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  17 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - On January 22, the beatification of four martyrs: witnesses of an outgoing Church, which announces the Kingdom of God with words and deeds San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Next Saturday, January 22, at 5 p.m., Father Rutilio Grande, Jesuit, Manuel Solórzano and Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez, lay people, and the Italian Franciscan Fray Cosme Spessotto, OFM, wh ...
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  17 January 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Opening of the Jubilees of the Pontifical Mission Societies: all the baptized must become aware of their missionary identity Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - "To make all the Catholic Christians of Benin live the four commemorations of the PMS in 2022": this is what Father Cosme Tayéwo Adjomale, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societi ...
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  17 January 2022
  VATICAN - Like the Magi, in search of the light that will overcome the darkness of these difficult times Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From January 18 to 25, 2022 the usual "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity" will be celebrated, as Pope Francis reminded us at the Angelus yesterday, Sunday January 16. "This year’s propos ...
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  17 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protecting religious minorities, especially women: the commitment of Christian and Muslim leaders Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "In the new year there are first positive results on the very sensitive issue of forced conversions and marriages", said Father James Channan OP, Dominican Father and Director of the Center fo ...
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  15 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim men arrested for kidnapping Christian teenager Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the police for their quick response and action in arresting the perpetrators of violence against a Christian teenager. It is essential to break the culture of impunity", says to Fid ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Ursulines of Gandino worried and saddened for their sister still in prison Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the leaders of the Ethiopian community told me that Sr. Abrehet Teserma is still in prison. The biggest problem, besides the imprisonment itself, is that we have no news and today, 4 ...
• 15 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Terrorism and violence in the Sahel: "More than 30 million people will need help and protection" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Three high school students had gone to spend a few days of vacation with their families in the village of Ngoula. Their return to school last Monday was fatal. One of the four friends managed to ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Equalization and the health of the priest": General Assembly of the Fraternity of Diocesan Priests of Togo Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The question of equalization and the health of priests is not the exclusive competence of the Bishops" declared Mgr Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan, Archbishop of Lomé and Apostolic Administrator of ...
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  15 January 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops' appeal: respect human life and dignity, allow humanitarian aid Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops' Conference of Myanmar promotes justice, peace and reconciliation, and strongly requests all stakeholders to facilitate humanitarian access to the suffering and displaced people in o ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Crislam" does not exist. Judge Mahmud Salam unmasks fake news on the Abu Dhabi Document Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The campaigns fueled in the West and in Arab countries to make people believe that the Document on Human Fraternity (signed in Abu Dhabi by the Bishop of Rome and the Grand Imam of al Azhar) would ...
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  14 January 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - One thousand days after the Easter massacre: day of commemoration Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Sri Lanka lives today, January 14, a special day of commemoration, a thousand days after the 2019 Easter Massacre, when suicide bombers hit churches and hotels. As Agenzia Fides re ...
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  14 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Towards Lepers' Day: the Catholic community in action, like all year round Nanjing (Agenzia Fides) - Like every year, members of the Nanjing Ark Charity Foundation, the charitable foundation of the Catholic community in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province - one of the many Catholic charities s ...
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  14 January 2022
  AFRICA - Being true witnesses of the Gospel and of God's grace: Jubilee celebration for the 75th anniversary of the Redemptorists of West Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "This Jubilee celebration is also an invitation for us to be true witnesses of the Gospel and of God's grace, following our vocation and living the charism of the Congregation", writes Fathe ...
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  14 January 2022
  VATICAN - Myanmar and Italy united in prayer and missionary reflection on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Paolo Manna Vatican News (Agenzia Fides) - "The news of missionary activities: Blessed Paolo Manna and the contemporary world" is the theme of the two meetings for prayer and missionary reflection organized on Saturday 15 and Sunday ...
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  14 January 2022
  VATICAN - Blessed Paolo Manna and the Pontifical Missionary Union Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), one of the four Pontifical Mission Societies, was founded by Blessed Father Paolo Manna and recognized by Pope Benedict XV on October 31, 1916 with th ...