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  28 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Message from the Bishops: do not derail the path towards peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn unreservedly the murder that took place on August 16 of our dear Sisters of the Sacred Heart Mary Daniel Abbud and Regina Roba and their fellow travellers on the Juba-Nimule road. While ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church resumes the celebration of masses "cum populo" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - After months of suspension of Masses in the presence of the faithful, due to the pandemic, the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur has announced that from October 9, in the diocesan territory "cum ...
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  28 September 2021
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops for the elections: "exercise the duty and the right to vote, which is an achievement of our democracy" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "In a context of concern, anguish and pain that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to so many families in our country and which has exacerbated a number of problems in our society, we appeal to ...
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  28 September 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - Radio Sainte Thérèse: "an oasis" to nourish one's faith in the diocese of Sokodè Sokodè (Agenzia Fides) - Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 in Togo, with the series of restrictions imposed, barriers and prohibitions, including the closure of places of worship, the people of God have becom ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Seafarers are "ambassadors of Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Filipino seafarers are part of the circle of God's friends. They defy danger and suffer loneliness for the good of their family and their country. Let us pray that they may continue to be ambass ...
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  28 September 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Prayer is the foundation of all effective mission animation, not only for Mission Sunday, but all year round Mississauga (Agenzia Fides) - After a two-year break due to restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Director, Fr. Alex Osei, CSSp, and the Diocesan Directors and their collaborators of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Document on the future of Christians in the Middle East: Western "protections" or "alliances between minorities" do not help us Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - In the Middle East there are ecclesial realities that "in order to obtain assistance from some American and European Christian groups, they adopt ideas that militate against coexistence, exagge ...
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  27 September 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Violence against migrants: "We cannot allow a new epidemic, this time of hatred, racism and xenophobia" Iquique (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, September 24, the police forces evicted the former Plaza Brasil in the city of Iquique where groups of Venezuelan migrants had camped out who in recent weeks have been arriving in lar ...
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  27 September 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "It is necessary to heal the serious wounds inflicted on nature" urges Archbishop Gualberti Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary to change our mentality and adopt an ecological spirituality, to stop the irrational exploitation of non-renewable natural resources, wild deforestation, forest fires, even o ...
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  27 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Continuing tribal conflicts force nuns to suspend formation programs Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "The nature of the tribal conflict that persists in Tombura, and of which we are witnesses, is brutal. We were forced to send home two postulants and five aspirants who were in the forma ...
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  27 September 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholics in Rajshahi celebrate the centenary of migration and the arrival of the Gospel Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful of the diocese of Rajshahi, in northwestern Bangladesh, celebrate the centenary of the arrival of the faith in their territory, which took place thanks to the migration of the Chri ...
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  27 September 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christians and Muslims together seek antidotes to the traps of "media hatred" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The two-day conference dedicated to the theme "Media against hatred", organized by the Muslim Council of the Elderly and the Catholic Center for Studies and Media, begins today in Amman, establish ...
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  27 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Bishops' appeal: everyone is actively called to participate in the synodal process Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We Church in Pakistan express our feelings of joy for the Synod announced by the Pope in 2023. As Bishops of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan (PCBC) we invite all the faithful to ...
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  25 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government recognizes the extraordinary services of Catholic schools Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Education today is one of the most virtuous acts. We know the challenges that Catholic schools and teachers are facing, we recognize your ingenuity, extraordinary efforts and hard work for our ...
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  25 September 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Migrant Day, the Social Pastoral Care-Caritas recalls that over 5 million Venezuelans have emigrated to different countries Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Every year on the last Sunday of September, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees is celebrated. "Towards an ever wider 'we' " is the motto chosen by Pope Francis for the day of September 26, w ...