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  29 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: concrete actions and unity in the face of the climate crisis Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Unity and concrete actions in the face of the climate emergency and the climate crisis: this is what the Filipino Bishops ask in a pastoral Letter published at the end of the Plenary Assembly, on ...
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  29 January 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Inculturation and evangelization, priorities for future priests Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "When a priest is rooted in culture, he finds an adequate language for proclaiming the Gospel, as close as possible to the daily reality of the faithful to whom he is addressing", said father Je ...
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  28 January 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Young catechists from Cochabamba ready for the mission Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - 34 young people from different parishes of the Archdiocese of Cochabamba have completed their formation phase, in the Casa del Catechista CADECA, to begin their service as catechists in their ...
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  28 January 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lunar New Year in the name of solidarity and sharing Ho Chi Minh city (Agenzia Fides) - Tet, the "Lunar New Year" which is celebrated on February 1st, is the biggest holiday of the year for the Vietnamese. During these days, people across the country prepare to experience ...
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  28 January 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A future of hope for women who become protagonists of a society that ignores their rights Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - Many girls between the ages of 9 and 20 who had dropped out of school are coming back to dream, make life plans, look to the future with hope and courage. All this is made possible thanks to the ...
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  28 January 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church welcomes 23 new priests in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of Seoul has welcomed 23 new priests who will dedicate themselves to pastoral service and evangelization. The solemn Eucharistic Celebration with the Sacrame ...
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  28 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Missionary Jubilee Year, a propitious time to relaunch missionary projects Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Jubilee Year with the theme "The Church in a permanent state of mission" and under the motto "You will be my witnesses" (Acts 1,8) officially began in the Brazilian Church last N ...
• 28 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops remind the coup leaders: "Governing is putting oneself at the service of the common good" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We acknowledge the changes that have taken place", say the Bishops of Burkina Faso, where in the night between Sunday 23 and Monday 24 January, a military coup overthrew the civil governmen ...
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  28 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - John Paul II and "Lebanon-The Message". A Symposium to seek points of reference in the heart of the Lebanese crisis Kaslik (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope John Paul II and Lebanon the Message", is the title of the three-day Symposium scheduled at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), starting on February 2nd. The opening session: speec ...
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  28 January 2022
  VATICAN - World Leprosy Day: A total of 532 facilities for leprosy patients worldwide run by the Catholic Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest "Statistical Yearbook of the Church", the Catholic Church operates 532 institutions for lepers worldwide, of which 201 are in Africa, 201, 41 in America, 269 in Asia ...
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  27 January 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - The Missionary Year of Social Commitment opens in the Archdiocese of Cusco Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - On January 23, Sunday of the Word of God, Msgr. Richard Daniel Alarcón, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco, officially opened the "Missionary Year of Social Commitment" in the Archdiocese. In his h ...
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  27 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Poverty, disorganization and music: the mission among the Pygmies is beautiful and full of stimuli Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of the missionaries here does not consist only in pastoral care strictly understood, such as catechesis and liturgy, but also in helping people to stand up, to invest in the future", ...
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  27 January 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians, called to sow the Gospel and to be "light for the nation" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Indian Christians are committed to updating the spirit and letter of our Constitution, so that justice, freedom, equality, diversity and fraternity may be a reality for all. Above all, to ens ...
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  27 January 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The contribution of the Church to the formation of new generations through education Gagnoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ivory Coast, gathered at the 120th Plenary Assembly, are debating these days on the centrality of the new generations and on a global educational project that looks at the inte ...
• 27 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - 5,000-plus deaths under Ethiopia’s Tigray blockade Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 5,000 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, including more than 350 young children, a new report by the ...