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  24 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies present their charism and initiatives at the National Meeting of Major Seminaries Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The National Meeting of all the Rectors of the Indian Seminaries took place in Bangalore, at the National Biblical Catechetical & Liturgical Center. About 90 Rectors gathered for the usual ann ...
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  24 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Arson attacks in schools: bishops want to better accompany students Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to review ways of maintaining discipline in our schools through deliberate coordinated efforts of correction, mentorship, counselling and effective chaplaincy ministry", said the bishop ...
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  24 November 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “Work is love made visible”. Women in Holy Land give life to the "interreligious" Christmas Market Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Small pieces of jewelery and crockery, cosmetics and fashion accessories, sweets and local specialties. But also icons, ceramics, organic jams, candles are the many gift ideas that can be foun ...
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  24 November 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - A new phase of "government experts": hope for a return to democracy Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The coup in Sudan, which forcibly overturned the transition council established in August 2019 in the wake of the so-called "Sudanese Spring", ended less than a month later. On Sunday, November ...
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  24 November 2021
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops reflect on the life of the communities and urge them to resume participation in Sunday Mass Florida (Agenzia Fides) - During the recent plenary assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (CEU), which took place from November 10th to 16th in the "Jesús Buen Pastor" retreat house in Florida, the new board w ...
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  23 November 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Year of the Laity: promoting formation, communion and the missionary spirit of the laity Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - After the Mass celebrated for the solemnity of Christ King of the Universe on Sunday, November 21, in the Sanctuary of the Basilica of Caacupé, about 300 people, members of diocesan delegation ...
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  23 November 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - West African bishops complain that the situation is worsening Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in the country is worsening day by day, armed groups are advancing and the army is being attacked again and again. And they are subordinating the population to their ...
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  23 November 2021
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Angolan migrants: rainy season leads to a deterioration in living conditions Etunda (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 4 000 Angolans fleeing unemployment, drought and hunger in their own country, are currently in Etunda, in the Omusati region. The already poor conditions these migrants live in are now bei ...
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  23 November 2021
  AMERICA - Protagonists and co-responsible for evangelization as "Missionary disciples" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the feet of the Virgin of Guadalupe on the Solemnity of Christ the King, Sunday, November 21, for the opening of the Ecclesial Assem ...
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  23 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit on "Constitution Day": "Learning a lesson from the farmers" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "On November 26th, we celebrate Constitutional Day in India. We must internalize the letter and the spirit that our constitution fathers gave us in 1949 and make it our own. This great Charter ...
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  23 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: digital platforms and social media used to harm the Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In the age of the internet, the spread of social networks and the increase in blogs and digital platforms have disproportionately multiplied the dissemination of articles critical of the church. ...
• 22 November 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of bishop of Kankan, Mgr Alexis Aly Tagbino Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 20, 2021, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino as bishop of the diocese of Kankan, Guinea, transferring him from the office of auxiliary of the same diocese. (SL) ...
• 22 November 2021
  AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Brazzaville and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 21, 2021 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, presented by Archbishop Anatole M ...
• 22 November 2021
  EUROPE/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Luka Tunjic Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 5, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Luka Tunjic, of the archdiocese of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo, as Nationa ...
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  22 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the night of October 13, 2021, His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Yang Xiangtai, Bishop of Handan/Yongnian (Hebei) died at the age of 99. He was born on January 3, 1923 into a devout Catholic family in Gaocu ...