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  3 December 2022
  AMERICA - More than 7 million people forced to flee their countries in Latin America: a joint effort by Red Clamor and UNHCR is needed Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7 million people are forcibly displaced and seeking asylum in Latin America and the Caribbean. Countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Venezuela have seen a sharp increase due to, ...
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  3 December 2022
  VATICAN - The secret of Francis Xavier, "fire that kindles other fires" by Gianni Valente "The greatest of all missionaries of the modern age". Thus the monumental History of the Church edited by the great historian Hubert Jedin qualifies Francis Xavier, the Jesuit saint whose liturgical me ...
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  3 December 2022
  VATICAN - Appointment of adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Emilio Nappa, until now official of the Secretariat for the Economy, as adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization with the office of p ...
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  3 December 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In Tigray, disarmament is ready, but subject to the withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara forces from the region Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - While efforts continue in Ethiopia to try to normalize the situation in Tigray after the signing of the peace accords on November 3, there are difficulties for a real disarmament of the part ...
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  3 December 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Extraordinary exposition of the remains of St. Francis Xavier: a message of faith, simplicity, hope Goa (Agenzia Fides) - The figure of the holy man who goes around the villages with a little bell and, draws the attention of children and adults, teaches the simplest prayers, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Confiteor ...
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  2 December 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Government and courts crackdown on blasphemy through social media Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - An anti-terrorism court in Peshawar has sentenced Sana Ullah, a Pakistani citizen living in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to death for committing blasphemy on social media. The c ...
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  2 December 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops' Advent Message: “Reflecting on the Gift of Life” San José (Agenzia Fides) - In its Advent message, the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica invites "to reflect on the gift of life". "While some sections of society despise this gift and sacred right, we live in a time of ...
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  2 December 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - Missionaries heartbroken: armed gangs also attack churches and hospitals Port Au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year something serious happens; this year, and the year is not over yet, there have been no earthquakes or cyclones but a unprecedented violence has hit the country, generating ins ...
• 2 December 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Ghana, so far spared from jihadist attacks, questions the threat of terrorism in the region Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue has the potential to be a continuous stimulus for a greater understanding of the truth", said Fr. Lazarus Anondee, Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana (GCBC), ...
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  2 December 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Feed the hungry. Sprouts of Franciscan mercy in the freezing Russian winter Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Bring a kilo". In Russian, “Prinesi kilogramm”. This is the name again this year of the food collection promoted in Moscow by the Conventual Franciscans to help people who live in need in th ...
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  1 December 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Middle East Council of Churches to young Christians: remain faithful to your land Bkennaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) launched an explicit and determined appeal to young Christians from the Middle East, so that they "remain faithful to their ...
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  1 December 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - For 25 years, Christmas has returned to being a public holiday in Cuba, which is preparing to commemorate the historic visit of John Paul II Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The 25th anniversary of the recognition of Christmas as a public holiday in Cuba and the 25th anniversary of the visit to the island of the Holy Father John Paul II, are the events mentioned by t ...
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  1 December 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Knowledge and prevention, key elements to saving girls from human trafficking Gazipur (Agenzia Fides) - Jaeda Akhter, a thirty-year-old Bangladeshi, wife and mother of a child, who lives with her family in the outskirts of Dhaka, was the victim of an international gang of human traffickers and bro ...
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  1 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Zankey Handuriya: the children's star, a small light of hope for blind children Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - After a year, Father Rafael Casamayor, together with two of his collaborators, managed to return to Gaya and spend some time with the blind children of the inclusive Catholic school in the city th ...
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  30 November 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The service of Catholic schools in the education system: a contribution to the new generations Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - "The way in which teachers continue to transmit knowledge using all means, even the mass media, and the perseverance they show in continuing to serve children in difficult times is admirab ...