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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Churches of the Middle East join the act of Consecration to Mary for the end of the war in Ukraine Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Churches of the Middle East join Pope Francis in the act by which Russia and Ukraine will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to ask for an end to the tragic war that be ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions: a bill is urgently needed to protect religious freedom Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Forced conversions to Islam threaten religious freedom and religious pluralism in Pakistan, therefore it is urgent to introduce legal and administrative guarantees to address crimes involving fo ...
• 24 March 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - "Wars play cynically with the fate of entire peoples": A vision from the south of the world of the war in Ukraine Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A vision from the South of the first great war on European soil since the Second World War (with the exception of the wars in the former Yugoslavia). This is what is reported in a note sent to ...
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  24 March 2022
  AMERICA - On March 25, prayers for peace will be raised from Marian Shrines, parishes and families on the continent Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The local Churches of Latin America have responded to Pope Francis' call for bishops, priests, religious and faithful from all over the world to join in community prayer on March 25, when he pro ...
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  23 March 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Faithful in prayer for the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to Mary Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brothers and sisters, it is with great joy and great hope that we have received the message that the Holy Father Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. ...
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  23 March 2022
  EUROPE - Bishops call to the leaders of the nations to put an end to the war and on all Christians to continue praying for the gift of peace Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) are "calling leaders of the nations and the internationa ...
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  23 March 2022
  EUROPE - Interreligious prayer for peace and proposal for a trip of religious leaders to Kiev Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - An interreligious prayer and a moment of silence together to invoke peace in Ukraine: this is the initiative promoted for tomorrow, March 24, by the international association "Religions for Peace ...
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  23 March 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Week for life, to be "defended, promoted, respected and loved" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - From March 20 to 27, the Church in Venezuela celebrates the "Week for Life", on the occasion of the celebration of the Day for Life, which is celebrated on March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunci ...
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  23 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - March 24, Missionary Martyrs Day: "Voice of the Word" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty years ago, the Missionary Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies decided to celebrate every year a "Day of prayer and fasting in memory of the Missionary Martyrs". The da ...
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  23 March 2022
  AFRICA - "We have never stopped taking care of tuberculosis patients": March 24 world tuberculosis day Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "In all the hospitals where we operate, from Rumbek in South Sudan to Wolisso in Ethiopia, passing through Tosamaganga in Tanzania, patients with tuberculosis arrive. In some countries, such as A ...
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  23 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Raï reaffirms perspective of Lebanon's “neutrality” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Only if Lebanon is neutral in relation to the global and regional balance of power confronting it in the Middle East will it be possible for Lebanon to "regain its position" and its positive role ...
• 23 March 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - "No ethnic group is too small to be unable to contribute to the growth of Ghana" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tamale and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana, His Exc. Mgr. Philip Naameh, said that no ethnic group in Ghana should feel too small to contribute to the grow ...
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  22 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A pact for life and to eliminate violence and intolerance in political confrontation Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Fifth pre-electoral report on violence against political, social and municipal leaders - from March 13, 2021 to January 13, 2022 - produced by the Electoral Observation Mission (OEO), report ...
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  22 March 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas and regional authorities of San Martín join forces for Covid vaccination in indigenous communities Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Communities Vaccination Promotion and Awareness Project of the Peruvian Amazon, to contain the deadly effects of the pandemic", is supported by Caritas Germany and implemented by Car ...
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  22 March 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "It was one of the best trips I've ever done": says a missionary from Monassao Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "Singila mingi, Nzapa! (Many thanks to God). This is how my mission begins, remembering that it is never mine but God's, in this blessed land , but so wounded by poverty, war, instability. The ...