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  14 October 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - The missionary, courageous witness of hope Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - «Fearless missionary, I announce hope in Jesus!» is the theme chosen by the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Benin for the entire month of October. "The missionary, ...
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  14 October 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The bill on forced conversions of non-Muslim girls rejected Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - With indignation and a public request for clarification, Christians in Pakistan criticize the rejection of the bill that expressly prohibits the forced conversion of religious minorities. In yest ...
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  14 October 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - We Are Youths: young people from Namagabi committed to serving those most in need as a tool of evangelization Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Young people are collecting and distributing basic necessities to those in need, making donations to patients and health personnel at the main hospital in Kayunga or engaged in cleaning some are ...
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  14 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Liturgical and pastoral activities resume in the Missionary Month Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - With the pandemic situation under control in many parts of Vietnam, and according to the new provisions of the central government, since 1 October, coinciding with the start of the Miss ...
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  14 October 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Successor of Greek Orthodox Archbishop Boulos Yazigi appointed in Aleppo, eight years after his mysterious disappearance Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, led by Patriarch Yohanna X Yazigi, has appointed Bishop Efrem Maalouli as new metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox archieparchy of Aleppo an ...
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  14 October 2021
  VATICAN - In Central Asia with “missionary creativity”: the webinar of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Central Asia is experiencing a special situation which, perhaps precisely because of its uniqueness, can encourage new forms of mission. The Pope, in Evangelii Gaudium, spoke ...
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  13 October 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Praying the Rosary as support for the missions Suwon (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary work continues through the prayer of the Rosary and the distribution of Rosary crowns: this is the initiative of the faithful of the parish of Sanbon, in the diocese of Suwon, who ...
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  13 October 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops: "let us raise our voices and defend the truth about the dignity of the human being, the sanctity of life and marriage" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - After the intentions expressed by some local legislators to propose a reform of the Civil Code of the State of Mexico to redefine the natural marriage between a man and a woman, the Mexican ...
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  13 October 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The pilgrimages are slowly resuming in the face of the disappointment of the families who work in the sector Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The thousands of families of the Holy Land - including Christians - who lived off the flourishing tourism industry around pilgrimages to the Holy Places before the pandemic, still cannot see t ...
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  13 October 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Maintaining peace, protecting land, improving the economy: the country is experiencing a disastrous context Tubmamburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all invited to continue to work for the respect of human rights and dignity which is above any religion", writes from Tubmamburg to Fides Fr. Firmin Konan Moiyé Kouassi, priest of th ...
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  13 October 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Thirty years of Franciscan presence and apostolic work Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope this thirtieth anniversary will help us to identify a perspective for the future, because, despite the difficulties, our presence in Uzbekistan is important. We often listen to the pass ...
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  13 October 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda: conflict continues, religious leaders engaged in difficult mediation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In many other parts of the world where there is an ongoing conflict, if someone dies or there are attacks, the press all over the planet talk about it. In Cameroon, clashes, killings, mass ...
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  13 October 2021
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: the proclamation of the Gospel is not a "cultural model" to be imposed on others Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom that Christ gave to the baptized is "a novelty" that could encompass "all peoples and cultures" and freed from temptations and errors - which often existed in the history of evangelizat ...
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  12 October 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrini and his passion for migrants, a key to interpretation for the contemporary world: towards the Scalabrinian Year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Scalabrinian Year will begin next November 9, on the 25th anniversary of the beatification of Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, an exemplary witness of Christian life, missionary and father of migr ...
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  12 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic nuns and faithful attacked by Hindu extremists for alleged "forced conversions" Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) - Nuns and Catholics and faithful were attacked by a group of Hindu extremists in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India. As Agenzia Fides learned, the militants harassed some nuns and abou ...