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  2 December 2021
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Launch of the Missionary Reportage contest "Prix Pauline Jaricot" aimed at young people Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The day after Missionary October and with a view to the beatification of Pauline Jaricot, scheduled for May 2022, the Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of France has launched this week ...
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  2 December 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - "It is a serious mistake to think that the missionary work of the Church is over": 160 years of evangelization celebrated Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Church today commemorates a double event: the Church that welcomed the missionaries of the Society of African Missions (SMA) one hundred and sixty years ago and the memory, which dates back ...
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  2 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Indigenous pastoral care: respect for national laws and international agreements signed by Paraguay Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Constitution in the fifth chapter, recognizes the existence of indigenous peoples as groups of cultures prior to the formation and organization of the Paraguayan State, and guaran ...
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  2 December 2021
  AMERICA - "Misión Celam" is born: to be a voice and give a voice to the People of God that "go forth" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Misión Celam” is the new publication, printed and digital, that the Communication Center of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented to the Ecclesial Assembly, held from Nove ...
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  2 December 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa: we love Muslims in the name of Christ, as He loves them Nebek (Agenzia Fides) - The monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa renew their monastic consecration "on the basis of our three priorities: prayer, manual labor and hospitality" being always "attracted to the horizon of harmony ...
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  2 December 2021
  ASIA/KIRGHIZISTAN - Apostolic Administrator: "A small church that tries to bear witness to the gospel by being close" Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "Kyrgyzstan is a small country that is surrounded by very strong neighbors and is changing a lot: it has always been open to religious options. In general, we have the freedom to work as mission ...
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  1 December 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Water is a precious resource and a right: the Bishops ask to stop pollution and to ratify the reforms San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The reality of water in our country is worrying", highlighted the Bishops of El Salvador in a statement entitled "Water is a precious resource that we must all protect". In the country the ...
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  1 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Attacks on churches, the Bishop of Pekhon: it means "attacking the hearts of each of the faithful" Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - St. Nicholas Catholic Church in the town of Thantlang of the diocese of Hakha was burned down. As learned by local sources of Fides, on November 28 the Myanmar army burned more than 80 houses in ...
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  1 December 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Love and truth will meet, justice and peace will kiss": seminarians in Ebimpé focus on study, prayer and work Ebimpé (Agenzia Fides) - "School, study, prayer, sport and work. These are some of the points on which the days in our Ebimpé Seminary revolve", said Fr. Leopoldo Molena, priest of the Society for African Missions in a ...
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  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Oil company on trial for "complicity in war crimes" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "It is encouraging to know that the Swedish authorities have decided to hold the oil company Lundin Energy to account for its role during the civil war", say the leaders of the various Christian de ...
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  1 December 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom's farewell: "A joyful journey guided by the Holy Spirit" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The years of pastoral service in Seoul were a joyful journey guided by the Holy Spirit": with these words Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung celebrated a thanksgiving Mass yesterday, November 30, with ...
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  1 December 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Autochthonous and rooted in this land". The Assembly of Christian Associations in Palestine is born Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - A vibrant call to all Palestinian Christians to resist the pressures and temptations that push them to emigrate and rediscover the beauty of living in the land where Jesus was born, died and r ...
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  1 December 2021
  AMERICA - New web portal for the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (Repam) Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (Repam) has launched a new web portal (www.repam.net) that is more usable and accessible, so that everyone can consult the documentation and multimedia conte ...
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  30 November 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - "The difficult road to the border": growing threats against Christian communities Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the first time that an explosive device has been placed on the road leading from Niamey to the border with Burkina Faso. The explosion left at least three dead and several injured, some ...
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  30 November 2021
  ASIA - Myanmar and Afghanistan: far, very close Turin (Agenzia Fides) - Take stock of the two Asian conflicts that have occupied the most news during the year 2021: this is the objective of the seminar "Myanmar and Afghanistan: far, very close", organized in recent da ...