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  18 October 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The mission of a Catholic hospital also includes palliative care for the terminally ill Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the village of Achi Masjid, on Chamber Road, 40 km from the city of Hyderabad, in the Pakistani province of Sindh, the presence of this group of doctors and nurses is considered by the loca ...
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  18 October 2022
  AFRICA/ERITREA - A bishop and two Eritrean priests arrested. Capture of the Tigrinyan city of Shire Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Eritrean government has not yet commented on the arrest of Fikremariam Hagos, ordained the first bishop of Segheneity in southern Eritrea in 2012. The Catholic Church has asked the compe ...
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  18 October 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The "deadly route" of the Darién does not stop thousands of migrants trying to reach the United States Apartado (Agenzia Fides) - The region of El Darién, also known as Tapòn del Darién and Darién Forest, covers some areas in the province of Panama (Panama) and north of the department of Chocó (Colombia). The wild an ...
• 18 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Southeast Nigeria: Catholic priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Once again a Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. "Fr. Joseph Igweagu, parish priest of St. Joseph Parish in Abata Nsugbe, Anambra state, was abducted while returning to the rectory afte ...
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  17 October 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Famine in refugee camps: children and young people search for food in the garbage Nyala (Agenza Fides) - In the Otash refugee camp in the town of Nyala, southern Darfur, in the face of a food crisis that continues to worsen, children are also forced to look for food in the rubbish. The head of the ref ...
• 17 October 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Exploitation and environmental damage: “We must fight the problem of illegal gold diggers together” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot continue like this" says Fr. Dieu-Donne Kofi Davor, Director of Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Ghana, who was part of the delegation of different Christian confessions th ...
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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Signs of the Times": Social Media Mission by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - For years, the daily life of a large part of the Chinese population has been characterized by the use of the news app "Wechat" from the Chinese company "Tencent Holdings". The com ...
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  17 October 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops call for judicial reform: Human dignity and human rights must be the focus La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Gospel, the woman, the widow, wanted justice, and had to deal with a judge who didn't care about God or men, it seems that she lived in Bolivia, where many are asking for a reform of just ...
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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The baptized pray the Rosary for peace in Korea and Ukraine Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer to Mary moves mountains; the "impossible causes" are entrusted to the Mother of God through the prayers of the Rosary, recited in community. With this certainty of faith, the Catholics of t ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Eviction for Christian refugees in Baghdad: the building where they live must become a shopping center Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014 they had to flee Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. They had abandoned their homes and all their belongings in the face of the advance of so-called Islamic Stat ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - World Mission Month campaign goes to places of pain and healing Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The World Mission Month campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies in East Timor goes to prisons, hospitals, homes for the elderly. The focus of the initiatives that take place throughout the mon ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The anniversary of the Second Vatican Council commemorated with an interreligious round table Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council is commemorated in Indonesia with two special meetings today, October 15: one at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the "Sanata Dharma U ...
• 14 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Court of Appeal drops charges against Biafran separatist leader Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - With a unanimous decision of all three judges who followed the case, the Nigerian Court of Appeal has withdrawn the charges of terrorism against the separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Court of Ap ...
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  14 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity affects the living conditions of the local population and internally displaced persons Bourzanga (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Bourzanga, in northern Burkina Faso, is difficult to access due to the presence of armed groups along the road. This uncertainty is also affecting an aid program initiated by the C ...
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  14 October 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the opening of the borders: Bishops of Venezuela and Colombia discuss migration and warn of a humanitarian crisis Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conferences of Venezuela and Colombia have been in constant contact for many years to exchange ideas, proposals and work plans for the benefit of the ecclesial communities of both ...