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• 23 March 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - "No ethnic group is too small to be unable to contribute to the growth of Ghana" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tamale and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana, His Exc. Mgr. Philip Naameh, said that no ethnic group in Ghana should feel too small to contribute to the grow ...
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  22 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A pact for life and to eliminate violence and intolerance in political confrontation Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Fifth pre-electoral report on violence against political, social and municipal leaders - from March 13, 2021 to January 13, 2022 - produced by the Electoral Observation Mission (OEO), report ...
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  22 March 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas and regional authorities of San Martín join forces for Covid vaccination in indigenous communities Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Communities Vaccination Promotion and Awareness Project of the Peruvian Amazon, to contain the deadly effects of the pandemic", is supported by Caritas Germany and implemented by Car ...
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  22 March 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "It was one of the best trips I've ever done": says a missionary from Monassao Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "Singila mingi, Nzapa! (Many thanks to God). This is how my mission begins, remembering that it is never mine but God's, in this blessed land , but so wounded by poverty, war, instability. The ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA - The implications of the war in Central Asia: between ethnic-linguistic divisions and new arrivals from Russia Milan (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Ukraine and the consequent sanctions imposed by the West on Russia are leading to developments that also affect Central Asia. Fr. Edoardo Canetta, a missionary in Kazakhstan for twenty ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian, Muslim and Jewish exponents of the Holy Land to Russian Patriarch Kirill: do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A letter hanging on the walls of a Russian Orthodox church in Jerusalem, signed by 150 Christians, Jews and Muslims from all over the world, and addressed to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, with t ...
• 22 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Be careful not to preach the Christianity of prosperity", warns the Bishop of Ekwuluobia Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Be careful not to preach the Christianity of prosperity", warned His Excellency Msgr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke, Bishop of Ekwuluobia, in Anambra State, southern Nigeria, during the 51st Assembly of B ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Bringing God's love to the poor and the excluded: the mission of Sister Joseph, new Superior of the Missionaries of Charity New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - - "I thank God for the mercy granted to me through the gift of my vocation in the Congregation and now this new responsibility. With the guidance and blessing of God, I commit myself to adhere ...
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  22 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Paulines in Lviv: "There is so much pain and so many tears" Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "Our city, Lviv, has become a transit place for hundreds of thousands of people, all fleeing the bombings in central and eastern Ukraine. There is so much pain and so many tears. Mostly women and c ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Francis Kalist, currently Bishop of Meerut, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India). (S ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Bishop of Hai Phòng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Nguyên Van Ban, currently Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt as Bishop of the Diocese of Hai Phòng (Viêt Nam). (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Cheongju and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Cheongju (Korea) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Chang Bong-hun. The Holy Father appoi ...
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  21 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The elder Scalabrinian nuns leave their home to refugees from Ukraine Piacenza (Agenzia Fides) - As soon as they saw the scenes of Ukrainians fleeing their country due to the war, the Sisters did not think twice and decided to make room to welcome refugee women with their children. They pa ...
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  21 March 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - No to the crime of trafficking in Ukraine and in the world: war particularly exposes women and children Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the victims of this conflict and urge peace. We also urge governmental and multi-governmental agencies throughout the region to take extreme measures to prevent and protect tra ...
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  21 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "We need peace above all, apart from food", Fr Mikola from Lviv Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "Here life flows calmly without panic, the factories work, the bombing of the airport caused no casualties, they hit an old disused warehouse, and no one knows why. Now we are used to running under ...