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  18 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Forced to beg to keep Ayder CS Hospital in Mekelle running Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "We trust that the whole world, through international, continental and regional institutions, has all the tools to stop this man-made tragedy and allow humanitarian aid to reach our region very ...
• 18 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Kisumu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, currently Bishop of Nakuru, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 18/2/2022) ...
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  17 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Cathedral of Calcutta launches "food for all" initiative Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in the Archdiocese of Calcutta has launched the "Food for All" initiative with the support of the AnnBandhu foundation, a local non-governmental organizati ...
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  17 February 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Nahdlatul Ulama" relaunches its fundamental mission of a social, economic and cultural nature Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) remains the guardian of the Republic of Indonesia and Pancasila, two key themes of our national political platform", said the new leader of the organization, Yahya Cholil S ...
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  17 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Petropolis launches urgent call for help after the storm Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask every Catholic Christian, men and women of good will, to share the pain of those who have lost what little they had, victims of the climate tragedy. We especially support the bereaved a ...
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  17 February 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Kuwala FM: Catholic radio station, an important instrument of evangelization Limbe (Agenzia Fides) - "May this radio be an instrument of unity and help us to promote political and cultural tolerance in our country", said the Archbishop of Blantyre, Msgr. Thomas Msusa, on the occasion of the offic ...
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  17 February 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The Churches of North Africa continue their synodal journey under the sign of Charles De Foucauld Algiers - "For our Church in North Africa, the forthcoming canonization of Charles de Foucauld is an opportunity to rejoice and further deepen his insights". So write the members of the Bishops' Conference of the North A ...
• 17 February 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Regional security uncertain after the withdrawal of French and European troops from Mali Paris (Agenzia Fides) - "There are no longer the political, operational and legal conditions" to continue our military missions in Mali. In a joint press release published this morning, February 17, France and its Europe ...
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  17 February 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Monsignor Centellas: "Carnival should not be the occasion for a new wave of Covid-19" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us maintain biosecurity measures, carnival is arriving, but the pandemic continues. Everyone's responsibility is to take care of themselves and respect health measures. Carnival should not be ...
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  16 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Repam: spaces for the solidarity market in 91% of the local Churches in the Amazon Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - A survey by the Pan-Amazonian Eclesial Network (Repam-Brazil) has shown that 91% of the archdioceses, dioceses and prelatures of the Brazilian Amazon have permanent spaces for the marketing of ...
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  16 February 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The synodal journey of small Christian communities that are open and welcoming Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "After eight years of service in Italy, I am joining the parish of the Sagrada Família, recently born in the district of Desvio da Barra, one of the many new anonymous suburbs of Luanda", says F ...
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  16 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A statue of Christ demolished by order of the civil authorities in the state of Karnataka Kolar (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the district of Kolar, in the Indian state of Karnataka, have given the order to demolish a statue of Jesus Christ, erected 18 years ago in the village of Gokunte. As confirme ...
• 16 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Appeal by Trocaire and other humanitarian NGOs: "Act now to save millions of Somalis from hunger" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - In Somalia, one and a half million children, almost half of the population under five, are at risk of suffering from acute malnutrition due to the drought that has affected more than four mill ...
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  16 February 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christian university students: "No" to meetings with the military, who commit violence against civilians Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Under pressure from the Myanmar army, the Myanmar Council of Churches, MCC, an ecumenical body that gathers 11 Protestant Churches published a statement in the state newspaper in recent days, inv ...
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  16 February 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The grateful memory of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya is renewed and grows, seven years after their massacre Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - This year again, the Coptic Orthodox Church paid homage, with prayers and celebrations, to the memory of the workers who, seven years ago, were slaughtered and beheaded on a beach in Libya by ji ...