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• 11 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan seminary in the archdiocese of Gwangju Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 22, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Petrus Kim Jung-Yong, of the archdiocesan clergy of Gwangju as Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary located in the Archdioces ...
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  11 October 2022
  ASIA - The jubilee assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences: "And they took another path" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Even the rain - not uncommon in the rainy season, which in Thailand lasts from June to October - does not alter the good climate of meetings that will characterize the General Assembly of the Fe ...
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  11 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks postponed to a date to be defined to stop the war in Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes of further peace talks launched by the African Union (AU) in South Africa to find a solution to the conflict in the Tigray region (see Fides 6/10/2022), faded on the same weekend of Oc ...
• 11 October 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 60 years of independence: bishops look back on developments over the past ten years Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last ten years our country has developed positively in many ways", say the Bishops of Uganda in their Message for the 60th anniversary of Independence. Referring to their letter, written ...
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  10 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "It is time to take a step forward”: the Forum for Peace calls for a process of dialogue and reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, and yesterday, October 9, North Korea launched two new short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, cultural and political initiatives continue to ...
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  10 October 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Ignatian spiritual exercises in Samarkand, to guard the "bud" of faith Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) – To spend a few days in silence, according to the charism of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and propose the practice of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises as an opportunity to be closer to God and dis ...
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  10 October 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Committed to proclaiming and living the value of honesty in the family, in education and in society Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, which is very evident in Dominican society, has a lot to do "with the lack of education in children, youth and adults that gives priority to the value of honesty", therefore it ...
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  10 October 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Displaced people, floods, food emergency: from rural to urban areas Karthum (Agenzia Fides) –– A quarter of the population of Sudan is facing a situation of acute hunger. It is estimated that 12 million people suffer from this emergency, and the figure could reach 18 million by the e ...
• 10 October 2022
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - New cycle of violence? after the assault on a military base with the death of 7 soldiers Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - At least 7 soldiers lost their lives in an attack on the Garabtisan base, in the north of Djibouti, in the early hours of Friday, October 7. In a statement, the Ministry of Defense blamed the " ...
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  8 October 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - October 11 is a special day of fasting and prayer for peace announced by the Franciscan Family Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask that you join with the Franciscan Family in observing a special day of fasting and prayer on October 11, 2022. While with evil we see the mystery of immorality in action, we respond to it ...
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  8 October 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Dal Toso: vocations in the areas to be evangelized are the "ripe fruit" of the first proclamation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Having local priests means giving a local face to the Church and making the message of the Gospel, valid for every culture, better understood", said Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, President of ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Strengthening communion", central theme of the new pastoral year in the Church of Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthening communion" is the central pastoral theme indicated by the Bishops of Vietnam for the Vietnamese Church in the year 2023. This is what we read in the "General Letter to the community ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bringing God's merciful love and alleviating the suffering of the victims affected by the monsoon floods Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government has officially declared 66 districts of the country, submerged by the monsoon floods at the end of August 2022, and which have involved more than 33 million people 'a ...
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  8 October 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Responsible parenthood" does not mean harming the dignity or freedom of the person Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The promotion of responsible parenthood "should never pave the way for methods that undermine the dignity of the person, that limit the notion of human freedom or that make decisions for pe ...
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  8 October 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - In Moscow people pray for peace, according to the intentions of the Pope Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Bringing peace does not mean smoothing out all the roughness and leveling the differences. Bringing peace means accepting everyone, even those who think differently from us. Peace is above all t ...