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• 22 November 2021
  AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Brazzaville and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 21, 2021 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, presented by Archbishop Anatole M ...
• 22 November 2021
  EUROPE/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Luka Tunjic Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 5, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Luka Tunjic, of the archdiocese of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo, as Nationa ...
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  22 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the night of October 13, 2021, His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Yang Xiangtai, Bishop of Handan/Yongnian (Hebei) died at the age of 99. He was born on January 3, 1923 into a devout Catholic family in Gaocu ...
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  22 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Vietnamese martyrs, a source of encouragement for Catholic communities Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To celebrate with faith and devotion the Feast of the Vietnamese Holy Martyrs, canonized in 1988 by Pope Saint John Paul II: in this spirit, on the eve of the feast of Christ the King, more than ...
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  22 November 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Justice and Peace: "Everyone has the right to act in conscience and freedom" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, as Mother and Teacher, does not stop calling everyone to build peace ... We ask the faithful to continue praying so that Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, and the Immaculate Virgin Mar ...
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  22 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop David: "We need to elect reliable candidates" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is important to choose "reliable candidates" in the general elections scheduled for next May 2022. This is the invitation made public in a message by the president-elect of the Bishops' Confer ...
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  22 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Adequate resources are lacking to deal equally with the pandemic as well as the severe drought Wajir (Agenzia Fides) - Programs of recovery and resilience, food security (sustainable agriculture), supply of water, health and sanitation are among the priorities that the Camillian Disaster Service (CADIS) Kenya, Int ...
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  22 November 2021
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Farewell to monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher, last companion of the martyrs of Tibhirine Fez (Agenzia Fides) - "It was so beautiful!", the Trappist monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher repeated with emotion, when he recalled the long years of fraternal life spent together with his confreres in the Algerian monastery ...
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  22 November 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Catholic priest stopped by the police: he asked for truth and justice on the Easter attacks Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been here for three days to accompany our brother Fr Cyril Gamini Fernando, called by the Intelligence services to be questioned. They ask him for an account of the statements he made o ...
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  20 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister abolishes controversial agricultural laws: “A victory for farmers” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi's belated wisdom in repealing the three agricultural laws that had an unconstitutional profile. It is a victory for the people: the future of India is ...
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  20 November 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A "linguistic revolution" for evangelization Astana (Agenzia Fides) - One of the future challenges of evangelization in Kazakhstan is the gradual transition to the Kazakh language. Father Leopold Kropfreiter (SJM), National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societ ...
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  20 November 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Against human trafficking and abuse: Comboni missionary sisters help street children Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Girls between 10 and 15 years of age are crammed into a tin hut, where they even 30 or 40 sleep", says Sister Fernanda Cristinelli about the widespread phenomenon of human trafficking. "The pov ...
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  20 November 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The population refuses to return to the military regime Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The tones are getting more and more exasperated. The military, after the failure of the hypothesis of a national unity government - after the failure of talks with the deposed Prime Minister A ...
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  20 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Now you are adults in faith": more than 300 young people and adults receive the sacrament of Confirmation Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain strong in the faith, despite the many challenges to be faced", said the Apostolic Administrator of Nairobi Msgr. David Kamau on the occasion of the Confirmation ceremony during which he ...
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  20 November 2021
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Mayline Tran's miracle attributed to Venerable Pauline Jaricot Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Next May 22, the venerable servant of God, Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) will be beatified: the Foundress of the Association of the Propagation of the Faith and of the Living Rosary Movement will be ...