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  27 October 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Fr. Alain Mayama is new Superior General of the Spiritans Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) - The general chapter of the Spiritans, meeting in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, from October 3 to 24, elected for the first time an African brother as superior general of the congregation. Current assista ...
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  27 October 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ouagadougou Pan-African Film Festival: an opportunity for the Church of Africa to evangelize Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Cinema is an important art in the life of African populations. Africans love TV and cinema in particular". This is what Father Donald Zagore, an Ivorian priest of the Society for African Mi ...
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  27 October 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch wants to mediate "institutional compromise": "Problems are not solved on the street" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - An "institutional compromise" to overcome the crisis following the tragic events of Thursday October 14th, when seven Shiite demonstrators in Beirut were killed by snipers on the roofs of the Chr ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA - ASEAN summit without Myanmar Bandar Seri Begawan (Agenzia Fides) - The 38th and 39th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the most important event of the year for the regional association of Southeast Asia, opens today, 26 O ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer, fasting, charity: mission in times of pandemic Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzi Fides) - "Even in difficult times, the Church of Vietnam has increased missionary and charitable activities, as a sign of solidarity towards the poor", declared the Bishops of Vietnam gathered in ...
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  26 October 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops recall "the basic and indispensable conditions in order to hold free, fair and transparent elections" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "As we have stated on several occasions, an authentic democracy is the result of the convinced acceptance of values: the dignity of every person, respect for human rights, the search for the com ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Flores: Missionary Sisters of the Holy Face celebrate their 30th anniversary Koting (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2021, on the same day the Church celebrated World Mission Day, the Sisters of the Holy Face, C.S.V, present in Koting - Flores - Indonesia, celebrated their 30 years of presence in ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Museum in Erbil will preserve Christian manuscripts that escaped jihadist devastation Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The old manuscripts and books, Christian and Islamic, saved in recent years from a possible destruction by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) will be collected and kept in a museum-study c ...
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  26 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Christians, heralds of good news Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, October 24, the Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Monsignor George Desmond Tambala, appointed Archbishop of Lilongwe a few days ago, during the celebration of World Mission Sunday in the par ...
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  26 October 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - From the first baptisms in America to the missionary commitment of all baptized Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the missionary month of October, the Dominican diocese of La Vega celebrated Diocesan Mission Day 2021 from October 8 to 10, in Cotuí, with the theme “525th anni ...
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  25 October 2021
  VATICAN - The Pope on World Mission Sunday: thanks to those who bear witness to the Gospel in the lands that do not know Jesus Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A "thank you" and the request for "a big applause" for "the many missionaries - priests, men and women religious and lay faithful - who spend their energies in the front line in the service of the ...
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  25 October 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Violence and polarization on the rise in view of the elections: the Bishops call for dialogue and responsibility Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Concerned Concerned about the belligerent climate and polarization in political life, especially in the presidential campaign, which should be an opportunity to debate ideas, projects and prog ...
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  25 October 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - School Children We Are for Peace: students celebrate the annual Day of Catholic schools Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - While the country continues to experience a very serious humanitarian crisis, the children of the diocese of Tombura Yambio do not give up celebrating the Day of Catholic schools with the ...
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  25 October 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D'Rozario: guaranteeing dignity and protection to the Rohingya Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "We open our hearts to people who need our support to ensure their existence in this world", said Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, after having visited, in recent days, the world's largest refuge ...
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  25 October 2021
  VATICAN - "The centrality of the Kingdom of God" is the leitmotif of the new bulletin of POSI Bulletin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The centrality of the Kingdom of God" is the title and theme of the October 2021 Bulletin of the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) to be dist ...