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26 November 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Good politics, selfless service and social dialogue will bring forth the fruits of peace and justice
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope is reborn in our hearts at the beginning of the season of Advent", write the Colombian Bishops at the beginning of the message published at the beginning of the liturgical season of Advent ...
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26 November 2021
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A school of "mission" thanks to the virtual course organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The basic missionary formation course organized by the Missionary Formation Center of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Venezuela will begin next January. It is aimed at those who are ju ...
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25 November 2021
ASIA/IRAQ - Political blocs "compete" in initiatives against illegal expropriation of houses and land to the detriment of Christians
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq antagonistic political blocs are also competing on the thorny issue of real estate illegally stolen from Christian owners in recent decades and the initiatives implemented to return illi ...
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25 November 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Contemporary migratory flows constitute a true missionary frontier": National Collection for Aid to Migrants and Refugees
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Under the motto of Pope Francis for the World Day of Migrants 2021 "Towards an ever wider 'we' ", on November 27 and 28 the National Collection of Aid to Migrants and Refugees will be held ...
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25 November 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - The President of the Bishops' Conference: "We hope for a new beginning"
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that it is truly a new beginning. We must thank the international community for the support given to the civilian government, the Sudanese demonstrators and all those people who worked ...
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25 November 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Explosion at the entrance to the headquarters of the Bishops' Conference
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The General Secretariat of the Bolivian Bishops 'Conference (CEB) reported the explosion of a bomb, which occurred early in the morning of Wednesday 24 November, at the entrance to the building t ...
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25 November 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Catholic Diocese of Adigrat warns of current impact of war in Tigray
Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Like all Tigrayans, the Catholic Church has been seriously affected by this genocidal war waged against us by the local army and by foreign armies. Physical, psychological and spiritual attacks ...
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25 November 2021
ASIA/VIETNAM - The celebration of the Vietnamese martyrs and the example of martyrdom, alive and necessary today
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 24, the universal Church celebrates in the liturgical calendar the feast of Andre Dung Lac and the Vietnamese martyrs: their example and heroic stories are vividly relived ...
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24 November 2021
AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops reflect on the life of the communities and urge them to resume participation in Sunday Mass
Florida (Agenzia Fides) - During the recent plenary assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (CEU), which took place from November 10th to 16th in the "Jesús Buen Pastor" retreat house in Florida, the new board w ...
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24 November 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - A new phase of "government experts": hope for a return to democracy
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The coup in Sudan, which forcibly overturned the transition council established in August 2019 in the wake of the so-called "Sudanese Spring", ended less than a month later. On Sunday, November ...
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24 November 2021
ASIA/HOLY LAND - “Work is love made visible”. Women in Holy Land give life to the "interreligious" Christmas Market
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Small pieces of jewelery and crockery, cosmetics and fashion accessories, sweets and local specialties. But also icons, ceramics, organic jams, candles are the many gift ideas that can be foun ...
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24 November 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - Arson attacks in schools: bishops want to better accompany students
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to review ways of maintaining discipline in our schools through deliberate coordinated efforts of correction, mentorship, counselling and effective chaplaincy ministry", said the bishop ...
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24 November 2021
ASIA/INDIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies present their charism and initiatives at the National Meeting of Major Seminaries
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The National Meeting of all the Rectors of the Indian Seminaries took place in Bangalore, at the National Biblical Catechetical & Liturgical Center. About 90 Rectors gathered for the usual ann ...
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24 November 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Human rights violations have intensified in Chocò and western Antioquia instead of decreasing
Santa Fe de Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately, the cry of the communities has not been heard and, consequently, the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have intensified instead of decre ...
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24 November 2021
ASIA/CHINA - "Me and my seminary": the seminary in Beijing celebrates 40 years of commitment to priesthood formation
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Me and my seminary" is the theme of the competition organized for the seminarians of the diocese of Beijing, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Seminary. The competi ...
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