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  5 October 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishop of Matagalpa: "many broken families due to a migration that bleeds the country, we are living another Exodus" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we think of so many families shattered by a migration that is bleeding Nicaragua; once again, Nicaraguans suffer the loss of so many people, our best brothers, men and women, intelligen ...
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  5 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Record of violence in a single day against Christian communities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In just one day, October 3, at least 13 episodes of violence and threats were committed by members of radical Hindu groups to the detriment of Christian communities in the states of Uttarakhan ...
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  5 October 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Starting from scratch: a new mission, a new beginning as an associate missionary Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "Should I have a new missionary experience or enter a missionary institute? This inner question of mine materialized with the choice to leave for a new missionary experience, linked to the Soci ...
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  5 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic leaders: "Politics incites religious hatred, violence is orchestrated" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The violence in 13 places in the northern states of India is not random or the work of isolated elements. It is a systematically orchestrated and synchronized work to intimidate the Christian ...
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  5 October 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Cabo Delgado: Military actions are beginning to bear fruit, but there are fears that the jihadists will move to other areas Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) - The efforts of the Mozambican government, in collaboration with Rwandan soldiers and soldiers stationed in the country by the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), ...
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  5 October 2021
  VATICAN - Pray, meditate and know a little more with Pauline Jaricot Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Know a little more about Pauline Jaricot and meditate on the mission of the Church": this is the guiding principle of the analysis offered by the website of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
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  5 October 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Giving a Bible is evangelizing Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The Word is a gift and, at the same time, a commitment entrusted to the pastors and faithful of a community. The book of the Bible is the guide, and expresses the centrality of the messa ...
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  4 October 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - Churches closed until mid-October, but missionaries do not stop solidarity Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - The episcopal conference of Togo has asked in this month of the Rosary to light a candle on October 7, the day of Our Lady of the Rosary, in front of the closed doors of all parish churches. D ...
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  4 October 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Week of Creation: Bishops invite Catholics to "take the lead in protecting the planet and the ecosystem" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2012, with the publication of a pastoral Letter on the environment and human development in Bolivia, the Bolivian Catholic Church has celebrated the Week of Creation every year, in the days ...
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  4 October 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Spiritual comfort for the faithful, between conflict and pandemic Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Life is not easy in the various territories of Myanmar, marked by the pandemic and by the ongoing conflict between the regular army and the resistance forces (People Defense Forces), born through ...
• 4 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal, India, presented by Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. At the same time he appoi ...
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  4 October 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Preserving the beauty and the population of Boracay: "No" to the spread of gambling Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Western Visayas region, in the center of the Philippines, calls for the protection of the social, cultural and moral environment of Boracay, a well-known island and tou ...
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  4 October 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - La Voz de la Selva, the Catholic radio that listens and spreads the cry and hopes of the Amazon Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - "We are honored for the recognition of this award and at the same time we feel committed to pursuing the same line as our leader, Oraldo Reátegui director, presenter and press officer of the Am ...
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  4 October 2021
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Beatification of Pauline Jaricot announced Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Pauline Jaricot will be blessed on May 22, 2022. This was announced by the Secretary General of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in France, Gaëtan Boucharlat de Chazotte, through a video mes ...
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  2 October 2021
  VATICAN - Urbaniana University: for the first time the new General Secretary is a nun, a Scalabrinian missionary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Pietra Luana (Etra) Modica, Scalabrinian, is the new Secretary General of the Pontifical Urbaniana University. The appointment was signed by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokin Tagle, Prefec ...