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21 January 2022
AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Staff of the Anti-Corruption Bureau must be protected"
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "No one should be pressurized, intimidated or influenced by threats or any other means in the carrying out of their work for the good of the country. We plead, in the interest of building a mor ...
21 January 2022
ASIA/CHINA - From Mariology to the Fathers of the Church: 20 years of "academic evangelization" of the Beijing Institute for the Study of Christian Culture
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "The Academy .... is also a force of evangelization, which belongs to the present of the Church and her mission", writes Pope Francis in the message to the participants in the XXIV Public Sessio ...
21 January 2022
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The blockade of humanitarian aid records the lowest rate of stocks of all kinds in Tigray
Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the ongoing fighting in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the transport of humanitarian aid has been suspended since 14 December. Although there are more than 800,000 people who should be a ...
21 January 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Korean brothers of Kkottongnae on mission in the Philippines
Palo (Agenzia Fides) - A religious congregation based in Korea has launched a missionary program and opened its first seminary outside the country, in the Philippines. The "Kkottongnae Congregation of Brother Jesus", a K ...
21 January 2022
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Presidential elections, hope for stability and prosperity
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The people of East Timor see in the next presidential elections, scheduled for March 19, an opportunity for growth, prosperity and well-being for the country. "People in the country want to see the ...
21 January 2022
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 50 years since the death of the first Apostolic Vicar of Buenaventura, Monsignor Gerardo Valencia Cano
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 21, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Monsignor Gerardo Valencia Cano, an outstanding figure for the missionary work carried out in the then Apostolic Vicariate of Buenave ...
20 January 2022
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "New Men" Project: 30 years of journey for integral promotion, from passive poor to free citizens
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – Msgr. Nicolás Castellanos Franco, Bishop Emeritus of Palencia (Spain), arrived as a missionary in Bolivia in January 1992, after having resigned as Ordinary of Palencia, precisely in the P ...
20 January 2022
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The bishops meeting for the first time since 2020 confirm the resumption of pastoral activities slowed down by the pandemic
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "How nice it is to be here physically after so long", said His Exc. Mgr. João Rodrigues, Bishop of Tzaneen, at the beginning of his homily during the opening Mass of the plenary session of ...
20 January 2022
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church helps the economic and social reintegration of former prisoners
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "God is merciful, he is our creator and supplier and takes care of our needs. We continued to raise funds to support our brothers, who have been in prison for five years. After their release, it ...
20 January 2022
ASIA/SYRIA - Two Syrian Franciscans, twin brothers, compose songs in Arabic inspired by the writings of St. Francis
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Johnny and George Jallouf are twin brothers, and they are also friars and students at the Custody of the Holy Land. They were born 25 years ago in Aleppo, and in that Syrian metropolis, martyred ...
20 January 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Camillian heart always beats when there is suffering: aid continues for the population hit by Odette
Bohol (Agenzia Fides) - Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Odette, which hit the country on December 16, 2021, devastated the islands and coastal communities of the eastern Philippines, flooding towns and c ...
20 January 2022
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops: "St. Joseph supports us in our daily struggles, no one like him knew how to go through difficult times"
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the coronation of the Virgin of Altagracia (see Fides, 19/1/2022) and of the Year of Saint Joseph that has just ended, the ...
19 January 2022
AMERICA/PERU - "Walking towards the lay ministry of the Catechist": week of formation
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference is organizing the "Training Week for Catechists 2022" from February 7th to 11th. This new edit ...
19 January 2022
ASIA/LEBANON - Prayers for Christian unity from the Middle East
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him". This is the title of the booklet of texts proposed to Churches and ecclesial communities around the world to celebrate liturgies and mee ...
19 January 2022
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Hundreds of innocent people lose their lives every day. An unprecedented crisis in Tigray
Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian situation in Tigray is worsening day by day. Millions of children suffer from severe malnutrition, just as many people are starving, including internally displaced persons. Ever ...
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