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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli project to incorporate the Mount of Olives into a National Park. Heads of Churches: the plan appears to serve an ideological agenda Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, is at the center of a project initiated by the Israeli authorities to expand the boundaries of a National Park to encompass ecclesiastical land located in th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church in Phnom Penh, the result of the commitment of the faithful Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic parish in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh has completed the construction of the new Church of Saint Joseph. As Fides learns, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, at the head of th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities are living the new pastoral year intensely, in a synodal spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " The "Year of God", which was celebrated in 2021, will be followed in the Archdiocese of Beijing by the "Year of the Son of God" announced by Archbishop Joseph Li Shan in his Christmas message. Th ...
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  19 February 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Gospel and the poor, the "missionary program" of Radio Vicentina Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Commentaries on the Gospel of the day and popular Spanish music, programs on Chilean music and the Pope's Wednesday audience, a young Venezuelan who illustrates the most important cult ...
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  19 February 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A dispensary for the sick in the diocese of Almaty: the Consolata Missionaries are at the side of those who suffer Zhanashar (Agenzia Fides) - "Health, especially in poor countries without structures or resources, is becoming one of the priorities of our missionary presence. In particular, with regard to health care in Kazakhstan, we ...
• 19 February 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi, presented by Archbishop Simon Ntamwana. The Holy Father has appointe ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "We must put discord aside and act together against the real enemies: terrorism and drought" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of the Church in Somalia is to be always well informed of what is happening and not to forget this part of the world. The mandate that I see for myself and for the Church here, is ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Prolonged drought, erratic and unpredictable rainfall, increased flooding: the population reduced to hunger Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - "Life in the tents is not easy because of the lack of water supply and the hygienic-sanitary challenges that we face every day", said the diocesan radio station of Ndola, the victims of the floods ...
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  18 February 2022
  AMERICA - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Faith, missio ad gentes and universality, founding elements of the charism of the PMS" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the American continent took place on a virtual platform: the works were inaugurated by Msgr. Giampietro Dal To ...
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  18 February 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "It is time to stop wasting time in the instrumentalization of justice" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask that the reform process be started, once and for all, with the participation and consensus of all the institutions and active forces of the country", since "it is urgent to have an adequa ...
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  18 February 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Desecrated, bombed, rebuilt, abandoned: the emblematic case of the Armenian church of Raqqa Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 5 years after the expulsion of the jihadist militias from Raqqa, the church of the Martyrs, which had been reduced to rubble, stands out again in the city center in all its splendor. It was ...
• 18 February 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The presence of the Burundian militia Imbonerakure is expanding in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Burundian Imbonerakure militia have camped on the Ruzizi river coast, where they have established at least three camps in the towns of Mwaba, Ngendo and Ndunga, where the Burundi ...
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  18 February 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Abolition of the death penalty: a step forward for the nation in the protection of human life Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "In December 2021 there was an important event in the history of our state: Kazakhstan finally abolished the death penalty. This news unfairly went unnoticed due to the January riots. However, no ...
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  18 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missionary mandate to 18 lay people to offer their service as pastoral workers Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "To be Christians, we must be like Christ, imitate Christ and recognize Christ in each person. It is always difficult to understand that what we do for the Church is a service, not a role. All m ...
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  18 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Forced to beg to keep Ayder CS Hospital in Mekelle running Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "We trust that the whole world, through international, continental and regional institutions, has all the tools to stop this man-made tragedy and allow humanitarian aid to reach our region very ...