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  24 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Militaries in revolt announce the arrest of the President; Fides sources" expected speech on TV by the coup leaders" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The military has announced that they will speak on national television shortly and perhaps we will know better what is happening", local sources say to Fides from Ouagadougou, the capital o ...
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  24 January 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: Elections - "Let us seek the good of our nation, beyond partisan struggles" San José (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the elections on February 6, the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica, as pastors of the Catholic Church, invite "to reflect on the decisive moment that our coun ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catholic communities help people affected by floods Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic communities of Malaysia have begun to provide humanitarian aid and basic necessities to people affected by the floods that occurred in Malaysia last December. Massive damage wa ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Religious communities honor the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, promoter of "spiritual dialogue" Huè (Agenzia Fides) - All the religious communities in Vietnam in these days pay a tribute of honor and grateful memory to Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist leader, tireless promoter of peace and reconciliation, who d ...
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  24 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The four martyrs beatified: "May their heroic example arouse in everyone the desire to be courageous agents of fraternity and peace" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday, the Jesuit priest Rutilio Grande García and two lay companions, and the Franciscan priest Cosme Spessotto, martyrs to the faith, were beatified in San Salvador. They stood by t ...
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  22 January 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople blesses the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The process of relaxation and normalization of relations, underway between Turkey and Armenia, is supported with decision and hope by authoritative representatives of the Armenian community on ...
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  22 January 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector upon lay men and women from different continents Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Sunday of the Word of God January 23 is observed annually on the third Sunday of Ordinary Time, ever since Pope Francis established this celebration on 30 September 2019. Pope Francis ...
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  22 January 2022
  AFRICA - Antibiotic resistance, a hidden scourge worldwide, particularly affects sub-Saharan Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - More and more infections, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, bloodstream infections and gonorrhea, have become more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to treat due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ...
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  22 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CLAR on the new martyrs: "The commitment and defense of the poorest were their death sentence" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The religious life of the Continent, all the sisters and brothers scattered throughout the Kingdom, join in the ecclesial recognition of the martyrial witness of four of our brothers, who ...
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  22 January 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Local bishops against the cancer of corruption that is rampant in the Country Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) -"Call for a relentless fight against corruption", is the title of the statement issued by the Episcopal Conference of the country (CEM) on January 19, 2022, on the spread of the phenomenon. Corr ...
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  22 January 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop Cabrejos: "There is an urgent need to repair the enormous environmental damage caused" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great concern and consternation among citizens for the disaster in the sea of Ventanilla, caused by the spill of 6,000 barrels of oil, the consequences of which have not yet been fully ca ...
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  22 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - President of the Bishops' Conference: "Vote according to your conscience, not according to the strongest candidate" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino citizens "should vote according to their conscience in the general elections in May"; citizens have a "tendency to support the probable winner, the candidate considered stronger, rather ...
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  22 January 2022
  AMERICA/SAN SALVADOR - Beatification of the four martyrs, the diocesan Postulator: "Our vocation is to follow the Lord" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Rutilio Grande, on March 12, 1977, went to San José to preside over a Eucharistic celebration during the novena in preparation for the patronal feast of St. Joseph. On the way back ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Christians in Algeria rediscover the relevance of the Fathers of the Church Constantina (Agenzia Fides) - "He who does not know where he comes from cannot know where he is going". This is the conviction of the Catholics of the Diocese of Constantina in Algeria, who embark on a "journey in stages ...
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  21 January 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic vicariates of the Amazon region establish a joint seminary Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Apostolic Vicariates of the Peruvian Amazon have decided to set up a joint seminary, which is expected to start work in 2022. The initiative recognizes the importance of proper ...