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23 December 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - Planting trees around churches. Coptic Patriarch Tawadros recalls the biblical sources of the ecological initiatives launched in view of "COP 27"
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Since December 1st, at the suggestion of the Coptic Patriarchate, an extraordinary tree planting program has been launched in the areas surrounding the churches and places of worship of the Coptic ...
23 December 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Church "suffers and shares the anxieties and pains of humanity"
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Ever since we began to see the bitter warning signs of a war, we have expressed in every way through declarations and prayers, the invitation to all actors to consider the path of dialogue ...
23 December 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Faced with the legalization of gambling: we need to "promote the culture of work, not squeeze the poor"
Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - "Legalizing gambling is squeezing the poor", denounces the Social and Addiction Pastoral of the Archdiocese of Córdoba, in view of the imminent discussion at the provincial level, of the bill t ...
23 December 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - We can all contribute to bringing peace to the earth, according to the bishop of Tombura-Yambio
Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Like these Holy Parents, we also find hope: Hope in the salvation Christ’s birth brings us; hope in a vaccine for the Coronavirus; hope that gradually we can fill our churches again without fe ...
23 December 2021
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Another year concludes without enactment of meaningful immigration reform
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - As another year concludes without enactment of meaningful immigration reform, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bisho ...
23 December 2021
ASIA/INDONESIA - An appeal to brotherhood and solidarity from the Christian Bishops
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – To promote brotherhood and solidarity on the occasion of Christmas: this is the joint appeal of the Catholic and Protestant Bishops in Indonesia who, in a shared Christmas message, recall that ...
22 December 2021
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israel responds to the Heads of Churches: your accusations are baseless and risk fueling violence
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The accusations made by Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches of the Holy Land regarding factors that threaten the presence of Christians in the land of Jesus "are baseless and distort the real ...
22 December 2021
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The President of Pakistan: a law will be made against forced conversions
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians played an important role in the creation of Pakistan and many Christians, Hindus and Sikhs decided to remain in the country at the time of the partition with India. A law against f ...
22 December 2021
AFRICA/TOGO - The true meaning of Christmas in caring for others: the missionaries never stop
Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the last piece of news from Kolowaré. On Thursday, December 30 I will move to Lomé to accompany a group of young people who are thinking of joining our community". Thus began the me ...
22 December 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Five million Colombians affected by the deadliest and longest-lived virus: hunger
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "NAVIDAR, a time to nourish hope", the Food Bank hopes that more than 25,000 low-income families by Christmas will benefit from the initiative, for this reason it invites everyone ...
22 December 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Taking care of families in difficulty: the priority of the Catholic Women Organization
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Taking care of families in difficulty, following the example of Saint Joseph, is the challenge for the Catholic Women Organization (CWO) of Malawi that emerged from the annual general Assembly ...
22 December 2021
ASIA/CHINA - Spiritual retreat of priests in view of Christmas
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Eliminate the worldly evils of which priests have contaminated themselves in the midst of society and return to the flock to exude the fragrance of the shepherd: these are the recommendations th ...
22 December 2021
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - A maternity hospital, "the dream" of Ambassador Attanasio
Kenge (Agenzia Fides) - "I want Ambassador Luca Attanasio’s children to know that their father lives in the many children he helped to be born. Saint Esprit maternity hospital is the tangible sign that life does not di ...
21 December 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean religious put themselves "at the service of the country project that opens after these elections"
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "As a country, we had an election day in which our sense of democracy was re-evaluated and the new President was elected for the period 2022-2026, starting a new phase on March 11, when he will ...
21 December 2021
AFRICA/NIGER - Two "teams" of missionaries arrive in Dosso and Dogon Dutchi for a new adventure of evangelization
Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - Father Rafael Marco Casamayor, a religious of the Society of African Missions (SMA), has been a missionary in Africa for more than 50 years, more than 30 spent in Benín and currently in Níger, f ...
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