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  18 January 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Arauca: "stop the growing whirlwind of murders, violent acts and threats" Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - "We wish to reaffirm once again our closeness and our solidarity with all the most affected population, as well as inviting them not to be discouraged and, on the contrary, to grow in the hope th ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Food and medicine for the population! Humanitarian corridors must be opened": Tigray in the grip of heinous crimes Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately it is all true, come and see for yourselves", a member of the local Church of Ethiopian Tigray tells Agenzia Fides, who for security reasons requests anonymity. The tragedy he ref ...
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  18 January 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Army bombs on Christian refugees Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Three dead and seven wounded, all Catholics, so much terror and tears: this is the toll of the air raid that the Burmese army, "Tatmadaw", launched in the early hours of January 17, on refugee ca ...
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  18 January 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Men and women consecrated together to bear witness to Christ in the midst of the tribulations of the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – More than seventy consecrated Catholics, men and women, have gathered in Damascus in recent days to discuss and reflect together on the present and the future of their vocation lived in a Syr ...
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  18 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Solidarity is fundamental to follow Jesus Christ who stood alongside the most deprived": floods hit Marabà Marabà (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Marabá, in the state of Pará, is going through difficult times due to the flooding of the Itacaiúnas and Tocantins rivers. Local authorities and organizations (government, civil p ...
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  17 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Sisters detained in Addis Ababa released: they are all fine Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Letemaryam Sibhat, Sister Tiblets Teum, Sister Abeba Tesfay, Sister Zaid Moss, Sister Abeba Hagos and Sister Abeba Fitwi, belonging to the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity Sai ...
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  17 January 2022
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops: "faith makes forgiveness, reconciliation and hope possible" Panama city (Agenzia Fides) - "As we begin this year 2022, we are aware of the situations of division, polarization, intrigue, misinformation that exist in the various environments. We know that we have deep wounds due t ...
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  17 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - On January 22, the beatification of four martyrs: witnesses of an outgoing Church, which announces the Kingdom of God with words and deeds San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Next Saturday, January 22, at 5 p.m., Father Rutilio Grande, Jesuit, Manuel Solórzano and Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez, lay people, and the Italian Franciscan Fray Cosme Spessotto, OFM, wh ...
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  17 January 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Opening of the Jubilees of the Pontifical Mission Societies: all the baptized must become aware of their missionary identity Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - "To make all the Catholic Christians of Benin live the four commemorations of the PMS in 2022": this is what Father Cosme Tayéwo Adjomale, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societi ...
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  17 January 2022
  VATICAN - Like the Magi, in search of the light that will overcome the darkness of these difficult times Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From January 18 to 25, 2022 the usual "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity" will be celebrated, as Pope Francis reminded us at the Angelus yesterday, Sunday January 16. "This year’s propos ...
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  17 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protecting religious minorities, especially women: the commitment of Christian and Muslim leaders Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "In the new year there are first positive results on the very sensitive issue of forced conversions and marriages", said Father James Channan OP, Dominican Father and Director of the Center fo ...
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  15 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim men arrested for kidnapping Christian teenager Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the police for their quick response and action in arresting the perpetrators of violence against a Christian teenager. It is essential to break the culture of impunity", says to Fid ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Ursulines of Gandino worried and saddened for their sister still in prison Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the leaders of the Ethiopian community told me that Sr. Abrehet Teserma is still in prison. The biggest problem, besides the imprisonment itself, is that we have no news and today, 4 ...
• 15 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Terrorism and violence in the Sahel: "More than 30 million people will need help and protection" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Three high school students had gone to spend a few days of vacation with their families in the village of Ngoula. Their return to school last Monday was fatal. One of the four friends managed to ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Equalization and the health of the priest": General Assembly of the Fraternity of Diocesan Priests of Togo Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The question of equalization and the health of priests is not the exclusive competence of the Bishops" declared Mgr Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan, Archbishop of Lomé and Apostolic Administrator of ...