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  10 February 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A hundred years of mission for the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - For a century, the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel have been working for the proclamation of the Gospel and for the missio ad gentes, offering quality education and committing themselves to the ...
• 10 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Human trafficking, an ancient crime that makes use of modern social media Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "Trafficking is not just being taken from one country to another country and then become a slave. Trafficking is when someone owns someone else’s life and exploiting it", said Jacqueline Four ...
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  10 February 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - The ancient Monastery of Sumela used as a disco for an electronic music video. The government opens an investigation Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Monastery of Sumela, located in the province of Trabzon and closed for years to visitors because it has undergone demanding restoration works, was used as a setting to create an elec ...
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  10 February 2022
  VATICAN - Service to the sick, an integral part of the Church's evangelizing mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church which, following the example of Christ, has always felt over the centuries the duty of service towards the sick and suffering as an integral part of her mission, is aware that i ...
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  9 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “The House of Mary”: a charity initiative to give clothes to the poor Tando Adam (Agenzia Fides) - "We go out to reach the poor inspired by charity. We started this initiative thanks to the solidarity spirit of the parishioners, to provide for the needy. I thank God for the maximum support ...
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  9 February 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: continue to work for the progress of the country San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Like a family, Costa Rica went to vote on February 6. We congratulate all those who participated in this election day with their vote; as well as all those who put their name to be considered ...
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  9 February 2022
  AFRICA/RWANDA - We want children to go back to school and start living with their parents again Butare (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor, disease, hunger, mistreatment are just some of the contexts in which street children are involved in Rwanda. "They do not go to school, they survive by offering their labor and dedic ...
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  9 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Bishop of Kon Tum: the Dominican killed forgave his murderer Kon Tum (Agenzia Fides) - Before dying, Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh, the 41-year-old Vietnamese Dominican priest killed while celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the diocese of Kon Tum on January 29, forgave ...
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  9 February 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For the first time a Coptic Christian becomes President of the Supreme Constitutional Court Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has appointed Coptic Christian judge Boulos Fahmy, currently vice-President of the same institution, as President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egy ...
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  9 February 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Proclaiming Christ in Europe": meeting of the European Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Proclaiming Christ in Europe, from apostolic times to the third millennium" is the theme of the speech by Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv., Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionar ...
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  9 February 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Meeting of indigenous and peasant catechists: synodality experienced by catechists and their communities Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The 19th meeting of indigenous and peasant catechists promoted by the Pastoral Care for New Evangelization and Catechesis of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), will be held from 21 to 2 ...
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  9 February 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The contribution of the Catholic University Alumni geared to improve special needs education Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "We have resolved that this year, we should assist the project that the University embarked on in buying materials for the special needs laboratory at the main campus in Nguludi", said Nohara C ...
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  8 February 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Eucharistic Adoration for the unity of the Church and the unification of Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The unity of the Church, the spiritual well-being of the faithful in the difficult time of the pandemic, the reconciliation and unification of the Korean peninsula have one source: Eucharistic Ado ...
• 8 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The parish priest kidnapped on Sunday, February 6 released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari, Nigerian priest kidnapped on the night of Sunday, February 6, has regained his freedom (see Fides, 7/2/2022). According to a statement from the diocese of Kafanchan ...
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  8 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishop's Coadjutor of Bac Ninh: pastoral care under the sign of mission Bac Ninh (Agenzia Fides) - "Two aspects that will characterize my pastoral project are contained in my episcopal coat of arms: they are the image of the flame and the rice flower, present and implicit. The flame represen ...