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  10 September 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The testimony of Monsignor Jaramillo, "prophet and martyr of peace" is always alive and current Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - On September 8, 2017, in the city of Villavicencio - Meta, during his apostolic journey to Colombia, Pope Francis proclaimed Blessed Monsignor Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, first bishop of th ...
• 10 September 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The attack on the Chipene mission is part of a larger terrorist offensive Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The attack on the Chipene mission in which Sister Maria De Coppi was killed (see Fides, 7/9/2022) is not an isolated event, but is part of a progression of attacks by insurgents (likely linked to ...
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  10 September 2022
  VATICAN - Gianni Valente is the new Director of Fides Agency Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, Saturday September 10, during a brief meeting held in a room of the Palace of Propaganda Fide, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle conferred the appointment as new Director of Fides Agency ...
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  9 September 2022
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Association for small communities of faith on the synodal path: evangelization, appreciation of the laity, deepening of the faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Share evangelization in the diaspora, evaluate the development of Communities of Faith to unite the laity, continue promoting the Association to transmit the faith in parishes and in the vario ...
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  9 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of the Church to the international community: "Urgent help is needed for the victims of the floods" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to the international community to urgently help Pakistan, affected by the floods that have caused enormous destruction. Although we appreciate the efforts of government institutions ...
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  9 September 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Consecrated life: "An open hand for all" Limon (Agenzia Fides) - "To be witnesses to the values of the Kingdom according to the experience of our charisms, in creative fidelity for the enrichment of our Church. Renew our commitment to a radically evangelical li ...
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  9 September 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - "Rachel's Vineyard" in Russia to overcome post-abortion trauma St. Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Participation in these seminars helps people to face the pain of loss and to entrust it to God, re-elaborating the loss of an aborted child, reconciling with oneself and with God". This ...
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  9 September 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa III attends the closing luncheon of the Spiritual Exercises of the Chaldean clergy Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one year after his election as Patriarch, Mar Awa III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, was the guest of honor at the lunch organized at the end of the spiritual exercises th ...
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  9 September 2022
  VATICAN - Mgr. Harrington to the Bishops: "We need to rethink communication, putting the recipients of the message at the center" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The recipients and the way they use the message (targeting), narrative reporting (storytelling) and the means by which the recipients are reached (delivery) are the three pillars on which communica ...
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  9 September 2022
  AMERICA - Communities united by social media for in-depth study and prayerful reading of God's Word Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the "Month of the Bible", which many Latin American countries traditionally celebrate in September, and which culminates on the 30th with the feast of St. Jerome, the first t ...
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  8 September 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - 25 years after her death, Mother Teresa is for India an example of the following of Christ Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "The life, the message, the embodied spirituality, the legacy of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), are still relevant and significant for India and ...
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  8 September 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionaries accused of supporting terrorism: civil society takes the field alongside them Manila (Agenza Fides) - Catholic communities, human rights associations and civil society organizations are calling for the withdrawal of all charges against the organization "Rural Missionaries of the Philippines" (RMP) ...
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  8 September 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Young journalist murdered: Bishops call for protection of freedom of expression Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The State must guarantee and protect the right to freedom of expression. This is all the more true in a scenario of great danger, otherwise organized crime, drug trafficking and atrocities wil ...
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  8 September 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - From the port of Garacad a road that brings development and hope to the entire area Garowe (Agenzia Fides) - There is recent news of an important road project launched in Somali Puntland that will favor strong development of the area. It is a regional project with strategic importance that involves the ...
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  8 September 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The point on dialogue envisaged by the peace agreements: "it is the only way to resolve the great conflicts and the historical demands of all" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - With a message addressed to all Ecuadorians, presented yesterday during a press conference, the Presidency Council of the Bishops' Conference of Ecuador, guarantor of the Peace Acts Agreements, to ...