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• 3 November 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Benguela Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Benguela, Angola, the Reverend Estêvão Binga, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now rector of the major seminar ...
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  3 November 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Islamic-Christian international appeal for the protection of prayer communities and Holy Places Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody attacks on places of worship that host communities of faith gathered in prayer or while taking part in ritual acts, represent the "summit" of justified atrocities and violence by bringi ...
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  3 November 2021
  VATICAN - Filipinos, ardent missionaries in the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We received the gift of faith 500 years ago, but not only then: we invoke the Lord and we receive it from him even today. We received and lived it as Filipinos, and we give it to the world as Fili ...
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  30 October 2021
  VATICAN - For a Church which is always and entirely missionary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If the month of October, which the Church defines as "missionary month" is a special time during which the Catholic faithful all over the world are called to rediscover and renew their miss ...
• 30 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Bac Ninh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Do Quang Khang, until now lecturer and dean of studies in the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of ...
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  30 October 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The barbed wire cross, a symbol of peace and reconciliation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the most beautiful cross in the world", said Korean President Moon Jae-In, at the inauguration of the exhibition entitled "Barbed wire becomes a symbol of Peace", organized by the Ministry ...
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  30 October 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - All Saints' Day: Litanies of Argentinian Saints and Blessed Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On November 1, the solemnity of All Saints, the Argentine Church also celebrates the 25th day of prayer for the sanctification of the Argentine people and the glorification of its servants ...
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  30 October 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Missionary October: first profession of two young people among the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - During the Missionary Month of October, the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) had the joy of participating in the first religious profession of two Congol ...
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  30 October 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The municipal elections of November 1 are for the Bishops, an opportunity for "moral renewal" Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, November 1, about 26 million South Africans are called to the polls for municipal elections, to choose the members of the Councils of all the municipalities in the 9 provinces in whi ...
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  30 October 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Religious denominations demand that the new Constitution guarantee religious freedom without distinction Villarrica (Agenzia Fides) - "The new Constitution must fully guarantee the religious freedom of all persons, without distinction of any kind, and also of religious denominations as such, that is to say the freedom to ex ...
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  29 October 2021
  AMERICA - Emigration must be a right, not the forced consequence of poverty and violence Valle de Ángeles (Agenzia Fides) - The VII Meeting of Bishops was held in Valle de Ángeles (Honduras) from October, 25 to 28, with the participation of the Executive Secretaries of the Pastoral Care of Mobility, lay pe ...
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  29 October 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio in solidarity with the Sudanese population: "May peace and love reign among you" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "May the sacred land of Sudan not be soaked again in brotherly blood. Anger should never guide a people, but work for peace and reconciliation. I urge the people of God to seek the way of ...
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  29 October 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian missionaries, people who proclaim Christ with their lives to the whole world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There are seven thousand Italian missionaries in the world, of whom about four thousand are consecrated members of religious orders, while the remaining three thousand are lay volunteers. These a ...
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  29 October 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - New vocations among the Brothers of the Holy Cross Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "When I entered the formation house to be a religious, I felt I had arrived in the right place at the right time. Here I can be a witness of Jesus Christ as a brother by putting my talents at the ...
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  29 October 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic community of Seoul welcomes the new Archbishop Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Peter Chung Soon-Taick O.C.D., is the new Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang. The appointment of the Holy See was announced on October 28 by Cardinal Andrew Yeom S ...