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  25 February 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Encounter, listen, discern" so that the whole of society may walk in communion, with the participation of all San José (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their plenary assembly, which took place from February 21 to 24, the Bishops of Costa Rica published a message addressed to all believers and all people of good will, which is en ...
• 25 February 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Monze Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Raphael Mweempwa, of the clergy of Monze, currently Professor and Formator at St. Dominic Major Theological Seminary of Lusaka, as bishop of the d ...
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  25 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The Don Orione Monastery in Lviv becomes a reception center for refugees and the disabled Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have all gathered in the monastery of Lviv which we have decided to make available to refugees and to those in need. Our other priority is the protection of the 8 disabled children who live in ...
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  24 February 2022
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Integrating refugees into society: the commitment of the Pro Bambini Association of Kabul Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the end of August, we have been committed to allowing the transfer of our staff and their families from Afghanistan with the Pro Bambini Association of Kabul, because, having collaborated wi ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Social peace is a moral question rather than a question of laws Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We must not forget that the social polarization that is being experienced today throughout the country is largely a reflection of what is happening 'above', with the political class, whose ...
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  24 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the bloodied Tigray region, the heparch of Adigrat calls for solidarity with the bishops Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "The atrocities committed so far against the Tigrinya population are not only against the right to the existence of human beings, but also against God who created us", declared the Bishop of the ...
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  24 February 2022
  EUROPE - Catholic Action: prayer of the Rosary for peace with the faithful of Ukraine Rome (Agenzia Fides) - While winds of war blow in Ukraine, the International Forum of Catholic Action (IFCA) with all the associations of Catholic Action in the world, has accepted the renewed appeal of Pope Francis to p ...
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  24 February 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Muqtada al Sadr Movement returns 120 illegally stolen real estate from Christian citizens and Mandeans Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are already more than 120 real estate assets - land and houses - returned to their legitimate owners by virtue of the campaign promoted by the Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr and his Sadrist ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA - From the Ecclesial Assembly a new push for CELAM to "bet on a synodal Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented Pope Francis with a summary report of the first Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, held between ...
• 24 February 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Inauguration of a training center for nurses to be sent to rural areas, promoted by Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, created by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary of the Congo Province, was inaugurated in Bangui, under the aegis of His Eminen ...
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  24 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Missionaries of Don Orione: "We will stay here, we cannot abandon our disabled children, mothers, children, the poor" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Don Giovanni Carollo, director of the religious province "Mother of Divine Providence" of the Sons of Divine Providence (Don Orione) on which the Orionine mission in Ukraine depends, in contact wit ...
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  23 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy, forced conversions, education system: the weak points for the rights of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The fundamental rights of religious minorities in Pakistan are of great concern, as can be seen in the field of blasphemy, in religious conversions, in the implementation of labor regulations, i ...
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  23 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The precious contribution of consecrated life to evangelization and charity Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Consecrated persons in Vietnam are called to a constant renewal of spiritual life and to a joyful missionary ministry to show Jesus' teaching, to present his face and spread the Gospel to others. ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - "We who know war, we beg you: do not do it!": from the depths of the Congo, a call not to start a war in Ukraine Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - We, the young people of Bukavu, the war generation, have suffered a lot of misfortune and trauma because of it. That is why we beg you not to start the war. Someone wrote: "If you want peace, pre ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "Direct abortion is an immoral act and a violent practice contrary to life" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Perplexity and deep sadness" were expressed by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia after the publication of the note of the Constitutional Court that "the conduct of abortion will only be punis ...