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• 7 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The remaining 23 hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack released after more than 6 months Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The remaining 23 people who were still held by the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 have been released (see Fides, 30/3/2022). This was stated by Nigerian authorities, ac ...
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  6 October 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - With the sacrament of Confirmation, 224 young people are "missionaries of the Gospel" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord has confirmed their faith and sends them as missionaries to the world. In Dhaka there are 224 adolescents and young people who have received the sacrament of Confirmation and have declare ...
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  6 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks in South Africa for the largest ongoing war on our planet right now Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - While the death toll of the drone attack against internally displaced people in Adi Daero, in western Tigray, registered on October 4, 2022, continues to increase, the president of the Afric ...
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  6 October 2022
  EUROPE/ICELAND - The contribution of the Catholic dioceses of the countries of Northern Europe to mission and young Churches Reykjavik (Agenzia Fides) - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, in a word Missio Nordica - the "unitary direction" of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) present in those countries - met for the first time a ...
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  6 October 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Month of the Bible: walking together on the rock of the Word of God to announce the love of Jesus Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - According to a very ancient tradition, in Venezuela the month of October has always been dedicated to reflecting with greater attention on the centrality of the Word of God in the life of every ...
• 6 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The UN is preparing to leave eastern DRC by putting African initiatives back on the agenda Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are ready and willing to withdraw". Thus, the head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, affirmed to the United Nations Security Council his willing ...
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  5 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Law preventing free religious conversion in Karnataka is "contrary to the Constitution and human dignity" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The recent bill that seeks to regulate religious conversions in the Indian state of Karnataka - a state in Southwestern India with more than 64 million inhabitants - goes against the Constitut ...
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  5 October 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - An academic conference on Mary Mother of God brings together Russian and Ukrainian scholars in Milan Milan (Agenzia Fides) - While in the heart of Europe death and destruction continue to be sown among peoples united by the same faith in Christ, in Milan a study conference dedicated to His Mother, the Virgin Mary, will ...
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  5 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - The difficult testimony of missionaries in the Sahel Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - For just over ten years the population of the Sahel has been living in an extremely delicate situation due to the presence of radical movements close to Al Qaeda that have created great insecurity ...
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  5 October 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A meeting space for Bishops, priests, religious and laity to trace the path of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The 10th Assembly of the "Organisms of the People of God" (ANOPD - "Assembleia dos Organismos do Povo de Deus") will be held in Brasilia from October 14 to 16, which will bring together about 2 ...
• 5 October 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Spokesman of the Bishops' Conference: "The separatist conflict has now become a question of money" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The separatist conflict has now become a question of money",Fr. Humphrey Tatah Mbuy, Director of Social Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, told Cameroonian television. Whe ...
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  5 October 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Lord, it is good that we are here". The "Feast of the Elderly" celebrated in Chinese Catholic churches Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Lord, it is good that we are here!" (Mt 17.4): with this motto, taken from the Gospel account of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Catholic cathedral in Beijing, dedicated to the Holy Savior ...
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  4 October 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Missionary month, month of gratitude Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "In this month of October, dedicated by the Mission Church, our hearts are filled with gratitude. It is the month of gratitude. We are grateful to God for his love and for his gifts Gratitude ...
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  4 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The world war in Africa in the midst of a media blackout Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopia is turning into a world war in Africa, with tens of thousands of deaths in recent months, potentially unreported, while Tigray rebels fight against a coalition of armies and militia ...
• 4 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "Our response to the Kalashnikov is prayer" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Our response to the Kalashnikov is prayer", said Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, on Sunday, October 2, on the occasion of the opening of the Missionary ...