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  5 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - First prison chapel in Sindh Province Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "This newly built Church will surely make it easier for Christian prisoners to pray and reflect on their lives, repent and change their lives to praise God. I hope the Christian prisoners will c ...
• 5 January 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Religious representatives in Cabo Delgado warn of a humanitarian crisis Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) - "Our province is in a deep humanitarian crisis caused by terrorist violence, while indicators of holistic development are declining, which is made worse by the consequences of restrictive p ...
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  5 January 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Mondo e Missione" looks back on 150 years: the history of the magazine is closely linked to the Pontifical Mission Societies Milan (Agenzia Fides) - In 2022 the missionary magazine "Mondo e Missione", of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) looks back on 150 years of uninterrupted publications. As a note sent to Agenzia Fides i ...
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  5 January 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako receives a delegation from the Muqtada al Sadr Movement Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, January 4th, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, received a delegation from the movement of Muktada al-Sadr from Karkh, a district of the Iraqi ...
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  4 January 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Swiss delegation of the Star Singers distributes over 150 "unexpected" blessings in Rome Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - Sevan, Bree Victoria, Salome and Norah are the names of the four Star Singers of French-speaking Switzerland aged eleven to thirteen who traveled to Rome for the first time this year with the de ...
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  4 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A time of "spiritual awakening" in memory of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya, who died whispering the name of Jesus Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - Fifteen days of "spiritual awakening" to live in grateful memory of those who died seven years ago whispering the name of Jesus while being killed by a group of jihadists. This is the proposal a ...
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  4 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas celebrated in the nation respecting health measures; in Mongolia the authorities grant Catholics the extraordinary opening of the church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The civil authorities of Inner Mongolia, where anti Covid measures are still very strict and all places of worship are closed, have granted the extraordinary opening of the church for the Christ ...
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  4 January 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - 2021 "the most violent year" for Christians in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2021 ended as the most violent year in history for Christians in India, recording 486 episodes of violence and hatred that shook the country. The Christian minority of the Indian popu ...
• 4 January 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Uncertainty and widespread violence spread while still waiting for the Pope's visit Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in the world's youngest country, which was established in 2011 after independence from Sudan, remains highly uncertain. To the challenges opened by the “Revitalized Agreement for th ...
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  3 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "It is time to rebuild society in justice and peace" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to rebuild Brazil, it is time to rebuild society in justice and peace", said the President of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), Monsignor Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, Archbis ...
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  3 January 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Martyrs from Zenta will soon be beatified San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2021, Pope Francis confirmed the martyrdom of the Servants of God Pietro Ortiz de Zárate, diocesan priest, and Giovanni Antonio Solinas, priest of the Societ ...
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  3 January 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Appeal of the Bishop of El Obeid: "The country is safe only if every single citizen is" El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, January 2, 2022, the news of the resignation of the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was known, who declared that he could not return power to the civilian population after the ...
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  3 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Muslim community prays for a Catholic nun who died at Christmas Hermel (Agenzia Fides) - In her long life "she sowed good wherever she went". For this reason, even the Shiite Muslims in the Lebanese city of Hermel, in the Beqa'a valley, wanted to say a prayer for Sister Barbara of Je ...
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  3 January 2022
  VATICAN - On January 6, 1622, Pope Gregory XV founded the Congregation “de Propaganda Fide” for the reunification of Christians and the spread of the faith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Four hundred years ago, on the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, on January 6, 1622, Pope Gregory XV founded the Sacred Congregation "de Propaganda Fide" as the supreme organ for the p ...
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  30 December 2021
  VATICAN - MISSIONARIES KILLED IN THE YEAR 2021 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, in 2021 22 missionaries were killed in the world: 13 priests, 1 religious man, 2 religious women, 6 lay persons. This year the highest ...