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  27 November 2021
  VATICAN - With the beginning of the new liturgical year, a "missionary journey" with the Word of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The meditations for the Advent of the "missionary journey" proposed by the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) for the new liturgical year are online on the website of the Pontifical Mission ...
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  26 November 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A school of "mission" thanks to the virtual course organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The basic missionary formation course organized by the Missionary Formation Center of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Venezuela will begin next January. It is aimed at those who are ju ...
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  26 November 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Good politics, selfless service and social dialogue will bring forth the fruits of peace and justice Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope is reborn in our hearts at the beginning of the season of Advent", write the Colombian Bishops at the beginning of the message published at the beginning of the liturgical season of Advent ...
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  26 November 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A relic of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon donated to Burkina Faso, a sign of missionary communion Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A relic of Korea's first Catholic priest, St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, was donated by the Korean Church and kept in St. Joseph Parish in the Archdiocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso. As reported to Fides ...
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  26 November 2021
  VATICAN - Pope to Pauline Family: Preach Christ with prayer and all available media Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This anniversary is an opportunity for the Church, and especially for all of you, to remember the great works that the Holy Spirit performed in and through Blessed Giacomo Alberione and th ...
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  26 November 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Oyo at the end of the Year of Saint Joseph: "You become good parents through prayer, family and society" Oyo (Agenzia Fides) - "To be good parents, one must educate oneself through prayer, knowledge of the word of God, information and counseling", said Mgr. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop of the diocese of Oyo, in refere ...
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  26 November 2021
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa invites Pope Francis to visit Bahrain Manama (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has been officially invited to visit the Kingdom of Bahrain by King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa. The monarch's invitation was brought to the Pope by Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed ...
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  25 November 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The celebration of the Vietnamese martyrs and the example of martyrdom, alive and necessary today Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 24, the universal Church celebrates in the liturgical calendar the feast of Andre Dung Lac and the Vietnamese martyrs: their example and heroic stories are vividly relived ...
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  25 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Catholic Diocese of Adigrat warns of current impact of war in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Like all Tigrayans, the Catholic Church has been seriously affected by this genocidal war waged against us by the local army and by foreign armies. Physical, psychological and spiritual attacks ...
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  25 November 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Explosion at the entrance to the headquarters of the Bishops' Conference La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The General Secretariat of the Bolivian Bishops 'Conference (CEB) reported the explosion of a bomb, which occurred early in the morning of Wednesday 24 November, at the entrance to the building t ...
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  25 November 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The President of the Bishops' Conference: "We hope for a new beginning" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that it is truly a new beginning. We must thank the international community for the support given to the civilian government, the Sudanese demonstrators and all those people who worked ...
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  25 November 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Contemporary migratory flows constitute a true missionary frontier": National Collection for Aid to Migrants and Refugees Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Under the motto of Pope Francis for the World Day of Migrants 2021 "Towards an ever wider 'we' ", on November 27 and 28 the National Collection of Aid to Migrants and Refugees will be held ...
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  25 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political blocs "compete" in initiatives against illegal expropriation of houses and land to the detriment of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq antagonistic political blocs are also competing on the thorny issue of real estate illegally stolen from Christian owners in recent decades and the initiatives implemented to return illi ...
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  24 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - "Me and my seminary": the seminary in Beijing celebrates 40 years of commitment to priesthood formation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Me and my seminary" is the theme of the competition organized for the seminarians of the diocese of Beijing, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Seminary. The competi ...
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  24 November 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Human rights violations have intensified in Chocò and western Antioquia instead of decreasing Santa Fe de Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately, the cry of the communities has not been heard and, consequently, the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have intensified instead of decre ...