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  29 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society call for justice: Girls kidnapped and forcibly converted Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Disappointment for the documented cases of kidnappings, marriages and forced religious conversions; denunciation of serious injustice; appeal to institutions for a useful intervention to stop the ...
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  29 September 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Simon Bolivar" bridge reopens: Catholic Church invites to celebrate the 108th World Migrants Day in "No Man's Land" Paraguachón (Agenzia Fides) - More than 700 people from Colombia and Venezuela gathered at the invitation of the Catholic Church in the border town of Paraguachón, the last Colombian town before the border with Venezue ...
• 29 September 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Ambongo: Clashes between Téké and Yaka ethnic groups: "The exaggerated desire for material goods generates conflicts" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I was in Kwamouth, from September 23 to 26, to comfort our brothers and sisters who are going through difficult times of violence and suffering. The images bear witness to my closeness to thes ...
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  29 September 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Catholic Bishops in Russia: war has never been nor will it be a means of resolving problems between nations Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "The harsh confrontation in Ukraine has degenerated into a large-scale military conflict that has already caused thousands of victims, has undermined trust and unity between countries and peoples ...
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  29 September 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis in Bahrain from November 3-6 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis will make his announced Apostolic Journey to the Kingdom of Bahrain from November 3 to 6. This was announced today by the Director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni, adding tha ...
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  28 September 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem express gratitude to King Abdullah II, "Custodian" of Christian and Muslim Holy Sites Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - King Abdullah II, in his recent speech at the UN General Assembly, described in a "truthful and honest" way the reality of Christian communities in Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land. The ...
• 28 September 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Archbishop of Juba: "Tribalism is the enemy of peaceful coexistence and incompatible with faith" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Tribalism is the country's greatest enemy" said Msgr. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Archbishop of Juba and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Torit, during the Sunday, September 25 Eucharisti ...
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  28 September 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Democracy is weak, we need an Ombudsman who has the support of all political and social forces Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a general feeling of the population that the Ombudsman's Office, which is an institution that must ensure compliance with individual and collective human rights of all Bolivians, has b ...
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  28 September 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Support is organized for people affected by typhoon Karding: Refugees under the protection of St. Michael Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We seek the protection of St. Michael the Archangel, who defeats evil and protects us and our families", say the refugees who have found refuge in the diocesan Sanctuary and parish of St. Michae ...
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  27 September 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Caritas Algeria ends its activities at the behest of the Algerian authorities Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Algeria announces with regret the closure of all charitable activities and facilities of Caritas Algeria from October 1st, 2022. This "complete and definitive" closure is ...
• 27 September 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Interview with the Bishop of Bururi: A path of hope for the largest diocese of Burundi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The diocese of Bururi is the largest territorially but it is the last in terms of percentage of Catholics", says to Agenzia Fides Msgr. Salvator Niciteretse, bishop of Bururi who is in Rome for th ...
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  27 September 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Towards the pilgrimage to Luján: “Let us learn from the pilgrims to continue building the common good” Luján (Agenzia Fides) - "We are called to learn from the pilgrims, a true source of inspiration and teaching to continue building the common good... Ask the Virgin of Luján, Mother and Patroness of Argentina, to help t ...
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  27 September 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Awareness and prayer for the abolition of the death penalty, according to the intentions of the Pope Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - According to the prayer of Pope Francis, who asked for prayer for the abolition of the death penalty in September, there have also been initiatives of awareness and prayer in the Catholic communit ...
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  27 September 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Mourning in the episcopate Ankang (Agenzia Fides) - On August 28, 2022, after a long illness, His Excellency Monsignor Jean-Baptiste Ye Ronghua, Prefect Apostolic Bishop of Ankang, in the province of Shaanxi, in mainland China, died at the age of ...
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  26 September 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In the climate of violence, Catholics thank the Pope who "remembers us" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Catholic community in Myanmar lives in a painful climate of violence. The fighting continues. Life is difficult and precarious. The people are exhausted in the face of the ongoing viol ...