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• 31 May 2022
  ASIA/LAOS - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Paksé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa, of the clergy of Paksé, Laos, until now apostolic administrator of Paksé, as vicar apostolic of the same vicariate ...
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  31 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Celebrations in the Marian shrine Jabal al Tayr: around one million pilgrims expected Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than one million Egyptian pilgrims, both Coptic Christians and Muslims, are expected at the Marian Monastery-Shrine of Jabal al Tayr, near the city of Samalut, in the Egyptian pro ...
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  30 May 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Monsignor Alvarez: "The only way to grow for a family, for a csociety, is the culture of encounter" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Social, matrimonial and community humility and the culture of respect are important, respect for differences, forgiveness is also important... Christ from the cross teaches us forgiveness": u ...
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  30 May 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Franciscans: let us ask God for the gift of peace Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "The charism of St. Francis of Assisi is certainly linked in a particular way to the theme of peace, as was the life of Jesus itself: the poor man of Assisi reminded those he met of the importanc ...
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  30 May 2022
  VATICAN - Consistory for 21 new Cardinals, among them 7 Ordinaries of jurisdictions entrusted to Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the Regina Coeli on Sunday, May 29, Pope Francis announced that on Saturday, August 27, he will hold a Consistory for the creation of 21 new Cardinals: "On Monday and T ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA - Appeal from Africa for the 56th World Communications Day: "Let us rediscover the ability to listen to the other" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Only listening to the other allows us to lay the foundations in order to build a fruitful dialogue, a prerequisite for building a more just society. This is the synthesis of the messages launched b ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Working to generate peace: to be ambassadors of peace in one's own Communities Lira (Agenzia Fides) - "Working to generate peace, respect for fundamental human rights and the dignity of everyone in every situation, are elements that require active participation of all political, civil and cultural ...
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  30 May 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Pizzaballa: this is what Charles del Foucauld tells us, the Saint who "did nothing" Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - What is striking about the Christian adventure of St. Charles de Foucauld is that, during his life, "he seems to have done nothing". He converted no one, founded nothing, and did not "bring hom ...
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  30 May 2022
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Apostolic Prefect Marengo, appointed Cardinal: "That of the Pope is a missionary gesture" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am surprised and amazed by an unexpected moment of grace. I believe that the Pope's gesture was a missionary gesture, to express attention and care to a small community and to all the small comm ...
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  28 May 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr. Maccalli and his mission together with migrants: “The human person first because we are all brothers” Modica (Agenzia Fides) - "To be there is to be in the middle of the ford of a challenge that challenges us in humanity first and foremost. And to those who shout out loud against migrants without knowing their stories, t ...
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  28 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Missionaries of Charity: "to live like the poor among the poorest, to bear witness with them to God's love" Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "Our whole existence revolves around the love for Jesus towards the poor, because our foundress, Mother Teresa, taught us that Jesus is in them. This is the principle that guides all of our exi ...
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  28 May 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Long-term sustainable solutions are urgently needed: World Hunger Day Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "To avert the imminent risk of an unprecedented global food crisis, there is an urgent need for long-term sustainable solutions and political will and determination, addressing the roots of our unj ...
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  28 May 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Buddhist leaders honor the Bishop for his contribution to society Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, French Bishop of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, was honored by Buddhist leaders in Cambodia for his precious contribution to society. The Apostolic Vicar ...
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  28 May 2022
  ASIA/OMAN - Orthodox Patriarch Yohanna X inaugurates the church dedicated to Saint Arethas martyr Muscat Agenzia Fides) - Yohanna X Yazigi, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, celebrated the first divine liturgy on Friday, May 27 in the new church dedicated to the Holy Martyr Arethas (in Arabic Al-Harith bin Ka'b Al ...
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  27 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church to young people: energy, talent and dynamism at the service of the Kingdom of God Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Living youth to the full, putting energy, talent and dynamism at the service of the Kingdom of God: this is the spirit that pervaded the third National Youth Conference, organized by "Young Ca ...