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  17 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray still deprived of humanitarian aid: lack of food and health facilities Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Tigray is catastrophic, the region has been isolated from the rest of the world for 500 days now", accuses Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health ...
• 17 March 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Concrete solidarity of Catholic women with the victims of the Apiatse explosion Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It takes time to overcome the sorrowful repercussions of situations like the disaster you have suffered", said His Exc. Msgr. John Baptist Attakruh, Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, addressing the vic ...
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  17 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates Patriarch Shenuda III on the 10th anniversary of his death Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "He taught us not to complain, seeing that he never complained, despite the many difficult circumstances he went through". With these words, the Egyptian priest Antonios Thabet, of the Coptic Orth ...
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  16 March 2022
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The laity, committed to being the engine of evangelization and participation in the synodal process Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Catholic Laity of the Diocese of Hong Kong (Hong Kong Central Council of Catholic Laity HKCCCL) has renewed its commitment to being the engine of evangelization in the dioce ...
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  16 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The Salesians: "Listen to the voices of the children who die in the bombardments! The world must know these horrors" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of the "Mary Help of Christians" Vice Province of Greek-Catholic Ukraine have raised their voices to defend the lives of the youngest in the face of the horrors of war. In an appeal p ...
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  16 March 2022
  AMERICA - The Church in Latin America and the Caribbean joins the Pope in the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, March 25, during the Celebration of Penance, which he will preside at 5 pm in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ...
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  16 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The ecumenical dimension of Pope Francis' visit to the Country Torit (Agenzia Fides) - "Upon hearing the news of the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the country, we have appointed a committee of four persons from the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference (SCBC) to begin the work of p ...
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  16 March 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Referendum on the revocation of the presidential mandate: for the Bishops "it is a decision of great responsibility" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 10, the National Electoral Institute (INE) called on Mexican citizens to express their opinion in a referendum, as established by the Constitution, on the revocation or confirmation ...
• 16 March 2022
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance: Sant'Egidio calls for the end of military operations and a willingness to negotiate Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned about the armed conflict that is currently taking place in northern Casamance", declares the Community of Sant'Egidio, which for years has acted as a mediator for peace be ...
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  16 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Cross vandalized in Mumbai Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - With an act of vandalism, the monument of Christ Crucified located in front of Pavan Hans, in the west of Mumbai, capital of the Indian state of Maharastra, was intentionally damaged by unknown p ...
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  16 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - President Aoun will visit Pope Francis on March 21 Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun will be received in audience by Pope Francis on Monday, March 21. The date of the upcoming meeting between the Pope and the Lebanese Head of State was announced by ...
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  15 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Conference in Damascus brings together local Catholic Churches and aid agencies Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A conference organized by the Assembly of Catholic Bishops in Syria in collaboration with the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Apostolic Nunciature in Syria, begins today in Damas ...
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  15 March 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The government of Cambodia rewards the Church for its contribution to society Takeo (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh, Bishop Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler (MEP) has been recognized by the Cambodian Government as representative of the Catholic Church for his contribution t ...
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  15 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Solidarity, closeness and communion with Ukrainian brothers and sisters: the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia hosts the Assembly of Bishops of Paranà São José dos Pinhais (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in the history of the "Sul 2" Region of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), the Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of John the Baptist hosted the Assembly of ...
• 15 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Unarmed resistance on the border of jihadism Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "A total of 40 animators and group leaders shared their concerns and hopes during our meeting that took place on the outskirts of Niamey in this month of March", writes to Fides Fr. Mauro Armanin ...