouragement and commitment for the entire country San José (Agenzia Fides) - On February 10, in an official act of the Legislative Assembly, the portrait of Saint John Paul II was unveiled to celebrate the Honorary Citizenship of Costa Rica that was granted to him. In ...