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• 25 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two priests kidnapped in the diocese led by Msgr. Kukah, subject to heavy threats Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two priests have been kidnapped in northern Nigeria. This is reported by Fr. Christopher Omotosho, Director of Social Communications of the Diocese of Sokoto in a statement: "At midnight today, M ...
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  25 May 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Unity and solidarity are needed for the development of local Churches Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important to have unity of purpose and unity of vision to build the local Church with a common motivation", underlined Msgr. Benjamin Phiri, bishop of the Diocese of Ndola. The prelate, acc ...
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  25 May 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Minister of the Environment to the Pastoral Commission for Ecology: working together to defend the common home Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The value of the work carried out by the Church and the importance of joining forces to protect our common home, as urged by Pope Francis, were highlighted during the recent meeting of the ...
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  25 May 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Assistance to Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons continues in the Camillian reception centers Ursus (Agenzia Fides) - Checking the needs and primary demands of the Ukrainian refugees is the main objective of the visit that the missionaries of the Camillian Disaster Service International (Cadis) will carry out, fr ...
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  25 May 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - In search of today's “Pauline Jaricot” Lugano (Agenzia Fides) - Looking for today's "Pauline", woman or man who is in parishes, communities and groups by filming a brief testimony for each of them: this "hunt for charisma" of Pauline Jaricot consists of the c ...
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  25 May 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church of Malaysia stops broadcasting liturgies online to celebrate in presence again Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - The dioceses of Malaysia have decided to suspend streaming in parishes to encourage the faithful to participate in liturgies and celebrations in presence. In a note issued by the Diocese o ...
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  25 May 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - 76th anniversary of National Independence: the Churches renew their certificates of loyalty to the Hashemite Dynasty Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations to commemorate the 76th anniversary of Jordan's independence begin today, Wednesday, May 25, and will last three days. The celebrations are especially extensive this year, with mi ...
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  24 May 2022
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Pauline Jaricot's Living Rosary on an App Paris (Agenzia Fides) - "I want you to pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary": these are the words of the Virgin in Fatima, who appeared to three children to ask the whole world to pray the rosary. ...
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  24 May 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society groups call for inclusive census and electoral reform Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Confidence in a new population census can only be based on adequate preparation and participatory responsibility to guarantee a rapid, transparent and credible census. The results of the 6th ce ...
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  24 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Church of Niger needs effective support: the missionaries are present despite the current insecurity Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - - "To bear witness to our missionary charism in the diocese of Niamey through the study of local languages and cultures, to facilitate Islamic-Christian dialogue, to take care of the poorest and t ...
• 24 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian Association of Nigeria: "The State must protect the Bishop of Sokoto" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "When we learnt that a Catholic church was attacked in Sokoto, it became clear that that attack was on Bishop Matthew Kukah because he is the one who is like a voice to the voiceless in this count ...
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  24 May 2022
  VATICAN - Pontifical Mission Societies: Shaping the future with a view to the history of its origins Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - A new awareness of being baptized and sent, and therefore "missionary disciples" of Christ, is to be born from the roots of its own genesis and looking at the life of Blessed Pauline Jaricot: this ...
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  24 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Association of Middle Eastern theological faculties renews its leadership Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The delegated members of the Association of Faculties and Institutes of Theology of the Middle East, gathered in assembly on May 22 and 23 in Egypt, at the Coptic Catholic Seminary in the Cairo di ...
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  24 May 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes: "The Church is a teacher of dialogue, reconciliation and forgiveness, because that is what Jesus taught us" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us give God the opportunity to reach our hearts, let us give God the opportunity to be the center of our lives, in a special way to our Mother", urged Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop o ...
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  24 May 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Catechists, servants of the synodal spirit, to build a more fraternal Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for Catechesis, in view of the "Day of the Catechist 2022", which will be celebrated in Chile on Saturday 28 May, the eve of the Ascension of the Lord, invited catechist ...