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  21 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Post-election controversy over the distribution of seats reserved for Christian candidates Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the Iraqi parliamentary elections, which took place on Sunday, October 10, the foreseeable post-electoral controversies over the distribution of the 5 parliamentary seats reserv ...
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  21 October 2021
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the missionary tells "a love story" with Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot keep to ourselves the encounter with God who has touched our hearts and who has done marvelous works. Like the apostles, let us share the love that we have experienced. What w ...
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  20 October 2021
  AMERICA - "Synodal Church, missionary Church": dioceses of the continent united at the beginning of the synodal journey Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On October 16 and 17, in the cathedrals and parishes of most of the nations of America, the celebrations were held to start the diocesan stage of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bisho ...
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  20 October 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Politics is not war: this is the democracy we want Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The launch of the Party of African Peoples-Ivory Coast (Ppa-ci) promoted by former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo can be considered both a masterful lesson in politics and the seed sow ...
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  20 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Food crisis for the poor: Jesuit alarm for food security New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The fact that the poor have no food in India, despite the fact that the nation has plenty of it, is a patent injustice: highlights the Indian Jesuit Fr. Irudhaya Jothi SJ, scholar and promoter ...
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  20 October 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Justice and Peace" demands respect for the work of human rights defenders Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela denounced in a declaration, signed by its President, His Exc. Mgr. Roberto Lückert Leon, the arbitrary detention of th ...
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  20 October 2021
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Apostolic Prefect: mission is nourished with the depth of faith Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Moving from "promptness" to a dimension of greater "depth". This is the need for the near future for the Church in Mongolia, according to what was highlighted by Msgr. Giorgio Marengo, Apost ...
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  20 October 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Patriarch Youssef Absi: the Gospel can be proclaimed only for "a force that is not ours" Latakia (Agenzia Fides) - In the present time, in which faith "is dying out in many regions of the world", one cannot become and remain Christian by virtue of human strategies and formation courses. One can flourish and ...
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  19 October 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indigenous peoples of the Amazon region demand protection of life and preservation of the "common home" Timbo de Betania (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the approaching threats, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon are committed to the preservation, conservation and protection of the territory, our 'common home', our Col ...
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  19 October 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Missionary-vocational expo in a context marked by the health crisis Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The third edition of the virtual missionary-vocation Expo will take place on October 23 and 24 on the occasion of World Mission Day and will be organized by the Direction of the Pontifical M ...
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  19 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Bangalore refuses to collect data on the activities of Christian missionaries Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian churches are critical of the plans of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka to conduct special research and collection of data on the activities of missionaries and emp ...
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  19 October 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Here being a priest counts, people welcome you with respect and offer to help you": missionaries ready to share the Gospel Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is still a bit early to express my assessments and impressions, because in reality, since I have been here, I have moved very little from our house of the Society for African Missions (SMA) i ...
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  19 October 2021
  AFRICA/eSWATINI - SACBC delegation visits the country and calls for dialogue Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "We make this proposal for a dialogue that is considered useful by all, on the basis of the words of Pope Francis, who asks all components of society to work together for dialogue, reconciliatio ...
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  19 October 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Synod of Bishops on Synodality: For a Church on the move under the sign of mission Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Myanmar regards the Synod as a "fruitful opportunity to reconsider its character as a Church on the move, which is really missionary": This is what the Catholic Dioceses ...
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  18 October 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Abolition of the death penalty: a civil society campaign Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for the abolition of the death penalty, launched by civil society and embraced by Christian Churches and organizations, is intensifying in Indonesia. Several Indonesian civil soci ...