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  12 October 2021
  ASIA - New App for Radio Veritas, to be missionary of Asia Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - It is an instrument for spreading the Good News of the Kingdom of God and for sowing hope: with these words Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon and President of the Federation of Asia ...
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  12 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Development projects promote vocational training and look for answers to climate change Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In Malawi, in particular in the districts of Zomba and Malaka, some young people who would have had no hope of contributing to the economic development of their country, acquire professional sk ...
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  12 October 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop Kibira: "The future of the country depends on education" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the Church depends to a large extent on education, emphasized Mgr. Francis Aquirinus Kibira, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kasese, on the occasion of the perpetual profession o ...
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  12 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections, the "Babylon Movement" obtains 4 of the 5 seats reserved for Christian candidates Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi parliamentary elections held on Sunday, October 10 have assigned representatives of the "Babylon Movement" up to 4 of the five seats reserved for Christian candidates by the national e ...
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  12 October 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops invite "to actively participate in the beatification of our martyrs" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (CEDES) has invited everyone to prepare spiritually for the beatification of its four martyrs, which, as announced will take place on January 22, 202 ...
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  11 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - "Only joy": Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez freed Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Farnesina confirmed the news to me: only joy"! This is the comment of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA) regarding the release of Sister Gloria Cecilia Na ...
• 11 October 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Kandy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 9, 2021 the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando. The Holy Father has ...
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  11 October 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - "Walking together, not only on the level of faith, but also on a human level": National pastoral meeting Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the fundamental needs of the Church and society: this was the objective of the XXXIX National Pastoral Meeting, which the Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED), through its Na ...
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  11 October 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - For a different church, we need men and women who are determined and committed to change Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "True change will only be possible by letting the action of the Holy Spirit intervene on the will of men and women to collaborate. If we want a different church, we need open minds, willing men ...
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  11 October 2021
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Musical piece and video clip to promote the message of World Missions Day in France Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations are underway in France in view of World Mission Week (October, 17-24, 2021) to which a section of the Pontifical Mission Societies website is dedicated. With a new song of praise and ...
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  11 October 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The release of Sister Gloria, a moment of joy long awaited by the Church in Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez, Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, president of the Commission for Missions of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, confirmed on October 9, through a video messa ...
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  11 October 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - International Day of the Girl: the Church recalls forced marriages and the religious conversion of minors Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The government must make every effort to put an end to the phenomenon of forced marriages, kidnappings and religious conversion of underage girls: this is the appeal released by the Catholic Bish ...
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  9 October 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalist Maria Ressa, a sign of hope for the future Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the first Nobel Prize ever awarded to a Filipino citizen. The fact that it is awarded to a woman and a brilliant journalist, Maria Ressa, distinguished for her professionalism in the cur ...
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  9 October 2021
  EUROPE/SWEDEN - Life of Faith and Mission of Chaldean Catholics in Northern Europe Götheborg (Agenzia Fides) - What does it mean to be Catholic in a Scandinavian Country, in a context with a Lutheran majority, but also of widespread atheism? And what are the missionary challenges of a "minority within ...
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  9 October 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Fidelity to mission: 13 young people newly professed in the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - To be prophets and missionaries, on the roads of the world: this is the appeal launched to the 13 young people (11 Congolese and 2 Cameroonians) who, on October 7, in the liturgical memory of O ...