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  26 September 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In the climate of violence, Catholics thank the Pope who "remembers us" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Catholic community in Myanmar lives in a painful climate of violence. The fighting continues. Life is difficult and precarious. The people are exhausted in the face of the ongoing viol ...
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  24 September 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - In the USA for 75 years: Pontifical Institute for Foreign Mission looks back and thinks about the future Detroit (Agenzia Fides) - "Our mission today is rooted in tradition and at the same time looks to the future: it is about the proclamation of the Gospel, proclaimed as a witness to the miracles of God and sown in society ...
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  24 September 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - In cooperation with state research institutions: church commitment to drug prevention Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - In collaboration with the Vietnamese Research Institute for Drug Prevention, the Catholic Church in Vietnam organizes seminars for young people - Catholic and non-Catholic - to help young people a ...
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  24 September 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - World Migrants Day: “We must not remain indifferent” San José (Agenzia Fides) - "We must not remain indifferent to a possible humanitarian crisis and must deal with what is happening in our country in a holistic way. To the already complex situation of Nicaraguan migratio ...
• 24 September 2022
  AFRICA/CHAD - After clashes between shepherds and farmers: Bishop of Sarh calls for justice and solidarity with victims N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again blood has been shed on our country. Once again innocent people have died or been injured by the iniquity of a few gunmen. Once again the property of citizens already living in po ...
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  23 September 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Bicentennial of the Congress: "Do not abruptly dismiss, without hope, the possibility of building a future together" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “A few days ago, also from this pulpit, we dedicated a special reflection on the ability to generously build the Homeland. And it is a task that all of us who have a position of responsibility, a ...
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  23 September 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops, priests, religious: always and in all cases at the side of the people, with a strength that "only God can give" Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "A year and a half after the coup of February 1, 2021, when violence is raging especially in certain areas, it is difficult to see a way out of this conflicting situation. But we believers, we ...
• 23 September 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The forgotten conflict in the north is increasingly at the center of the interests of African and non-African powers Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Northern Mozambique where the Comboni missionary Sister Maria De Coppi, among others, was killed on September 6 during the attack on the Chipene mission (see Fides, 7/9/2022), is increasingly at ...
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  23 September 2022
  EUROPE/MALTA - Soccer schools "workshops" of missionary animation Valletta (Agenzia Fides) - Soccer schools for children, the mission and a "sock-ball", a ball created with "socks", that is with the most varied recycled material, are the elements that will give life to the initiative " ...
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  22 September 2022
  VATICAN - The China-Holy See Agreement and the treasure of faith by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Just four years ago, on September 22, 2018, representatives of the Holy See and the government of the People's Republic of China signed the Provisional Agreement on the appointme ...
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  22 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: the floods have swept away houses, but not faith Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani Bishops of the three dioceses most affected by the recent floods that have caused extensive damage in the country, say that "the floods have destroyed homes, but not the faith of C ...
• 22 September 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Kidnapped Catholics: "We don't want to create dangerous precedents; we do not pay the requested ransom" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not pay a dime" to the kidnappers of the nine worshippers taken from St. Mary’s Catholic Church, in the village of Nchang (see Fides, 19/6/2022) in the Anglophone area of Cameroon. T ...
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  22 September 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The destruction caused by the torrential rains and impetuous winds of Hurricane Fiona Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Hurricane Fiona, which hit the Caribbean with torrential rains and very strong winds, caused catastrophic damage and at least two deaths in Puerto Rico on Sunday, September 18, before hitt ...
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  21 September 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Sport for the promotion of women and dialogue: the nation greets the football champions Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Bangladesh women's national football team has won a historic victory, obtaining the first title of the "South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, the continental cup of South Asia, with a 3 ...
• 21 September 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Orlu: "The military assault on the market of Eke Ututu risks alienating the support of the State from the population" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Stop further killing of innocent people and destruction of livelihoods". This is the appeal launched by Msgr. Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma, Bishop of Orlu, in Imo State, in southern Nigeria, to the ...