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• 22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Mamfe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Aloysius Fondong Abangalo, of the clergy of Buéa, bishop of the Diocese of Mamfe (Cameroon), currently teacher and formator at the St. Thomas Aqu ...
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  21 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity campaign to help hundreds of families affected by the oil spill Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The solidarity campaign "Help us to help" has been launched to assist families affected by the oil spill that occurred at the La Pampilla refinery, in the district of Ventanilla (Callao), on Januar ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Catholic community does not forget the disabled, marginalized by society Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - We must show affection and take care of people who live with disabilities; we must also empower them and continue to support them in the challenges of their life. This is the main reason why we ...
• 21 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Onitsha rejects the statements of a religious that risk fomenting ethnic hatred Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is not a tribal institution and should", says His Exc. Mgr. Valerian Maduka Okeke, Archbishop of Onitsha, in a statement in which the Archdiocese warns the faithful that Fr. E ...
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  21 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Malnourished children, exhausted population, destroyed livestock: the environmental crisis worsens the living conditions of the population Ginir (Agenzia Fides) - "People are starving in our area and the situation continues to deteriorate rapidly. My health colleagues say that the increase in cases of acute malnutrition among children will only get worse. T ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli project to incorporate the Mount of Olives into a National Park. Heads of Churches: the plan appears to serve an ideological agenda Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, is at the center of a project initiated by the Israeli authorities to expand the boundaries of a National Park to encompass ecclesiastical land located in th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church in Phnom Penh, the result of the commitment of the faithful Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic parish in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh has completed the construction of the new Church of Saint Joseph. As Fides learns, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, at the head of th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities are living the new pastoral year intensely, in a synodal spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " The "Year of God", which was celebrated in 2021, will be followed in the Archdiocese of Beijing by the "Year of the Son of God" announced by Archbishop Joseph Li Shan in his Christmas message. Th ...
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  19 February 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Gospel and the poor, the "missionary program" of Radio Vicentina Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Commentaries on the Gospel of the day and popular Spanish music, programs on Chilean music and the Pope's Wednesday audience, a young Venezuelan who illustrates the most important cult ...
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  19 February 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A dispensary for the sick in the diocese of Almaty: the Consolata Missionaries are at the side of those who suffer Zhanashar (Agenzia Fides) - "Health, especially in poor countries without structures or resources, is becoming one of the priorities of our missionary presence. In particular, with regard to health care in Kazakhstan, we ...
• 19 February 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi, presented by Archbishop Simon Ntamwana. The Holy Father has appointe ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "We must put discord aside and act together against the real enemies: terrorism and drought" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of the Church in Somalia is to be always well informed of what is happening and not to forget this part of the world. The mandate that I see for myself and for the Church here, is ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Prolonged drought, erratic and unpredictable rainfall, increased flooding: the population reduced to hunger Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - "Life in the tents is not easy because of the lack of water supply and the hygienic-sanitary challenges that we face every day", said the diocesan radio station of Ndola, the victims of the floods ...
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  18 February 2022
  AMERICA - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Faith, missio ad gentes and universality, founding elements of the charism of the PMS" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the American continent took place on a virtual platform: the works were inaugurated by Msgr. Giampietro Dal To ...
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  18 February 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "It is time to stop wasting time in the instrumentalization of justice" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask that the reform process be started, once and for all, with the participation and consensus of all the institutions and active forces of the country", since "it is urgent to have an adequa ...