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4 December 2021
AFRICA - Appeal of the Bishops of East Africa: "Stop violence and promote coexistence"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - We are saddened by the conflicts and violence taking place in some of our countries, especially Ethiopia. Many people have died and property is being destroyed in the affected areas; peace, whic ...
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4 December 2021
ASIA/INDIA - The Indian faithful honor Francesco Xavier, Patron of the missions
Goa (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the feast of St. Francis Xavier in ancient Goa, where his relics are kept, was held yesterday, December 3, after a solemn novena started on November 25.
The feast is normally ce ...
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4 December 2021
ASIA/INDONESIA - A new App for young people on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Indonesia are launching a new App dedicated to adolescents and young people, on the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee of their birth in Indones ...
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3 December 2021
EUROPE/CYPRUS - Pope Francis to his Orthodox brothers: Christian unity is a testimony to Christ
Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The path towards the full visible unity of Christians is not only of interest to theologians and "experts" in ecumenism. It has to do with the mission of salvation entrusted by Christ to his Chu ...
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3 December 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - The new authorities must conceive migration "as a human reality which demands protection and not exclusion"
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "In this election period, and in the face of the implementation of new immigration legislation, we are concerned that the person is not seen as the axis of the law, but that the migration is as ...
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3 December 2021
ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Archbishop of Kuching: living Advent alongside the poor
Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - To live the liturgical season of "Advent", in preparation for Christmas, to help and console the poor and the needy: this is the appeal launched by Mgr Simon Poh, Archbishop of Kuching, capital ...
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3 December 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Arrest of religious men and women engaged in education and charity
Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in constant contact with Sister Abrehhet Cahasai, Superior of our communities who are in Ethiopia to have news of our arrested sister, together with five other religious and some deacons ...
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3 December 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "War is to be avoided: we need small signs that nourish peace in the world"
Gode (Agenzia Fides) - "War should be avoided, because then the consequences are always deleterious for everyone. Angelo Antolini, Apostolic Prefect of Robe, writes to Agenzia Fides from his mission in Gode, in the Somal ...
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3 December 2021
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Church, your name is mission": new Venezuelan edition of the CELAM Missiology Manual
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The new "CELAM Missiology Manual, Church your name is mission", which is in its third edition, is intended for priests, religious and lay people. Created by experts in missiology from the contin ...
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3 December 2021
EUROPE/CYPRUS - The Pope in the footsteps of St. Barnabas: patience and fraternity are the "characteristics" of every apostolic mission
Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of proclaiming the salvation given by Christ becomes fruitful if it manifests the face of a "patient Church", which "does not allow itself to be upset and disturbed by changes, but s ...
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2 December 2021
ASIA/KIRGHIZISTAN - Apostolic Administrator: "A small church that tries to bear witness to the gospel by being close"
Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "Kyrgyzstan is a small country that is surrounded by very strong neighbors and is changing a lot: it has always been open to religious options. In general, we have the freedom to work as mission ...
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2 December 2021
ASIA/SYRIA - Monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa: we love Muslims in the name of Christ, as He loves them
Nebek (Agenzia Fides) - The monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa renew their monastic consecration "on the basis of our three priorities: prayer, manual labor and hospitality" being always "attracted to the horizon of harmony ...
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2 December 2021
AMERICA - "Misión Celam" is born: to be a voice and give a voice to the People of God that "go forth"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Misión Celam” is the new publication, printed and digital, that the Communication Center of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented to the Ecclesial Assembly, held from Nove ...
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2 December 2021
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Indigenous pastoral care: respect for national laws and international agreements signed by Paraguay
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Constitution in the fifth chapter, recognizes the existence of indigenous peoples as groups of cultures prior to the formation and organization of the Paraguayan State, and guaran ...
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2 December 2021
AFRICA/BENIN - "It is a serious mistake to think that the missionary work of the Church is over": 160 years of evangelization celebrated
Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Church today commemorates a double event: the Church that welcomed the missionaries of the Society of African Missions (SMA) one hundred and sixty years ago and the memory, which dates back ...
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