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  13 November 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Millions of people in poverty, indifference would be even worse in the face of this situation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia has a very complex situation of poverty, there is an enormous number of people, millions, who eat once a day. Many of them have lost their jobs, others are in conditions of extreme vuln ...
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  13 November 2021
  AMERICA - Father Maurício Jardim elected Continental Coordinator of the PMS Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the American continent who met online on November 11, elected Father Maurício Jardim, National Director of the PMS in Brazil ...
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  13 November 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: participation in the synodal journey and in the electoral process promotes the common good, equality and peace Lo Canas (Agenzia Fides) - "May peace be with you" (Lk 24:36) is the title of the message that the Chilean Bishops published at the end of the Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference, which ended on November 12. Fir ...
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  12 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The mission of the Salesians, at the service of young people and the poorest communities Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Education, professional training, development projects, assistance to populations affected by famine, always according to the evangelical spirit of proximity: this is the commitment of the D ...
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  12 November 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean men and women religious: candidates in the next elections must be up to the task Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a time of crisis, which causes great uncertainty in various areas: lack of security, violence and instability in social life. Every transformation and change of reality carrie ...
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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced religious conversions: a serious issue for religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of forced religious conversions is today a source of great concern for religious minorities in Pakistan, especially Christians and Hindus, but it seems that there is a lack of politica ...
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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Bishop of Almaty: "We would be happy to welcome Francis, twenty years after the visit of John Paul II" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to the government of Kazakhstan for having invited Pope Francis to the next Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions. We do not yet know if the Pontiff will be ...
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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - In the United Kingdom and Israel, new legislative proposals to sanction the recognition of the Armenian Genocide London (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the United Kingdom House of Commons unanimously expressed their support for the bill proposed "at first reading" on Tuesday, November 9, by parliamentarian Tim Loughton in favo ...
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  12 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival", has a "missionary character" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On November 18 and 19, the "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival" of the Don Bosco Salesians will take place for the first time around the world, with an award ceremony on November 19 in Turin (Tea ...
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  12 November 2021
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops: "increasingly urge the involvement of Cubans in a nation project that involves and motivates everyone, without exclusions or marginalization" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the climate of tension and confrontation that has been increasing in recent times, the Cuban bishops express some "considerations that spring from our hearts as Cubans and pastors of t ...
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  11 November 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "God wants there to be no more bloodshed, dialogue is the best way": the Bishops in the face of violence Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "God wants there to be no more bloodshed; our position is to invite both parties to sit down to dialogue, no confrontational position, we must no longer mourn the dead. Every human life is ...
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  11 November 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Acts of vandalism and gunfire in a parish and a Catholic community in the diocese of Tombura Yambio Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - On October 26, 2021, the Catholic parish of Mupoi was vandalized by a group of armed people, while on October 30, 2021, the Solidarity Community located in the parish of Riimenze was loot ...
• 11 November 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr Cristobal Zavala Guevara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On September 9, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Cristobal Zavala Guevara, of the diocesan clergy of Santa An ...
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  11 November 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Mexico can change for the better!" learning to be "an open, synodal, Samaritan and outgoing Church" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to express our closeness as Pastors to the people of Mexico, especially for the effects suffered as a result of the pandemic, natural disasters, the effects of violence and insecuri ...
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  11 November 2021
  ASIA - Promoting peace in Afghanistan, Korea and Myanmar: the commitment of the Asian Conference of "Religions for Peace" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting, supporting and implementing, through dialogue and interreligious collaboration, awareness of the dignity of all forms of life; the fight against human trafficking; peace building and re ...