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  28 October 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Concerns about the increase in violence, the Church always willing to facilitate dialogue Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "As Pastor of the People of God in Santa Cruz, I express my deep concern at the increase in violence that fuels more violence. It is deplorable to live in a situation of pain and suffering ca ...
• 28 October 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Insecurity and climate change endanger social peace: bishops express concern Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Thefts, robberies, vandalism are the order of the day. We ask for urgent measures to ensure the safety of our citizens", said the Bishops of Benin at the end of their Plenary Assembly held from ...
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  28 October 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Impending famine: Church relief organization calls for immediate action Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "What we are seeing is devastating, people are suffering, children are dying. Hunger is claiming more and more victims. The alarm bells have been ringing for months, but the international comm ...
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  28 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Mindanao: “Emmaus College” aims to promote spirituality of dialogue Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The Emmaus Theological College, built in the city of Zamboanga with specialization in interreligious dialogue, welcomes 40 young students who, inspired by the spirituality of life in dialogue ...
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  28 October 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The canonization process of the Armenian Cardinal Agagianian, Prefect of Propaganda Fide from 1960 to 1970, has begun Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The little Armenian will one day have a great mission in the Church". Thus Pope Saint Pius X addressed the twelve-year-old Ghazaros Lazarus Agagianian, meeting him during his 1907 visit to the Col ...
• 28 October 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Msgr. Bittschi Mayer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On September 2, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Bolivia ad interim, His Exc. Msgr. Adolfo Eduardo José Bittsc ...
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  27 October 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the Amazon the cry of the Earth can no longer be ignored Macapà (Agenzia Fides) - The Camillians of the Amazon are also spokespersons for the cry of the Earth, which can no longer be ignored. Father Marcelo Valentim de Oliveira, a Camillian religious and doctor, is committed ...
• 27 October 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Protests against corruption Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In the main cities of Malawi, including Blantyre and Zomba, demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest against corruption and the rising cost of basic services. The civil society activi ...
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  27 October 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After the flood disaster: parish priest visits victims and organizes emergency aid Multan (Agenzia Fides) - In Taunsa, on the border between the provinces of Punjab and Balochistan, more than 100 Catholic families (a total of about 5,000 people) are in need and face abandonment and despair after severe ...
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  27 October 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Commemoration of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh in Rome: "Shining testimony of truth" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Death "does not put an end to human life", and it can also become a "shining witness in the Risen Christ". This was reiterated by Archimandrite Chihade Abboud, Procurator of the Greek-Melkite Catho ...
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  26 October 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - "Ecumenism of blood". In Moscow the memory of martyrs unites Christians of different confessions Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "What has helped the faithful to remain firm in the faith in times of persecution? And can the common memory of the martyrs help to overcome confessional barriers and help one another?". These ar ...
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  26 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians on the island of Flores for 13 years Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The number thirteen is described as a "lucky number" and this also seems to apply to the Camillians in Indonesia who, on July 3, 2009, that is 13 years ago, arrivved in Maumere, on the island of ...
• 26 October 2022
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - Bishop of Manzini fears new wave of violence Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "We fear a second strong wave of political violence", warns Bishop José Luis Ponce de León IMC of Manzini in eSwatini (former Swaziland), where on October 18, 2022 in Manzini two police office ...
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  26 October 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - ASEAN expresses concern about escalation of violence Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expresses its concern at the escalation of violence in the conflict in Myanmar on the eve of a special meeting of Foreign Ministers scheduled fo ...
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  25 October 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "Pauline Jaricot" Prize to Sister Narváez and Father Maccalli, witnesses of the Gospel Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to thank God, who has given me the opportunity to be born again and to return to my mission". These are the words of Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian missionary nun who was awarde ...