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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA - All religions united for peace and fraternal coexistence: an immediate end to violence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement regarding the Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace on March 2, the representatives of various religious confessions present in Argentina invite all its citizens "to offer a pray ...
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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Religious processions allowed as from April 1, in compliance with health measures San José (Agenzia Fides) - With the new provisions of the Ministry of Health, signed by the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas Peraza, religious processions can be carried out starting from April 1, 2022, which had been p ...
• 1 March 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Interreligious declaration of Abidjan: "Religions must be the basis of peace" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Solidarity, fraternity and dialogue among all religions must be the very basis of social peace" said Christian and Muslim religious leaders gathered in Abidjan for the international symposium o ...
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  1 March 2022
  EUROPE - During Lent the Church in Europe prays for peace in Ukraine and for the victims of the pandemic St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) - The European Bishops join the appeal of Pope Francis "to make next March 2, Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting for peace". We want to join our voice, says His Exc. Mgr. Gintaras Grušas, Archb ...
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  28 February 2022
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Call for prayer and peace for Ukraine Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pay attention to Pope Francis' appeal to pray and fast for peace in Ukraine. The power of the sincere prayers of so many people can achieve what is beyond human imagination": this is t ...
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  28 February 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A vote for truth, peace and justice Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Vote for "truth, common good, peace and justice": this is the appeal addressed to the faithful by the Filipino Bishops, as the country enters the electoral campaign in view of the upcoming genera ...
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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA - Bishops, religious, Caritas: united with the world to condemn war and call for peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, declarations of Episcopal Conferences, Bishops, religious and secular organizations, demonstrations and initiatives follow one another to condemn the war in Ukraine ...
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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - In Arequipa, lay people, seminarians and parish priests engaged in door-to-door and street missions Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - Young people and adults from different parishes in the archdiocese of Arequipa went out into the streets and squares to proclaim the Gospel. Thanks to the availability and encouragement of the ...
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  28 February 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appeal of the Bishop of Kasese: Love for enemies, forgiveness and reconciliation among Christians Kasese (Agenzia Fides) - "Judgment is only in the hands of God, forgiveness, reconciliation and entrusting the enemies to the Holy Throne is what the Creator wants Christians to do", said the Ordinary of the Diocese of K ...
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  28 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Orionines and Salesians, committed to welcoming refugees, remain in their place, "trusting in Providence" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Sisters of Don Orione are in Korotycz, near Kharkiv, together with more than 40 mothers and children. Unfortunately, they have not been able to move and live with them this moment of great ten ...
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  28 February 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ukrainian President Zelensky telephones Patriarch Bartholomew: "We feel the support of your prayers" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for this warm conversation, Your Holiness Bartholomew. Your words are like hands that support us in this difficult moment". This is how the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wa ...
• 28 February 2022
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Resignation of the Bishop of Byumba and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Byumba (Rwanda) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Servilien Nzakamwita. The Holy Father has appointed ...
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  26 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Letter to the authorities: the Archdiocese of Hanoi calls for respect for religious freedom Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Hanoi has sent a letter of urgent complaint to various leaders, civil servants and civil authorities, at provincial and national government level, asking the "People's Commi ...
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  26 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Pallottine missionaries committed to "making every child flourish" Vutukuru (Agenzia Fides) - "In India we are dedicated to accompanying boys and girls in the process of schooling and to the fight against poverty that affects many families. Our mission is that every child flourishes". T ...
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  26 February 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Being an ambassador is a bit like a mission" memory of Ambassador Attanasio killed in Congo Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - Together with some diocesan and voluntary organizations for Africa, the Society for African Missions (SMA) organized an event in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio, assassinated in Congo on Febru ...