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• 8 September 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "The population is disoriented" says the Archbishop of Nampula after the assault on the mission and the murder of Sister Maria Maputo (Agenzia Fides). "She is a martyr of the Faith", says His Exc. Msgr. Inacio Saure, Archbishop of Nampula, upon hearing the message of vindication of the self-styled Islamic State (ISIS) about the murder of four Ch ...
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  8 September 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Islamist militiamen in Tahrir al Sham allow Christians to publicly celebrate Mass in the province of Idlib Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - Mass was celebrated in a church that had been closed for ten years. This happened in the province of Idlib, in an area still controlled by the anti-Assad Islamist militias. Permission to re-open t ...
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  7 September 2022
  VATICAN - The service of the Pontifical Missionary Union: "Christian proclamation and formation for a totally missionary Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent years, the activities of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) of animation, formation and missionary awareness have intensified, culminating in the Extraordinary Missionary Mont ...
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  7 September 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah movement: the culture of dialogue and peace begins with children Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The Movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue Silsilah has trained thousands of Muslims and Christians over the years through summer courses and training seminars on the culture of dialogue as ...
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  7 September 2022
  VATICAN - Every Bishop is part of the network of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important that each Bishop collaborates and cooperates in the work of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith (POPF) and establishes a close relationship of communion ...
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  7 September 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The children of Papua New Guinea at the center of the 2022-2023 Projet-Partage Montréal (Agenzia Fides) - More than 130 children from Papua New Guinea will benefit from the scholastic support of the Projet-Partage 2022-2023 of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI) of the national d ...
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  7 September 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - After the referendum a great social pact is needed, listening to each other and leaving polarization behind Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In the referendum of September 4, the Chileans expressed their negative opinion on the draft of the new Constitution by a large majority (over 60%) (see Fides, 30/8/2022; 2/9/2022). President G ...
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  7 September 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocese of Zhouzhi celebrates ninety years of evangelization by renewing its missionary commitment Zhouzhi (Agenzia Fides) - May the celebration of 90 years of life of the diocese of Zhouzhi, in the province of Shaanxi, in mainland China, "be an opportunity to renew our missionary commitment while remaining faithful t ...
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  7 September 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The country in the grip of terrorists: concern for a possible escalation of the conflict Addis Ababa, Agenzia Fides - The atrocious conflict underway in Tigray continues in the worst ways. After a brief respite, the fighting resumed on August 24, and is expanding rapidly. There is news of the involvement of ...
• 7 September 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - An Italian Comboni nun killed in the attack in a mission in the city of Chipene Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - A Comboni nun was killed in the attack in a mission in the city of Chipene in the province of Nampula in northern Mozambique, which took place on the night between September 6 and 7. Sister Maria ...
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  6 September 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Child protection: Ivorian missionary wants to support children and young people Abidjan il (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus said to them: 'Let the little children come to me, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them'" (Matthew 19:14). Father Raoul Kouamé, a priest from the Diocese of Agboville, a town in ...
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  6 September 2022
  ASIA/LAOS - The joy of the Church for the new Apostolic Vicar of Paksé Paksè (Agenzia Fides) - The small Catholic community in Laos rejoices at the gift of the new Apostolic Vicar of paksè: Bishop Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa, 50, of the indigenous clergy of Laos. As local sources reporte ...
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  6 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Camillian missionaries intervene for more than ten thousand people affected by the floods Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the misery and suffering caused by the floods and torrential rains that have devastated some parts of the country (see Fides, 29/8/2022), the Lay Camillian Family (FLC) and the Cami ...
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  6 September 2022
  VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: the Pontifical Mission Societies play a key role in the life of the young Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies have played a key role in these 200 years of existence, supporting the creation and life of the local Churches. Their task is therefore always relevant", s ...
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  6 September 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - After riots: Christian parties strive for unity Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The shadows of civil war loom again over Iraq and some of the small and divided political parties, led by Christian politicians, are trying to find forms of coordination to face together the new t ...