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  3 December 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Church, your name is mission": new Venezuelan edition of the CELAM Missiology Manual Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The new "CELAM Missiology Manual, Church your name is mission", which is in its third edition, is intended for priests, religious and lay people. Created by experts in missiology from the contin ...
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  3 December 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "War is to be avoided: we need small signs that nourish peace in the world" Gode (Agenzia Fides) - "War should be avoided, because then the consequences are always deleterious for everyone. Angelo Antolini, Apostolic Prefect of Robe, writes to Agenzia Fides from his mission in Gode, in the Somal ...
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  3 December 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Arrest of religious men and women engaged in education and charity Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in constant contact with Sister Abrehhet Cahasai, Superior of our communities who are in Ethiopia to have news of our arrested sister, together with five other religious and some deacons ...
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  3 December 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Archbishop of Kuching: living Advent alongside the poor Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - To live the liturgical season of "Advent", in preparation for Christmas, to help and console the poor and the needy: this is the appeal launched by Mgr Simon Poh, Archbishop of Kuching, capital ...
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  3 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The new authorities must conceive migration "as a human reality which demands protection and not exclusion" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "In this election period, and in the face of the implementation of new immigration legislation, we are concerned that the person is not seen as the axis of the law, but that the migration is as ...
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  3 December 2021
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - Pope Francis to his Orthodox brothers: Christian unity is a testimony to Christ Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The path towards the full visible unity of Christians is not only of interest to theologians and "experts" in ecumenism. It has to do with the mission of salvation entrusted by Christ to his Chu ...
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  2 December 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The commitment of Comboni missionaries: helping refugee minors from South Sudan to return to school Kosti (Agenzia Fides) - "Political instability and social insecurity in South Sudan have caused a massive movement of people to cities and villages on the border with Sudan: our goal is to help boys and girls who come fr ...
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  2 December 2021
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Launch of the Missionary Reportage contest "Prix Pauline Jaricot" aimed at young people Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The day after Missionary October and with a view to the beatification of Pauline Jaricot, scheduled for May 2022, the Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of France has launched this week ...
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  2 December 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - "It is a serious mistake to think that the missionary work of the Church is over": 160 years of evangelization celebrated Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Church today commemorates a double event: the Church that welcomed the missionaries of the Society of African Missions (SMA) one hundred and sixty years ago and the memory, which dates back ...
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  2 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Indigenous pastoral care: respect for national laws and international agreements signed by Paraguay Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Constitution in the fifth chapter, recognizes the existence of indigenous peoples as groups of cultures prior to the formation and organization of the Paraguayan State, and guaran ...
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  2 December 2021
  AMERICA - "Misión Celam" is born: to be a voice and give a voice to the People of God that "go forth" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Misión Celam” is the new publication, printed and digital, that the Communication Center of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented to the Ecclesial Assembly, held from Nove ...
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  2 December 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa: we love Muslims in the name of Christ, as He loves them Nebek (Agenzia Fides) - The monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa renew their monastic consecration "on the basis of our three priorities: prayer, manual labor and hospitality" being always "attracted to the horizon of harmony ...
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  2 December 2021
  ASIA/KIRGHIZISTAN - Apostolic Administrator: "A small church that tries to bear witness to the gospel by being close" Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "Kyrgyzstan is a small country that is surrounded by very strong neighbors and is changing a lot: it has always been open to religious options. In general, we have the freedom to work as mission ...
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  1 December 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Water is a precious resource and a right: the Bishops ask to stop pollution and to ratify the reforms San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The reality of water in our country is worrying", highlighted the Bishops of El Salvador in a statement entitled "Water is a precious resource that we must all protect". In the country the ...
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  1 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Attacks on churches, the Bishop of Pekhon: it means "attacking the hearts of each of the faithful" Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - St. Nicholas Catholic Church in the town of Thantlang of the diocese of Hakha was burned down. As learned by local sources of Fides, on November 28 the Myanmar army burned more than 80 houses in ...