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  19 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to the Chaldean youth: in the Church, enlivened by Christ, your role is not "decorative" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express to each of you my closeness and understanding for the difficulties and emergencies you are facing, but also to tell you that there is no reason to despair. The Lord call ...
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  18 November 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Initiatives for the benefit of the poor and the homeless: "It is above all the loving care that nourishes every person" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Father Vincenzo Bordo, describes his extraordinary story and experience of proximity among the poor in Korea. In Seongnam, a suburb of Seo ...
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  18 November 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Attack in Kampala: "Ugandans are united in prayer", says a missionary Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kampala still remains of a state of alert. Parliament remains closed and it is not known when the working sessions will resume. The police have invited citizens to stay at home ...
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  18 November 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops for the elections: "We must not remain in quarrel and conflict" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Regional and local elections will be held in Venezuela on Sunday, November 21. The Governors of the country and the mayors of the 335 parishes as well as the regional and local councils are elec ...
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  18 November 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Tanzania Episcopal Conference launch the 20th AMECEA Plenary: "Environmental Impact on Sustainable Human Development" Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - "We have a responsibility to evangelize ourselves first so that we can change our attitude towards the environment and remind the people about the importance of caring for the environment as we e ...
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  18 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Kurdistan, steps forward in the fight against illegal expropriations suffered by Christian owners Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - In the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan, the collection of documents and complaints on the illegal expropriation of real estate - houses and land - suffered by Christian owners in recent decad ...
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  17 November 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Without aid from abroad, the social situation can degenerate into civil conflict and humanitarian disaster Herat (Agenzia Fides) - The re-opening of schools in Herat to girls from the 7th to 12th year of studies could be a move by the Taliban to show "a more human face" of the regime, in order to obtain aid from the West. Luc ...
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  17 November 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Two attacks, against the Police and the Parliament: "The people are shaken, but faith and prayer give us strength" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kampala is very tense, residents have been told to avoid the city center and stay at home if possible. The security forces are trying to get the situation back under control, b ...
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  17 November 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The bishops: "it is time to fulfill the promises to govern by listening to all sectors of the people" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's build together a dream of a Country, a common home where everyone is recognized as citizens with their rights, responds with their duties and enjoys a life worthy of children of God in ...
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  17 November 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Opening of the Jubilee Missionary Year: "The Church in a permanent state of mission" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme "The Church in a permanent state of mission" and the motto "You will be my witnesses" (Acts 1,8), the Brazilian Church will officially open the Missionary Jubilee Year next Satur ...
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  17 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jesuit rewarded: "Intolerance and insecurity for religious minorities, politicians must act" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Social violence against Christians and Muslims in India is worrying and must be prosecuted. The federal government has not done enough to end the incitement to hatred against Christians and o ...
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  17 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Post-election chaos, the Chaldean Church calls for "national dialogue" to avoid disaster Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "If we do not quickly emerge from the chaos the Iraqi nation plunged into after the October general election", "the country will face the worst, and we all know Iraq cannot bear more". The Chald ...
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  16 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Promote lay catechists to be witnesses of Christ in today's society Cheng Du (Agenzia Fides) - To train lay catechists so that they are "Christians of the new era" and witnesses of the Lord in today's Chinese society: these are the objectives of the VI Formation Course for lay catechists ...
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  16 November 2021
  VATICAN - Multiculturality and formation: the International Congress of Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The annual International Congress of the Pontifical Urbaniana University is entitled "Multicultural communities for what formation?" and will be held at the university under the jurisdictio ...
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  16 November 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Peace is not the absence of war: the country celebrates the National Day of Peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is certainly not the absence of war, but it must be recognized that the absence of war says something about peace", wrote to Fides, Fr. Donald Zagore, Ivorian theologian of the Society fo ...