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  22 October 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Scottish woman, missionary in Egypt and the Middle East, at the head of the Comboni Missionaries Verona (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Anne Marie Quigg is the new Superior General of the Institute of the Pious Mothers of Negritude (Combonian Missionaries), founded in 1872, 150 years ago, by Saint Daniele Comboni. She was ...
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  22 October 2022
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin: an agreement on aspects essential to daily life of Church in China Rome - Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin grants an interview to discuss the two-year renewal of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China. The interview ...
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  21 October 2022
  VATICAN - Catholic Church Statistics 2022 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 96th anniversary on Sunday, October 23, 2022, Fides New Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panora ...
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  21 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New date proposed for peace talks in Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The African Union has set a new date for October 24 for peace talks on the war in Tigray. The news was also reported by Redwan Hussein, National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Abiy, con ...
• 21 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A nun also killed in the assault on a village in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 7 dead, including a nun who worked in the health sector, and an unknown number of people kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault that took place in the night between 19 and 20 Octob ...
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  21 October 2022
  ASIA - The Bishops analyze the "emerging realities" on the continent Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - To discover and learn about the "emerging realities" in the Asian continent, phenomena that characterize society, culture, economy, to grant pastoral action and understand the ways to proclaim t ...
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  21 October 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Ebola, malnutrition, illiteracy: Camillian religious health centers at the service of the poorest Musoli (Agenzia Fides) - Malnutrition, poverty, illiteracy and unemployment are among the country's main challenges. To this is added, since the beginning of September, an epidemic of Ebola, which seems for the moment to ...
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  21 October 2022
  VATICAN - Catholics and pastoral workers increase in Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The "Catholic Church Statistics" that Fides publishes annually on the occasion of World Mission Day, taken from the latest edition of the «Church’s Book of Statistics», show that Africa ...
• 20 October 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Video of the hostages captured in the church of Nchang: "Do everything to free us as soon as possible" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "So far it has not been easy. If you take a good look at us, you will see our sad and tried faces", says Fr. Cornelius Jingwa in a video released yesterday, October 19, on social networks by th ...
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  20 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Fight against poverty and hunger in India: between good results and necessary commitments New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India has rescued 415 million people from poverty in 15 years. This was stated in the new UN report on the "Multidimensional Poverty Index" (MPI), which analyzes the data collected between 200 ...
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  20 October 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Seven Ad Gentes missionaries sent out as a “handful of leaven” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "You are a small group, but God's grace is great. May you, wherever you are, be the handful of leaven that is put into the dough, with your life and your mission to make Jesus known and loved! ...
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  20 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New mission in the north of the country among the poorest and most abandoned Buta (Agenzia Fides) - In a subsoil rich in diamonds and gold where no one is interested in the development of the country, the Comboni missionaries are not discouraged in promoting the Gospel. "If it weren't for the Gos ...
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  19 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholic laity fully involved in the synodal process and in the proclamation of the Gospel Huè (Agenzia Fides) - The lay Catholics of Vietnam want to contribute to the worldwide synodal process and their commitment is essential, especially in reaching out to those who, after baptism, have distanced themselves ...
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  19 October 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "We have taken the first step, Ecuador needs us to continue walking together": dialogue tables concluded Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Four great reflections and as many challenges have emerged at the end of the work of the "dialogue tables" attended by representatives of the government, indigenous and social organizations, the C ...
• 19 October 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A deliberate depopulation strategy for Cabo Delgado: Unrest driven by interest in reserves? Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to gas and oil, the region also has graphite, an essential component of electric car batteries. The province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique is an “energy paradise” for a w ...