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  15 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Some Salesians released, others still in custody; humanitarian aid for the Ethiopia Emergency Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - There are 14 people still held in custody by the Ethiopian police, including Salesian religious, brothers, laity, employees. Seven other Salesians, plus an employed woman, were released by ...
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  13 November 2021
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Dialogue between East and West in music, to "connect souls" Dubai (Agenzia Fides) - "Connecting souls": it is in this spirit that on November 17 and 18, on the occasion of Expo 2020, during the week dedicated to the theme of "Tolerance and Inclusiveness", the show - inspired by a ...
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  13 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - There is no Christianity without community: the Prefect of Robe talks about his mission Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Prefecture of Robe was created by Propaganda Fide on February 11, 2012 (see Fides, 13/2/2012). Since then, almost ten years have passed and, among the many challenges, the pres ...
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  13 November 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishop Tombe Trille: "After the coup d'état, it is urgent to support dialogue. The pastoral mission is seriously affected" El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - "We are cut off from the world, there is no government given that the Supreme Transitional Council for the executive, made up of 50% military and 50% civilians, is dissolved while the Prime Min ...
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  13 November 2021
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Young missionaries flourish in the Greek-Catholic community of Roma children Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - Several Roma children from the Greek-Catholic parish of Barbu Lautaru, dedicated to "Saint Andrew the Apostle" and to "Blessed Bishop Ioan Suciu", visited by the Holy Father during his apostol ...
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  13 November 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Millions of people in poverty, indifference would be even worse in the face of this situation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia has a very complex situation of poverty, there is an enormous number of people, millions, who eat once a day. Many of them have lost their jobs, others are in conditions of extreme vuln ...
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  13 November 2021
  AMERICA - Father Maurício Jardim elected Continental Coordinator of the PMS Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the American continent who met online on November 11, elected Father Maurício Jardim, National Director of the PMS in Brazil ...
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  13 November 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: participation in the synodal journey and in the electoral process promotes the common good, equality and peace Lo Canas (Agenzia Fides) - "May peace be with you" (Lk 24:36) is the title of the message that the Chilean Bishops published at the end of the Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference, which ended on November 12. Fir ...
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  12 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The mission of the Salesians, at the service of young people and the poorest communities Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Education, professional training, development projects, assistance to populations affected by famine, always according to the evangelical spirit of proximity: this is the commitment of the D ...
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  12 November 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean men and women religious: candidates in the next elections must be up to the task Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a time of crisis, which causes great uncertainty in various areas: lack of security, violence and instability in social life. Every transformation and change of reality carrie ...
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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced religious conversions: a serious issue for religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of forced religious conversions is today a source of great concern for religious minorities in Pakistan, especially Christians and Hindus, but it seems that there is a lack of politica ...
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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Bishop of Almaty: "We would be happy to welcome Francis, twenty years after the visit of John Paul II" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to the government of Kazakhstan for having invited Pope Francis to the next Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions. We do not yet know if the Pontiff will be ...
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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - In the United Kingdom and Israel, new legislative proposals to sanction the recognition of the Armenian Genocide London (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the United Kingdom House of Commons unanimously expressed their support for the bill proposed "at first reading" on Tuesday, November 9, by parliamentarian Tim Loughton in favo ...
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  12 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival", has a "missionary character" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On November 18 and 19, the "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival" of the Don Bosco Salesians will take place for the first time around the world, with an award ceremony on November 19 in Turin (Tea ...
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  12 November 2021
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops: "increasingly urge the involvement of Cubans in a nation project that involves and motivates everyone, without exclusions or marginalization" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the climate of tension and confrontation that has been increasing in recent times, the Cuban bishops express some "considerations that spring from our hearts as Cubans and pastors of t ...