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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer, fasting, charity: mission in times of pandemic Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzi Fides) - "Even in difficult times, the Church of Vietnam has increased missionary and charitable activities, as a sign of solidarity towards the poor", declared the Bishops of Vietnam gathered in ...
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  26 October 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops recall "the basic and indispensable conditions in order to hold free, fair and transparent elections" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "As we have stated on several occasions, an authentic democracy is the result of the convinced acceptance of values: the dignity of every person, respect for human rights, the search for the com ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Flores: Missionary Sisters of the Holy Face celebrate their 30th anniversary Koting (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2021, on the same day the Church celebrated World Mission Day, the Sisters of the Holy Face, C.S.V, present in Koting - Flores - Indonesia, celebrated their 30 years of presence in ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Museum in Erbil will preserve Christian manuscripts that escaped jihadist devastation Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The old manuscripts and books, Christian and Islamic, saved in recent years from a possible destruction by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) will be collected and kept in a museum-study c ...
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  26 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Christians, heralds of good news Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, October 24, the Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Monsignor George Desmond Tambala, appointed Archbishop of Lilongwe a few days ago, during the celebration of World Mission Sunday in the par ...
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  26 October 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - From the first baptisms in America to the missionary commitment of all baptized Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the missionary month of October, the Dominican diocese of La Vega celebrated Diocesan Mission Day 2021 from October 8 to 10, in Cotuí, with the theme “525th anni ...
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  25 October 2021
  VATICAN - The Pope on World Mission Sunday: thanks to those who bear witness to the Gospel in the lands that do not know Jesus Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A "thank you" and the request for "a big applause" for "the many missionaries - priests, men and women religious and lay faithful - who spend their energies in the front line in the service of the ...
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  25 October 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Violence and polarization on the rise in view of the elections: the Bishops call for dialogue and responsibility Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Concerned Concerned about the belligerent climate and polarization in political life, especially in the presidential campaign, which should be an opportunity to debate ideas, projects and prog ...
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  25 October 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - School Children We Are for Peace: students celebrate the annual Day of Catholic schools Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - While the country continues to experience a very serious humanitarian crisis, the children of the diocese of Tombura Yambio do not give up celebrating the Day of Catholic schools with the ...
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  25 October 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D'Rozario: guaranteeing dignity and protection to the Rohingya Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "We open our hearts to people who need our support to ensure their existence in this world", said Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, after having visited, in recent days, the world's largest refuge ...
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  25 October 2021
  VATICAN - "The centrality of the Kingdom of God" is the leitmotif of the new bulletin of POSI Bulletin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The centrality of the Kingdom of God" is the title and theme of the October 2021 Bulletin of the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) to be dist ...
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  25 October 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch after riots in Tayyouneh: "It is the duty of the State to protect its people" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The State has the task of "protecting its people". And if this does not happen, those who "defend their dignity and the security of their surroundings" should not be treated as a "scapegoat", sai ...
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  25 October 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The military takes power with a coup, people take to the streets Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "While we are speaking we hear gunshots. As we feared, the army began firing on demonstrators who, since the early hours of the morning, have poured into the streets to demand an immediate end ...
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  23 October 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sandra Sabattini, a young woman who loved the poor for the love of God, will be beatified on World Mission Sunday Rimini (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, October 24, World Mission Sunday, a girl, Sandra Sabattini, will be beatified in Rimini. The rite, which had been scheduled months ago, was postponed due to restrictions resulting from ...
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  23 October 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Scalabrinian: Missionary Day brings us back to our communities around the world and to the new mission of Cabo Delgado Pemba (Agenzia Fides) - 125 years have passed since the foundation of the Congregation of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters. The Scalabrinian Year will begin next November 9, on the 25th anniversary of the beatificatio ...