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4 October 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Week of Creation: Bishops invite Catholics to "take the lead in protecting the planet and the ecosystem"
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2012, with the publication of a pastoral Letter on the environment and human development in Bolivia, the Bolivian Catholic Church has celebrated the Week of Creation every year, in the days ...
4 October 2021
AFRICA/TOGO - Churches closed until mid-October, but missionaries do not stop solidarity
Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - The episcopal conference of Togo has asked in this month of the Rosary to light a candle on October 7, the day of Our Lady of the Rosary, in front of the closed doors of all parish churches. D ...
2 October 2021
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Creating a better world: the challenge for teachers
Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus was the greatest teacher of all time, but he was misunderstood even by his own disciples, who were afraid to ask him questions. The same goes for us teachers. When our students do not unde ...
2 October 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - March October 3 in favor of women and human life: for the Bishops it is "an expression of love for women and for life"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the national march in favor of women and human life to be held on Sunday October 3 in many cities of the country, promoted by many civil society organizations, the Bishops ...
2 October 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 takes shape and life
Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - At last, tents for vaccination against Covid have been set up adjacent to the Yirol and Rumbek hospitals with all the equipment in operation, vans, scooters and bicycles ready to leave and reach t ...
2 October 2021
EUROPE/ITALY - Missio Italia's social campaign "#nonpossiamotacere" (We cannot be silent) starts in October
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the start of Missionary October, the social campaign "#nonpossiamotacere" was launched by the Missio Foundation (National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy) with the dioce ...
2 October 2021
VATICAN - Urbaniana University: for the first time the new General Secretary is a nun, a Scalabrinian missionary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Pietra Luana (Etra) Modica, Scalabrinian, is the new Secretary General of the Pontifical Urbaniana University. The appointment was signed by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokin Tagle, Prefec ...
1 October 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - World Mission Sunday: evangelization and missionary charity
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization and charity are an integral part of mission and the Church exists to evangelize and proclaim the love of Christ to people. This is what Father Pontian Kaweesa, National Director o ...
1 October 2021
ASIA/INDIA - Christians celebrate the National Day of Prayer to remember Mahatma Gandhi
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, national hero of India, Indian Christians of all confessions celebrate a National Day of Prayer on October 2, in what was proclaimed by the Gene ...
1 October 2021
AFRICA/TUNISIA - Archbishop Antoniazzi: the appointment of a woman as prime minister is not just an "image campaign"
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - An "image campaign"? Well, it depends on how you look at it ... ", said Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi, at the head of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tunis, referring to comments and analysis of the we ...
1 October 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Three nuns die due to Covid-19 in their service of assistance for the abandoned elderly
Oruro (Agenzia Fides) - Sister María Hilda Arteaga Flores, Sister María Isabel Agip Sánchez and Sister Asunción Bravo Rivas, of the Congregation of the Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados (Little Sisters of the A ...
1 October 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Mission is what unites the different expressions of the Church: the bishop of Tombura-Yambio urges the protection of priests and religious
Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months, the county of Tombura has been the victim of violent clashes between the two rival forces which has led to the mass displacement of hundreds of families (see Fides, 22/9 ...
1 October 2021
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National survey (ENCOVI): poverty at the highest levels, employment decreases, only 5% of emigrants return
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In the last year, extreme poverty has increased in Venezuela by more than 8%, formal employment has lost 1.3 million jobs and educational coverage has decreased by 5%. These are the data collect ...
30 September 2021
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian teachers for state schools: launch of a training course
Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "Our priority is to train religion teachers and catechists in the authentic teachings of the Church and to help them learn and proclaim the proclamation of the faith. In this intensive course, or ...
30 September 2021
ASIA/LEBANON - Crisis in Christian schools, the Syrian Catholic Patriarch exempts families from paying school fees
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Youssef III Younan, has given instructions to exempt the families of Syrian Catholic students who attend schools connected to the Patriarchate from the paymen ...
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