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  1 August 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Ready, set, go! The missionaries create the Grest in Monassao: a small ray of sunshine in this endless poverty Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "Ready, set, go! This adventure begins and on the first day there are more than 200 children with 600 spectators. And to think we only told two children". Thus begins the story of Anselmo Fabia ...
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  1 August 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Holiness, witness of faith, vocation and mission: the themes of the annual retreat of the various dioceses Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The journey towards holiness, the communion of the diocesan community (between priests, with the Bishop and the faithful), the synodal journey, the witness of faith, the vocation and mission of ...
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  1 August 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Catholic community celebrates the National Day of Catechists on the feast of Blessed Andrew Phu Yen Quy Nhon (Agenzia Fides) - Gatherings of catechists, holy masses and celebrations in various dioceses of Vietnam marked the traditional Day dedicated to catechists, which in Vietnam coincides with the feast of Blessed An ...
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  1 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Young Egyptians on pilgrimage to Mount Sinai for the 29th "Franciscan March" Quesna (Agenzia Fides) - A five-day pilgrimage, along paths traveled by saints, prophets and penitents since time immemorial, to ask for the gift of interior reconciliation and discover God's loving plan for one's life. ...
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  1 August 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Vocation Month begins, looking to the next Vocation Year on the theme "Vocation: grace and mission" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The mass that will be celebrated today, August 1, at 7 pm, in the Chapel of Our Lady of Aparecida, at the headquarters of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) in Brasilia, will mark the nat ...
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  30 July 2022
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Dialogue continues, tension has decreased, the Church does not exclude anyone Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "The first fruits of the Single Dialogue Table are taking shape and the climate of tension has considerably decreased in the country", say the Bishops of Panama, who have accepted to be facilitat ...
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  30 July 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Comboni Missionaries: support for young people to live "a Christian and missionary dimension" Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal is to create a farm for the production of corn, cassava and the processing of peanuts. The idea arises from the need to create a source of livelihood for our community and to introduce un ...
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  30 July 2022
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Integration of people with disabilities and environmental sustainability: the work of human promotion of the Church Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - Social integration of people with disabilities and environmental sustainability. This is the commitment of the Church of Tajikistan which is working on these two fronts: as we learn from a note ...
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  30 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Director of the PMS in French-speaking Canada: "Pope Francis, pilgrim of reconciliation" Montréal (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking with Pope Francis and all our indigenous brothers and sisters made us experience, day after day of the papal visit, how this mission of reconciliation is carried out. The still acute ...
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  30 July 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: Human trafficking: "More centers are needed to welcome and accompany minors who are victims of abuse" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The hope and dream of every victim of abuse and violence is to be protected, taken care of, healed and to have justice. The mission and commitment of every Christian is to make this happen. With ...
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  30 July 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako confirms his intention to resign at the age of 75 Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The intention announced by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako to present his resignation to the Pope from the patriarchal office at the age of 75 continues to be discussed. This intention h ...
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  29 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A new initiative on a vocational and missionary theme has been presented Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Sent by the Spirit to the ends of the world" is the theme that will accompany the new vocational and missionary initiative conceived and launched by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in B ...
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  29 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Men and women religious invited to "responsible and informed discernment" on the new Constitution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to the communities, and in a personal way to every consecrated person, to participate "in a responsible way in the exercise of discernment that engages us in the process that our ...
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  29 July 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "No place is accessible, the roads are impassable due to the terrorists" Djibo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the country continues to worsen. No place is accessible. It is no longer possible to go to the villages to celebrate the Eucharist and the other sacraments: the roads are impassa ...
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  29 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Wrong teaching on the Christian faith: after the intervention of the Bishops, the government announces the correction Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An erroneous teaching on the Christian faith, on God and the Trinity, present in an official book of civic education published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (K ...