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  14 February 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: "We are wounded by inequalities, mismanagement and corruption; let us work for the common good" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want, in the name of Jesus, to renew the call to work for the common good, to announce God present and at work among us, to denounce the lack of commitment and indifference. Building ...
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  14 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society condemns the lynching of a Muslim man accused of blasphemy Khanewal (Agenzia Fides) - "The violence and murders committed in the name of blasphemy by religious fanatics in Pakistan have become a serious threat to the state. Because of religious extremism in the province of Punja ...
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  14 February 2022
  AMERICA - "Querida Amazonia" two years later: CELAM reaffirms its commitment to the "four dreams" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the second anniversary of the publication of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Querida Amazonia" (February 2, 2020), "a source of joy and hope for the Church in Latin Am ...
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  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Alarm on the increase in domestic homicides; the lack of religious sense and the detachment of children from their parents are among the possible causes Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "We have given birth to children of dot.com and globalization. In our time we used to stay with parents, we spent time with them, talking to them, they tell you stories and you stay togeth ...
• 14 February 2022
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Bishop of Goroka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father Francis has appointed Fr. Walenty Gryk, S.V.D., currently Coordinator of Formation and Secretary for the Missions of the Verbites in Papua New Guinea, as Bishop of t ...
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  14 February 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Armenian Catholic Bishops committed to beginning the process of canonization of Cardinal Agagianian, Prefect of Propaganda Fide from 1960 to 1970 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Cilicia of the Armenians, gathered in Synod in Rome from February 4 to 12 at the Pontifical Armenian College "in Urbe" under the chairmanship of Patriarch ...
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  12 February 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Brave and creative young people, a sign of hope for Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Department of Adolescence and Youth of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, through the National Youth Program and Youth Pastoral Days, invites all young people to joyfully celebrate the 16th ...
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  12 February 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pauline Jaricot at the center of the last day of the meeting of the European Directors of the PMS Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Paulina Jaricot is a source of inspiration for us today", said Father Tadeusz Jan Nowak, OMI, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, during the meeting of ...
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  12 February 2022
  VATICAN - Korea and its young missionaries among the themes of the latest POSI bulletin scheduled for the 2022 celebrations Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - In 1965 the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) was officially founded in Korea and has been operating at full capacity since 1987, giving life to an ever more dynamic and growing re ...
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  12 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - A new Lasallian school: "The service of education is part of the evangelical mission" Homa Bay (Agenzia Fides) - "Building a school in the awareness of the preciousness of the service of education is part of the evangelical mission to give dignity to people, to evangelize communities". This is what Brothe ...
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  12 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to the government: Give public recognition to Akash Bashir, the Servant of God Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the government of Pakistan to award our Christian martyr Akash Bashir one of the highest civil awards for his courage. It has been almost 7 years since Akash Bashir sacrificed his life a ...
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  12 February 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The new Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco takes office in Algiers: "our Blessed are light on our path" Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - An Algerian Church "allied without repentance", which shares all the joys and sorrows of the Algerian people without claiming privileges, and wants to imitate the "discretion" of Jesus at the we ...
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  10 February 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - The catechists of Ciego de Ávila on the 25th anniversary of the diocese: "do not transmit concepts, but faith" Ciego de Ávila (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the 25th anniversary of the Cuban diocese of Ciego de Ávila, erected on February 2, 1996, the different pastoral areas celebrated the jubilee together with the c ...
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  10 February 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Australian Church urges the government: "To welcome more Afghan refugees" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan requires the urgent creation of additional places in Australia’s humanitarian intake. This is why the Bishops, together with other members o ...
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  10 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Attention and respect: the health care of Camillian missionaries towards the most vulnerable sections of the population Karungu (Agenzia Fides) - "All the sick have the right to care, adequate assistance and respect". This is the goal of the St. Camillus Mission Hospital in Karungu (see Fides, 26/11/2004). The hospital, founded and run by ...