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  13 September 2021
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - Pope Francis in Budapest: the Eucharist frees us from false messianisms Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - The church "comes from the source that is Christ and is sent so that the Gospel, like a river of living water, may reach the aridity of the world and of the heart of man". And the apostolic wor ...
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  13 September 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Apostolic Vicar of Chaco calls for greater government commitment against violence and for the release of the kidnapped Alto Paraguay (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bishop Gabriel Escobar, has called on the Paraguayan government to do more to ensure the safe return of those kidnapped by the armed group in the north of the ...
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  13 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The dream of St. Camillus continues: the first church dedicated to the Saint in the district of Okara Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "A house of prayer, a place of worship where one can connect with God and where other activities that are not prayer and spiritual are not allowed" declared Mgr. Indrias Rehmat, Bishop of Faisalab ...
• 13 September 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - AMECEA delegation visits Ethiopian Bishops' Conference Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - A sign of solidarity is an opportunity to seek the best possible ways to restore peace in the Country. This is how Fr. Anthony Makunde, Secretary General of the Association of Bishops' Conf ...
• 13 September 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Assault on a military convoy kills 3: from April to today 13,000 people a week are forced to leave their homes due to violence Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least three gendarmes were killed last Sunday and several are missing. The attack took place yesterday, Sunday, September 12, at around 1 p.m. near Sakoani, a town along the road conne ...
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  13 September 2021
  VATICAN - "The missionary, a point of light of the universal Church": memory of Monsignor Henryk Hoser Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Every missionary expresses the value of solidarity towards others, but if it weren't for the solidarity of others, of everyone else, towards the missionaries, the missionaries would only b ...
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  13 September 2021
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - Pope Francis in Bratislava: "The Church is not at the center of the Church" Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to tell you an episode: some time ago I received a letter from a bishop. He wrote about a nuncio: We were under the Turks for 400 years and we suffered; then we had communism fo ...
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  11 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombia prepares for Mission Day 2021 and the centenary of the First National Missionary Congress Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We announce Christ, who gives us life and hope" is the slogan chosen by Colombia for the next World Mission Day (Domund 2021), which Mgr. Mario Álvarez Gómez, Bishop of Itsmina-Tadó and Presi ...
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  11 September 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A missionary: "New Catholic schools for the good of all, giving the Gospel of Jesus" Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "We have decided to build a Catholic school. The head of the village assured us of collaboration and now Christians and Muslims are building the new building together". Thus reports in an interview ...
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  11 September 2021
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Music, an instrument of joy and fraternity for the lives of children Fez (Agenzia Fides) - In the suffering time of the pandemic, music can be, especially for children, a joyful, uplifting experience, capable of giving new hope. With this conviction, the World Youth Orchestra Foundation b ...
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  11 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic cemeteries welcome the victims of the pandemic, of any religion Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Cebu, in the central Philippines, has decided to welcome in its Catholic cemeteries the bodies of people, of any religion, who have died as a result of the pandemic. As communi ...
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  10 September 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Our Lady of Coromoto shows us that salvation is not only for some, but for all, without distinction of race or origin Guanare (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in the last 20 years, on the feast day of the Virgin of Coromoto, September 8, national and international media coverage of this celebration was carried out, with journalists ...
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  10 September 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Commitment regarding the pastoral works of the Church of God: the Diocesan Assembly of Daru-Kiunga has concluded Kiunga (Agenzia Fides) - "A church in which decisions are made jointly by all members representing parishes and individuals helps guide us and move forward on our journey of faith all together", said Fr. Andrew Moses, Vi ...
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  10 September 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archdiocese of Seoul celebrates the sending of missionary priests to France and Japan Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Seoul celebrated a solemn Eucharist with the missionary mandate to the priests who will offer their pastoral service and bring the proclamation of the Gospel abroad, at the service o ...
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  10 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops "in favor of women and the right to life" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The nation's Supreme Court of Justice has ruled on the unconstitutionality of some articles of the Criminal Code of the State of Coahuila, concerning the criminalization of women who resort ...