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• 17 November 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops warn of illegal gold mines and see dangers to health, the environment and agriculture Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - In Ivory Coast, as in Ghana, illegal gold mining is a problem that endangers the health of residents and harms the environment. And as in Ghana (see Fides, 16/11/2022) in Ivory Coast the bi ...
• 17 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Pope John Paul II Major Seminary in Awka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed rev. Cyril Chukwudozie Udebunu, of the diocesan clergy of Onitsha as Rector of the Pope John Paul II Major Seminary in the diocese ...
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  17 November 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - Pope's visit 25 years ago: "Commemoration should renew the life and mission of God's people" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba (21-25 January 1998) is a good opportunity to give thanks to God and "the life and mission of the people of God with ...
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  17 November 2022
  VATICAN - "Who will tell the story of Jesus?" Cardinal Tagle's (relevant) question opens the conference of the 400th anniversary of Propaganda Fide by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Who will tell the story of Jesus? What words and what paths to find to tell it in the new contemporary world marked by artificial and digital intelligence, polarizing ...
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  16 November 2022
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Gospel in a canoe, with the joy of "being with" Wewak (Agenzia Fides) - In the diocese of Wewak, in the north of Papua New Guinea, the Word of God travels mainly by canoe. Priests, missionaries, nuns, catechists need boats and navigation on the Sepik River or the sea, ...
• 16 November 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops warn: 'People's anger and frustration are on the rise' Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, economic crisis, environmental disasters linked to illegal mining activities, and potential risks of extension of jihadist activities from neighboring countries. These are the problems ...
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  16 November 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After 50 years, the mission of Cimi is still "to defend with courage and prophecy the cause of the indigenous peoples" Luziânia (Agenzia Fides) - "In these 50 years, the struggle for justice and the defense of life in its fullness has guided and totally guides the activity of Cimi, which walks in solidarity with peoples and communities, ...
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  16 November 2022
  VATICAN - Proclaiming Jesus in all languages. The "missionary prophecy" of the Polyglot Typography of Propaganda Fide by Stefano Lodigiani Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide - which took place in 1622 - offer the opportunity to rediscover the ...
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  15 November 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Pastoral service with prisoners: human dignity is the key to any possible reform of the prison system Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Their pastoral service takes place mainly inside prisons. There they can meet, listen, understand, help prisoners and accompany them on a path that goes from release to full human rehabilitation, wi ...
• 15 November 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of coadjutor Archbishop of Maputo, Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, until now bishop of Chimoio, as coadjutor Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 15/11/2022) ...
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  15 November 2022
  VATICAN - Studying the past to outline the future of the mission: the Conference for the fourth centenary of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "From the point of view of the history of the Church, and in particular, of the missions, the creation of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, better known as 'de Propa ...
• 15 November 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - After the Covid-19 pandemic, now there is that of the kidnapping of children Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Every 5 hours a child disappears in South Africa". The dramatic data is reported by Missing Children South Africa which cites the statistics of the South African police referring to 2013. ...
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  15 November 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Justice and Peace": two months after the constitutional referendum, still no shared proposal for a new itinerary Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In the referendum of September 4, Chileans expressed a large majority (more than 60%) of their negative opinion on the draft new Constitution. The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, implemented ...
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  14 November 2022
  ASIA/KIRGHIZSTAN - The project for the construction of the first Catholic cathedral has been presented Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - Kyrgyzstan will soon have its first Catholic cathedral. The religious building will rise in the heart of the capital Bishkek, and its first stone has already been blessed by Pope Francis. Constr ...
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  14 November 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Giving back childhood to street children and offering them a better future Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Reception and rehabilitation services, education, are some of the interventions that the Salesian missionaries have launched in favor of street children in the areas where they are involved. 'Reco ...