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  9 October 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Priority to the missionary formation of children Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - On the path of evangelization in Papua New Guinea, it is important to give priority to the formation of children: this is what emerged from a workshop organized in Port Moresby by the Ponti ...
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  8 October 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Municipal elections: violence and corruption must challenge us "not only as voters but as society in general" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Municipal elections will take place in Paraguay on Sunday, October 10, with which citizens are called to renew the 261 municipal governments of the Country. According to data from the Tribunal ...
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  8 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - A park named after the Jesuit, Father Stan Swamy: Hindu extremists oppose Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Naming a park after Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit unjustly arrested for sedition who died in hospital, in judicial custody, last July (see Fides, 6/7/2021), is the initiative of the Society of ...
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  8 October 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Aid to evicted and displaced citizens due to public construction works in Karachi Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Over 12,000 families have lost their homes, 96,000 people are homeless and more than 30,000 children have left schools, due to the demolitions carried out by the authorities along the Gujjar an ...
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  8 October 2021
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Project in the Diocese of Rrëshen to improve the quality of life and economic inclusion of vulnerable families Rreshen (Agenzia Fides) - "It was difficult to bring people closer to the project: there was a lot of mistrust, almost no one believed that we could bring water for irrigation to the Shkors plain", says Gentian, local fo ...
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  8 October 2021
  AFRICA/eSWATINI - Bishop Ponce de León: "The way out of the crisis is a truly inclusive national dialogue" Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a time of uncertainty and tension. Since the beginning of the crisis, which broke out at the end of last June, in our meetings with the interim Prime Minister, we have pointed out th ...
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  8 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political elections, the Chaldean Patriarchate shares the appeal for the vote of Grand Ayatollah Al Sistani Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - While Iraqi citizens are preparing to go to the polls to elect the 329 members of the new Parliament, the Chaldean Patriarchate joins its voice to that of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, who ...
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  8 October 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Social Media and TV for animation in the month of missionary October Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Social media and TV are among the privileged tools used by the Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria for the animation of missionary October. The preparations, which began about ...
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  7 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Visiting the sick and loving the poor in the name of Jesus Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Visiting the sick, bringing comfort to the suffering and relief to the poor in the name of Jesus: this is the mission of a group of nurses from Goa who, as volunteers, go to orphanages, homes for th ...
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  7 October 2021
  AMERICA/PORTO RICO - The economic crisis threatens the collapse of electricity, for the Bishops it is about respect for the dignity of every human being San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "Aware that everything concerning human dignity, its care, its support and its development, requires to be enlightened by the truth of faith", the Bishops of Puerto Rico denounce, as Pastors of ...
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  7 October 2021
  ASIA - Bishop Dell’Oro: "The new Bishops' Conference will benefit the mission of the Church in Central Asia" Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - The new Bishops' Conference of Central Asia - which will bring together the bishops of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan - represents an opportunity for the matur ...
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  7 October 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The country's bishops promote the protection of minors and a safe ministry for priests and religious Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The people called to offer service to the Church, each in their own ministry, have a great responsibility to contribute to making society better and safer for all children and vulnerable people. ...
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  7 October 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite bishops: "satisfaction" for the new government, anguish for the "human hemorrhage" of young people fleeing the Country Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the "worrying" condition in which Lebanon finds itself, the "absolute priority" is to try to stop the flight of young people who leave the country, a real "human hemorrhage" that deprives the ...
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  7 October 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - The pandemic does not stop the celebration of the Missionary Month Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - The health situation in Togo due to the pandemic is still complex. Churches are closed and there are still restrictions due to the Covid-19 virus. Despite all this, the Missionary Month is being c ...
• 7 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Appointment of the Bishop of San Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Hassa Florent Koné, of the clergy of San, currently Rector of the Major Seminary of Saint Augustin in Bamako. His Exc. Mgr. Hassa Florent Koné ...