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  13 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - From war lockdown to health lockdown Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Kazakhstan, after the popular uprising that began on January 5, has "normalized", but "a veil of deep sadness" remains on the streets of Almaty. This is what Father Guido Trezzan ...
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  13 January 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - Twelve years after the earthquake: Redemptorists inaugurate the parish church of St. Gerard after being rebuilt Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, January 9 will forever be remembered in the hearts of parishioners and in the annals of the Redemptorist Congregation as the date of the inauguration of the new parish church of S ...
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  13 January 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: The Church has been a pioneer in the field of child protection for many years Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This coming Sunday, January 16, Spanish children have an appointment with Missionary Childhood Day - "Children's Sunday". The focus is on supporting the missionaries in their work with children ...
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  12 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops publish new edition on the office of catechist: "Making the lay ministry understandable" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) has presented the second edition of the text of Studies No. 95 on the "Ministry of the Catechist". This new edition is intended to be useful after the f ...
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  12 January 2022
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Christian population: numerical growth with percentage decrease compared to other religions Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian population of Israel continues the slight numerical growth that has characterized it since the founding of the Jewish state, but also continues its progressive decline in percenta ...
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  12 January 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Jihadists pressured by the military; Christian and Muslim leaders: "no to the exploitation of religion" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - About 30 people, mostly women and children, have managed to escape in recent days from the hands of Islamist militias that they had captured in the Cabo Delgado region in the far north of Mozambi ...
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  12 January 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “There's not much here other than knowing that God's love gives meaning to everything” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "The meaning of life is to love others at all ages and in every place. We Christians proclaim and testify first of all that someone else gives our life meaning because he loves us: he loves every ...
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  12 January 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Indigenous pastoral worker, human rights and environmental activist murdered Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn the murder of the representative of the Lenca people, Pablo Isabel Hernández, on Sunday, January 9th, in western Honduras. Human rights activist and environmentalist, p ...
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  12 January 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new Archbishop of Seoul: pray for peace and walk a path of unity and reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "To achieve peace, we need to reflect on ourselves and pray for peace. Prayer nurtures our faith in the presence of God, the Holy Spirit who is our teacher and guide of prayers. Remembering the tr ...
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  11 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians is about to be passed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians, which also contains provisions on sensitive family law issues and which the Coptic Orthodox Church and other churches and ecclesial commu ...
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  11 January 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - Jubilee celebrations in the communities for the 25th anniversary of the diocese of Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the diocese of Ciego de Ávila, erected on February 2, 1996, it was decided that the various pastoral areas together with the communities, celebrate ...
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  11 January 2022
  AFRICA - Instability in the Sahel causes a sharp rise in military spending Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Military spending in Africa is on the rise. According to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in 2020, spending on weapons in Africa exceeded 43,000 mil ...
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  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Kolwezi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Nestor Ngoy Katahwa. The Holy Father has ...
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  11 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Making God's love visible in society: this has been the mission of the Group of volunteers of the Nan Tang parish in Beijing for 10 years Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - During the year 2021, until December 31, the Nan Tang Parish Volunteer Group of the Archdiocese of Beijing, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, which was founded by the great Jesuit ...
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  11 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - After riots in Almaty: “Many parts of the city are completely devastated” Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Almaty area is slowly stabilizing. Now we are starting to take stock of the disaster: some parts of the city have been completely devastated and apparently have been bombed. ...