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  13 October 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The pilgrimages are slowly resuming in the face of the disappointment of the families who work in the sector Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The thousands of families of the Holy Land - including Christians - who lived off the flourishing tourism industry around pilgrimages to the Holy Places before the pandemic, still cannot see t ...
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  13 October 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Maintaining peace, protecting land, improving the economy: the country is experiencing a disastrous context Tubmamburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all invited to continue to work for the respect of human rights and dignity which is above any religion", writes from Tubmamburg to Fides Fr. Firmin Konan Moiyé Kouassi, priest of th ...
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  13 October 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Thirty years of Franciscan presence and apostolic work Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope this thirtieth anniversary will help us to identify a perspective for the future, because, despite the difficulties, our presence in Uzbekistan is important. We often listen to the pass ...
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  13 October 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda: conflict continues, religious leaders engaged in difficult mediation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In many other parts of the world where there is an ongoing conflict, if someone dies or there are attacks, the press all over the planet talk about it. In Cameroon, clashes, killings, mass ...
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  13 October 2021
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: the proclamation of the Gospel is not a "cultural model" to be imposed on others Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom that Christ gave to the baptized is "a novelty" that could encompass "all peoples and cultures" and freed from temptations and errors - which often existed in the history of evangelizat ...
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  12 October 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrini and his passion for migrants, a key to interpretation for the contemporary world: towards the Scalabrinian Year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Scalabrinian Year will begin next November 9, on the 25th anniversary of the beatification of Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, an exemplary witness of Christian life, missionary and father of migr ...
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  12 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic nuns and faithful attacked by Hindu extremists for alleged "forced conversions" Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) - Nuns and Catholics and faithful were attacked by a group of Hindu extremists in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India. As Agenzia Fides learned, the militants harassed some nuns and abou ...
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  12 October 2021
  ASIA - New App for Radio Veritas, to be missionary of Asia Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - It is an instrument for spreading the Good News of the Kingdom of God and for sowing hope: with these words Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon and President of the Federation of Asia ...
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  12 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Development projects promote vocational training and look for answers to climate change Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In Malawi, in particular in the districts of Zomba and Malaka, some young people who would have had no hope of contributing to the economic development of their country, acquire professional sk ...
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  12 October 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop Kibira: "The future of the country depends on education" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the Church depends to a large extent on education, emphasized Mgr. Francis Aquirinus Kibira, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kasese, on the occasion of the perpetual profession o ...
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  12 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections, the "Babylon Movement" obtains 4 of the 5 seats reserved for Christian candidates Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi parliamentary elections held on Sunday, October 10 have assigned representatives of the "Babylon Movement" up to 4 of the five seats reserved for Christian candidates by the national e ...
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  12 October 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops invite "to actively participate in the beatification of our martyrs" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (CEDES) has invited everyone to prepare spiritually for the beatification of its four martyrs, which, as announced will take place on January 22, 202 ...
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  11 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - "Only joy": Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez freed Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Farnesina confirmed the news to me: only joy"! This is the comment of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA) regarding the release of Sister Gloria Cecilia Na ...
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  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Kandy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 9, 2021 the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando. The Holy Father has ...
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  11 October 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - "Walking together, not only on the level of faith, but also on a human level": National pastoral meeting Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the fundamental needs of the Church and society: this was the objective of the XXXIX National Pastoral Meeting, which the Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED), through its Na ...