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  11 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul, the US finances the restoration of the church of Mar Korkis, devastated by jihadists Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The reopening ceremony of the main church of the monastery of Mar Korkis, in the Iraqi city of Mosul, seriously damaged by the militiamen of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh) during the ti ...
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  11 November 2021
  AFRICA/eSWATINI - The Bishop: "For social peace, national dialogue is urgent, do not postpone it to March" Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is not predictable, it has been calm in recent times, but we must bear in mind that there is still a curfew from 9.00 pm to 4.00 am to control and prevent possible riots. In addit ...
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  10 November 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - Missionary reports tragic deaths Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The wind is blowing in both directions. The last two weeks in Niger have been even more tragic than usual. A few days ago at least 60 farmers and a dozen soldiers were killed in the so-called ' ...
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  10 November 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A missionary Foundation named after Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Nicholas Cheong Missionary Scholarship Foundation": South Korea’s Seoul Archdiocese has launched a new missionary society in memory of the late Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former Archbish ...
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  10 November 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Day of the Poor: Bishops call for concrete gestures Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, November 14th, the World Day of the Poor, established by Pope Francis, will be celebrated for the fifth time and the Church in Brazil invites the parishes to make a "concrete gesture ...
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  10 November 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Bishop in Sabah: "Christ's mission continues in the midst of the pandemic" Sandakan (Agenzia Fides) - "We are disciples and brothers in Christ even if we are socially separated. Christ's mission does not stop when we are separated to contain the spread of the virus", said Mgr. Julius Dusin Gito ...
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  10 November 2021
  AMERICA/COSTARICA - Education, a privileged field for personal and family growth, for a culture of friendship and solidarity Alajuela (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, as an expert on humanity, is close to people, she works in solidarity and proclaims to them the fullness to which they are called in Christ. She is therefore present in the field o ...
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  10 November 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros and Grand Imam Al Tayyeb celebrate ten years of activity of the "House of the Egyptian Family" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The ten-year anniversary of the "House of the Egyptian Family", which sees itself as an interreligious liaison and aims to prevent or defuse sectarian conflicts, took place under the motto "10 yea ...
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  10 November 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Catholic church hit by rockets, Baptist churches burned down Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - Last night some rockets and heavy weapon bullets fired by soldiers of the Burmese army hit the Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in the diocese of Pekhon, in the southern part of the Shan S ...
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  9 November 2021
  AMERICA - The program of the First Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean has been published Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American Episcopal Council (Celam) has published the general program of the First Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held from November, 21 to 28 ...
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  9 November 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The bill to protect women rejected: protest campaign by Christians Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We must all be united to defend and promote the proposed bill to protect women of religious minorities from forced conversions. Not only do we want this proposal to become law, but we also want ...
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  9 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The National Director of the PMS: prayer, the only weapon in the dramatic situation in the Horn of Africa Hosanna (Agenzia Fides) - "We have followed Pope Francis' appeal on the conflict situation in the Horn of Africa in general and the Ethiopian people in particular with attentiveness. This appeal to prayer is the only pos ...
• 9 November 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Nnewi and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Nnewi (Nigeria), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke. The Holy Father has appoin ...
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  9 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - "You are a living Church": 400 boys and girls expected in Bagdhad for the meeting of the Chaldean Youth Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "You are a living Church". The words spoken by Pope Francis in Baghdad, in the homily of the liturgical concelebration he presided over in the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph during his pastora ...
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  9 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Salesian missionaries arrested, committed to the education of children: appeal for release Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In a climate of general chaos and uncertainty, the news, confirmed to Fides by local sources, of a raid carried out on November 5 by government military forces in a center in Gottera (Addis ...