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• 28 October 2021
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Seoul, Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, and appointment of his successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul (Korea) presented by His Eminence Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, and has ...
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  28 October 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Jerusalem, Israeli authorities block the cultural festival organized in the House of Abraham. The Heads of the Catholic Churches express deep concern Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, October 26th, Israeli plainclothes police and security personnel forcibly interrupted the cultural festival activities that were being held in the Catholic "House of Abraham" in th ...
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  28 October 2021
  VATICAN - A new "year of mission" at the Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In this university, the different disciplines will work together in search of truth and the common good. In this university, the cries of the poor will never be ignored. In this university ...
• 28 October 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Luanda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola: the Reverend Msgr. António Lungieki Pedro Bengui, of the clergy of Luanda, until now Vica ...
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  27 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians, "flagrant violation of the Constitution" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks against the Indian Christian faithful are clear and flagrant violations of the Constitution, and as such must be prosecuted and stopped: this is how priests, religious, promoters o ...
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  27 October 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Ten thousand Haitian emigrants have been able to access consular services in the parish Providencia (Agenzia Fides) - About 10,000 Haitian emigrants residing in Chile were able to take advantage of the administrative and legal processes regarding passport, identity card and criminal record verification, tha ...
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  27 October 2021
  VATICAN - Study seminar on 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines and the missionary spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On October 30th, the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Mission Society (PMS) and the Pontifical Filipino College of Rome will jointly hold a seminar to Celebrate 500 years of Christianity ...
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  27 October 2021
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - "Missionary pilgrimage" in an October full of initiatives for missionary animation Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Romania has organized numerous initiatives of missionary awareness and animation for the month of October, which will end next Sun ...
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  27 October 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Fr. Alain Mayama is new Superior General of the Spiritans Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) - The general chapter of the Spiritans, meeting in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, from October 3 to 24, elected for the first time an African brother as superior general of the congregation. Current assista ...
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  27 October 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ouagadougou Pan-African Film Festival: an opportunity for the Church of Africa to evangelize Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Cinema is an important art in the life of African populations. Africans love TV and cinema in particular". This is what Father Donald Zagore, an Ivorian priest of the Society for African Mi ...
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  27 October 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch wants to mediate "institutional compromise": "Problems are not solved on the street" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - An "institutional compromise" to overcome the crisis following the tragic events of Thursday October 14th, when seven Shiite demonstrators in Beirut were killed by snipers on the roofs of the Chr ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA - ASEAN summit without Myanmar Bandar Seri Begawan (Agenzia Fides) - The 38th and 39th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the most important event of the year for the regional association of Southeast Asia, opens today, 26 O ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer, fasting, charity: mission in times of pandemic Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzi Fides) - "Even in difficult times, the Church of Vietnam has increased missionary and charitable activities, as a sign of solidarity towards the poor", declared the Bishops of Vietnam gathered in ...
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  26 October 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops recall "the basic and indispensable conditions in order to hold free, fair and transparent elections" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "As we have stated on several occasions, an authentic democracy is the result of the convinced acceptance of values: the dignity of every person, respect for human rights, the search for the com ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Flores: Missionary Sisters of the Holy Face celebrate their 30th anniversary Koting (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2021, on the same day the Church celebrated World Mission Day, the Sisters of the Holy Face, C.S.V, present in Koting - Flores - Indonesia, celebrated their 30 years of presence in ...