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  4 November 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops are concerned "by any action which weakens the independence of the judiciary" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Paraguayan Episcopal Conference, gathered for its Ordinary General Assembly on November 1 and 2, expressed in a brief statement on November 3 "its deep concern for any action that weakens ...
• 4 November 2021
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Karl Wallner, O.CIST. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On September 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the position of Fr. Karl Wallner, of the Cistercian Order as Na ...
• 4 November 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul VI" preparatory Seminary in Mbanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 10, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Antoine- Marie Nsoumpe Mboube, of the clergy of Nkongsamba as ...
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  4 November 2021
  AFRICA - "It is on the old mat that we sit and weave the new one": Cop 26, for a return to the sacred Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - An African saying goes: "It is on the old mat that we sit down to weave the new one". To say that at the center of our stories, our African cultures sometimes find adequate answers to the major ...
• 4 November 2021
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of the Bishop of Tambacounda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Paul Abel Mamba as Bishop of the diocese of Tambacounda (Senegal), transferring him from the See of Ziguinchor. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 4/11 ...
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  4 November 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Churches of the Holy Land confirm their "Eucharistic hospitality" to the baptized of the non-Catholic Eastern Churches Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A priest belonging to one of the Catholic communities present in the Holy Land can administer the sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and the Anointing of the sick even to Christians belongin ...
• 3 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Jamshedpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 1, 2021 the Holy Father appointed Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D., until now titular of Rutabo and auxiliary of Ranchi, as bishop of the diocese of Jamshedpur, India. (SL) (Age ...
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  3 November 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The family must be the main protagonist of State policies: Manifesto of the Family 2021 Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1971 the month of November has been "the Month of the Family" in the Dominican Republic and on this occasion the National Commission of the Family, of the Dominican Bishops' Confere ...
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  3 November 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - Missionary reports from Kolawarè: "No church closure can slow down the faith of the people" Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - "We all felt the need to be together in order to feel alive as a church, beyond the confinements and closures of our churches. But on October 31st we all met in the church, the five base commu ...
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  3 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church representatives warn against buying votes with a view to the 2022 election Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is important and necessary to cast one's own vote according to one's own conscience: Mgr.Socrates Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan emphasizes this with a view to the elections on May 9 ...
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  3 November 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Council of the laity: our challenge is to have a leading role in building a culture of peace Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - "In no sense can we accept that with aggression we can solve problems, on the contrary our challenge is to have a leading role in building a culture of peace, according to our values and fundament ...
• 3 November 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Benguela Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Benguela, Angola, the Reverend Estêvão Binga, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now rector of the major seminar ...
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  3 November 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Islamic-Christian international appeal for the protection of prayer communities and Holy Places Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody attacks on places of worship that host communities of faith gathered in prayer or while taking part in ritual acts, represent the "summit" of justified atrocities and violence by bringi ...
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  3 November 2021
  VATICAN - Filipinos, ardent missionaries in the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We received the gift of faith 500 years ago, but not only then: we invoke the Lord and we receive it from him even today. We received and lived it as Filipinos, and we give it to the world as Fili ...
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  30 October 2021
  VATICAN - For a Church which is always and entirely missionary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If the month of October, which the Church defines as "missionary month" is a special time during which the Catholic faithful all over the world are called to rediscover and renew their miss ...