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  9 May 2022
  AFRICA - The Bishops of West Africa urge to live the Christian vocation to give a future to young people Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly denounce the policies and practices of our governments and leaders that facilitate and allow the exploitation and marginalization of our people and endanger the future of our children ...
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  9 May 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer, awareness and concrete help for young women to fight against abortion Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "Abortion is murder, it is a grave sin and an offense to God. Every day, many children are deprived of the right to life, of the right to grow as human beings", said Fr. Francis Nguyen Kim Phung d ...
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  9 May 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - St. Giragos Cathedral in Diyarbakir: Largest Armenian church in the Middle East reopens Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Apostolic Cathedral of St Giragos in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir reopens for religious services. This also provides an opportunity to review the status of relations between th ...
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  7 May 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Day of Vocations: for a "synodal" vocational ministry Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Lurín and President of the Episcopal Commission for the Clergy, Seminaries and Vocations of the Peruvian Episcopate, Msgr. Carlos García Camader, invites us to live, in communion wi ...
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  7 May 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - A path of fraternity for the Bishops of Central Asia Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - The first meeting of the newly formed Bishops' Conference of Central Asia, held from April 26 to 30 in Nursultan, Kazakhstan, was an opportunity to plan the future, but also to experience a mom ...
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  7 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Care of leprosy patients: work of the Church on a mission Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In her missionary work, the Church has a long tradition of assisting lepers, often abandoned even by their own families. She has always offered them concrete possibilities of healing and reintegrat ...
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  7 May 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The survivors of the Easter attacks: "United in faith, awaiting truth and justice" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop demanding truth and justice for the attacks of 2019. The authorities must commit themselves to finding the perpetrators and instigators of the massacres. It is necessary to establ ...
• 7 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Felix Zakari Fidson, kidnapped at the end of March, has been freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Felix Zakari Fidson, priest of the diocese of Zaria, in the state of Kaduna, northern Nigeria, kidnapped on March 24, has been released (see Fides, 25/3/2022). "With a heart filled with joy, ...
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  7 May 2022
  AMERICA/USA - The documentary on the story of Pauline Jaricot produced by the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States is now available New York (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith (see Fides, May 3, 2022), the Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States have created ...
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  7 May 2022
  VATICAN - "As long as Christ is announced". The missionary heart of Albino Luciani by Gianni Valente "Missionaries are those who pull the cart of the Church. Those who pull the cart are those who ask for the places of fatigue and risk". This is what Albino Luciani repeated to his sister Antonia, many ...
• 7 May 2022
  AFRICA - The Bishop of Agboville elected President of CEREAO/RECOWA Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Agboville (Ivory Coast) His Exc. Msgr. Alexis Touably Youlo, was elected President of the Regional Bishops' Conference of West Africa (CEREAO/RECOWA) during the Fourth Plenary Assemb ...
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  6 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Conscious choices for the good of the Amazon and the community: Repam-Brazil campaign ahead of the elections Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecclesial Pan-Amazonian Network (REPAM-Brazil), an organization of the National Bishops' Conference (CNBB), has launched the #EuVotoPelaAmazonia Campaign, with the aim of helping Christians ...
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  6 May 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The feminine genius and missionary soul of Pauline Jaricot at the center of the symposium of the Venezuelan PMS Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The historical impact, life and pastoral dimension of Pauline Jaricot were discussed at the Symposium "Pauline Jaricot, feminine genius and missionary solidarity" held in the Auditorium of the C ...
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  6 May 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Uncertainties and hopes in a country in conflict Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Orthodox fundamentalist groups could create problems for Ethiopia by fueling a new military escalation", one of the seven members of the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia (EIRC) told Fide ...
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  6 May 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Archbishop Pezzi: leave a door open to dialogue; the other is never an enemy Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "I think that these hopes for dialogue are well founded. I think that mistrust is more unfounded. This is what Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of the Mother of God in Moscow, ...