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  24 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The kerygma as the central point of evangelization Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of continuing the commitment of evangelization in these times of pandemic and post-pandemic, the Center for Missionary Animation of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia launched an ed ...
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  24 September 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Places of worship reopened after closure due to the second wave of Covid-19 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced the imminent reopening of places of worship after an interruption of over a year. In June 2020 all churches in the country were closed due to ...
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  24 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian is the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Catholic Synod of Bishops, convened by the Holy Father in Rome on September 22nd, 2021, elected the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians on Thursday, September 23rd. It is Raphaë ...
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  23 September 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Migrants and pilgrims, like all our fathers" (cfr. 1 Cr 29,15): a reflection open to action Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The international conference "Migrants and pilgrims, like all our fathers" (cfr. 1 Cr 29, 15) was held from September, 20 to 22 - "Theology of human mobility in the 21st century", promoted and orga ...
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  23 September 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Violence and intimidation against a Catholic journalist investigating a case of corruption Tangail (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic journalist of the Garo ethnic group, Prince Edward Mangsang, was attacked and severely beaten on charges of having destroyed assets worth 45 thousand Bangladeshi taka (about 450 euros ...
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  23 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In the pandemic, the path is compassion Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The path indicated by Christ is compassion, and it is the path that Christians are called to follow. This is the appeal released by Msgr. Marlo Mendoza Peralta, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (in th ...
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  23 September 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The relics of "Chiquitunga", the first Paraguayan Blessed, return to their homeland Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - It was a great mobilization, perhaps the largest since Paraguay experienced the pandemic, that of the Catholic faithful to welcome the relics of María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado, known as ...
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  23 September 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Covid does not choose who to hit: bishops offer training for people with special needs Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid does not choose, it affects everyone and that is why we must all walk together without allowing anyone to be left behind", said the Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Tanzania ...
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  23 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Exploitation and human trafficking are "chains that generate so much destruction in the world" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are two closely related phenomena and occur in many parts of the world, they affect people of all ages, but especially minors who, in situations of vul ...
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  23 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: abortion is Cain-style murder Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of induced abortion repeats what happened in the story of Cain, who committed the first "premeditated murder" told in the Bible. And for the Church "all human life, including that o ...
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  22 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Pope's visit and his meeting with Ayatollah al Sistani celebrated by a series of postage stamps from the Iraqi Postal Service Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The General Company for Post and Savings in Iraq, directed by Idris Khaled Abdel Rahman, has issued a special series of stamps dedicated to Pope Francis' visit to Iraq, which took place from Mar ...
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  22 September 2021
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - "The more we share the gift of faith, the more fruitful it is for ourselves": visit of the President of the PMS to Romania Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - "The visit of the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso to Romania will bring abundant fruit in the missionary spirit of the Romanian Church", says to F ...
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  22 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Wau encourages the population to get vaccinated against Covid-19 Wau (Agenzia Fides) - "The coronavirus vaccine is not dangerous. To date, I have personally seen no negative effects since I received the first dose", said Msgr. Mathew Remijo Adam Gbitiku, bishop of the diocese of Wau, ...
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  22 September 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Qualified missionary animators: course to deepen the history and objectives of the Mission Day, Missionary Month and the Missionary Campaign Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Union of Catholic Education (UBEC) and the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil are organizing a free, short-term course on the occasion of the 2021 Missionary Campaign. T ...
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  22 September 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Migration Week, the drama of Haitian refugees Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Scenes of anger and despair have broken out at Haiti's main airport, in Port-au-Prince, upon the arrival of Haitian migrants who, after spending thousands of dollars on troubled journeys from ...