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  30 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian teachers for state schools: launch of a training course Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "Our priority is to train religion teachers and catechists in the authentic teachings of the Church and to help them learn and proclaim the proclamation of the faith. In this intensive course, or ...
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  29 September 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Archbishop Escobar Alas: no to constitutional reform according to an international project on abortion and euthanasia San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, disapproved last Sunday, September 26, of the constitutional reform proposals in which reference is made to abortion and euthanasia. ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church representatives on upcoming elections: "Citizens should exercise the right to vote responsibly" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Citizens are called upon to exercise their right to vote responsibly while the country is still marked by the pandemic": this is the appeal launched by several Catholic leaders in the Philippine ...
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  29 September 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Churches remain closed: "We must also pay attention to the spiritual economy" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "May our desire for an earthly economy not come at the expense of the spiritual economy", said James Kakura James, Ugandan seminarian, referring to the reopening of public spaces and the permane ...
• 29 September 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Malanje Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr.Luzizila Kiala, currently Bishop of the Diocese of Sumbe, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 29/9/2021) ...
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  29 September 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The cause of beatification of Fr. Luigi Bolla, a missionary among the indigenous peoples of Ecuador and Peru, has been opened Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, September 27th, the diocesan process for the beatification and canonization of Father Luigi Bolla (born 1932 in Schio, Italy, and died 2013 in Lima, Peru) was opened in the Archdiocese o ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim woman sentenced to death for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On September 27, a court of first instance (session court) in Lahore sentenced a Muslim woman to death and fined 50,000 rupees (approximately 265 euros) for violating the blasphemy law. According ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Patriarch emeritus Michel Sabbah: "The future of Christians in the Middle East is not a question of numbers, but of faith" Antelias (Agenzia Fides) – The questions, and also the uncertainties about the future of Christians in the Middle East, "are not primarily a question of numbers, even if numbers are important, but rather a question of ...
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  28 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Message from the Bishops: do not derail the path towards peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn unreservedly the murder that took place on August 16 of our dear Sisters of the Sacred Heart Mary Daniel Abbud and Regina Roba and their fellow travellers on the Juba-Nimule road. While ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church resumes the celebration of masses "cum populo" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - After months of suspension of Masses in the presence of the faithful, due to the pandemic, the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur has announced that from October 9, in the diocesan territory "cum ...
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  28 September 2021
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops for the elections: "exercise the duty and the right to vote, which is an achievement of our democracy" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "In a context of concern, anguish and pain that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to so many families in our country and which has exacerbated a number of problems in our society, we appeal to ...
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  28 September 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - Radio Sainte Thérèse: "an oasis" to nourish one's faith in the diocese of Sokodè Sokodè (Agenzia Fides) - Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 in Togo, with the series of restrictions imposed, barriers and prohibitions, including the closure of places of worship, the people of God have becom ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Seafarers are "ambassadors of Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Filipino seafarers are part of the circle of God's friends. They defy danger and suffer loneliness for the good of their family and their country. Let us pray that they may continue to be ambass ...
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  28 September 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Prayer is the foundation of all effective mission animation, not only for Mission Sunday, but all year round Mississauga (Agenzia Fides) - After a two-year break due to restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Director, Fr. Alex Osei, CSSp, and the Diocesan Directors and their collaborators of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Document on the future of Christians in the Middle East: Western "protections" or "alliances between minorities" do not help us Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - In the Middle East there are ecclesial realities that "in order to obtain assistance from some American and European Christian groups, they adopt ideas that militate against coexistence, exagge ...