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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 ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Staff of the Anti-Corruption Bureau must be protected" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "No one should be pressurized, intimidated or influenced by threats or any other means in the carrying out of their work for the good of the country. We plead, in the interest of building a mor ...
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  21 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - From Mariology to the Fathers of the Church: 20 years of "academic evangelization" of the Beijing Institute for the Study of Christian Culture Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "The Academy .... is also a force of evangelization, which belongs to the present of the Church and her mission", writes Pope Francis in the message to the participants in the XXIV Public Sessio ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The blockade of humanitarian aid records the lowest rate of stocks of all kinds in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the ongoing fighting in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the transport of humanitarian aid has been suspended since 14 December. Although there are more than 800,000 people who should be a ...
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  21 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Korean brothers of Kkottongnae on mission in the Philippines Palo (Agenzia Fides) - A religious congregation based in Korea has launched a missionary program and opened its first seminary outside the country, in the Philippines. The "Kkottongnae Congregation of Brother Jesus", a K ...
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  21 January 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Presidential elections, hope for stability and prosperity Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The people of East Timor see in the next presidential elections, scheduled for March 19, an opportunity for growth, prosperity and well-being for the country. "People in the country want to see the ...
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  21 January 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 50 years since the death of the first Apostolic Vicar of Buenaventura, Monsignor Gerardo Valencia Cano Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 21, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Monsignor Gerardo Valencia Cano, an outstanding figure for the missionary work carried out in the then Apostolic Vicariate of Buenave ...
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  20 January 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "New Men" Project: 30 years of journey for integral promotion, from passive poor to free citizens Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – Msgr. Nicolás Castellanos Franco, Bishop Emeritus of Palencia (Spain), arrived as a missionary in Bolivia in January 1992, after having resigned as Ordinary of Palencia, precisely in the P ...
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  20 January 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The bishops meeting for the first time since 2020 confirm the resumption of pastoral activities slowed down by the pandemic Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "How nice it is to be here physically after so long", said His Exc. Mgr. João Rodrigues, Bishop of Tzaneen, at the beginning of his homily during the opening Mass of the plenary session of ...
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  20 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church helps the economic and social reintegration of former prisoners Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "God is merciful, he is our creator and supplier and takes care of our needs. We continued to raise funds to support our brothers, who have been in prison for five years. After their release, it ...
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  20 January 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Two Syrian Franciscans, twin brothers, compose songs in Arabic inspired by the writings of St. Francis Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Johnny and George Jallouf are twin brothers, and they are also friars and students at the Custody of the Holy Land. They were born 25 years ago in Aleppo, and in that Syrian metropolis, martyred ...