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19 October 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - Synod of Bishops on Synodality: For a Church on the move under the sign of mission
Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Myanmar regards the Synod as a "fruitful opportunity to reconsider its character as a Church on the move, which is really missionary": This is what the Catholic Dioceses ...
19 October 2021
AFRICA/eSWATINI - SACBC delegation visits the country and calls for dialogue
Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "We make this proposal for a dialogue that is considered useful by all, on the basis of the words of Pope Francis, who asks all components of society to work together for dialogue, reconciliatio ...
19 October 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Here being a priest counts, people welcome you with respect and offer to help you": missionaries ready to share the Gospel
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is still a bit early to express my assessments and impressions, because in reality, since I have been here, I have moved very little from our house of the Society for African Missions (SMA) i ...
19 October 2021
ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Bangalore refuses to collect data on the activities of Christian missionaries
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian churches are critical of the plans of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka to conduct special research and collection of data on the activities of missionaries and emp ...
19 October 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Missionary-vocational expo in a context marked by the health crisis
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The third edition of the virtual missionary-vocation Expo will take place on October 23 and 24 on the occasion of World Mission Day and will be organized by the Direction of the Pontifical M ...
19 October 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indigenous peoples of the Amazon region demand protection of life and preservation of the "common home"
Timbo de Betania (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the approaching threats, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon are committed to the preservation, conservation and protection of the territory, our 'common home', our Col ...
18 October 2021
VATICAN - The training course "Communication is Mission" is underway, starting from Christ, "perfect communicator"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The multimedia training course entitled "Communication is Mission" was inaugurated, promoted by the Faculty of Institutional Social Communication of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cr ...
18 October 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Monsignor Centellas: "it is important to work on laws that give priority to work, seeking the well-being of those most in need"
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister of the Presidency of the Bolivian government, María Nela Prada, has announced that the government has decided to withdraw the bill against the legitimization of illicit profits, to a ...
18 October 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Spiral of violence in the English-speaking regions, the Bishops: "Life does not seem to have any more value"
Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with the deepest dismay and great sorrow that we, the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda, have received the terrifying news of the brutal killing of Enondiale Tehuengia Car ...
18 October 2021
ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - The Superior of the mission: "New creative forms of evangelizing"
Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of the Catholic Church in Turkmenistan "is a very humble little flock in a land with an Islamic majority and for this reason it must keep a low profile, but this does not represent ...
18 October 2021
AMERICA - Church conference on Amazon receives legal personality: CELAM expresses “joy and hope”
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "With joy and hope we received great news: Pope Francis has recognized the Church Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) as a public ecclesiastical legal personality", said the Board of the Council of ...
18 October 2021
ASIA/INDONESIA - Abolition of the death penalty: a civil society campaign
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for the abolition of the death penalty, launched by civil society and embraced by Christian Churches and organizations, is intensifying in Indonesia.
Several Indonesian civil soci ...
16 October 2021
ASIA/LEBANON - Beirut massacre, Shiites accuse the militiamen of the Lebanese Forces. Father Zgheib: some seek to rekindle religious clashes
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanon crisis is tinged with blood and rekindles in the collective unconscious of many Lebanese the nightmares never erased from the years of the civil war. After the death of seven Shiite d ...
16 October 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Government continues militarization and repression of migrants, resulting in human rights violations
Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - "We make a respectful but energetic appeal to the government of Mexico to abandon the repression against migrants and respect its constitutional mandate to make the human rights of all ef ...
16 October 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop of Lira to priests: "Always stay focused and firm to overcome challenges"
Lira (Agenzia Fides) - "The vocation to serve as a priest is a commitment that must be embraced with love and perseverance in the midst of challenges". This is what the Bishop of the diocese of Lira, Mgr. Sanctus Lino Wa ...
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