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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: Abu Dhabi Document and "Fratelli Tutti" become a 'compass' for Lebanese Catholic schools Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon overwhelmed by a devastating crisis, which also has alarming effects on the state of health of the national school system, it is important and necessary that the teachings proposed by ...
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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Young people meet "the living Christ" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the Catholic Church is a small reality, it is present throughout Kazakhstan. Especially in summer, a season that is relatively short in the country, we have numerous faith and mission fo ...
• 15 September 2021
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. José Antonio Mendes Rebelo, MCCJ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 11, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. José Antonio Mendes Rebelo, MCCJ (Comboni missionaries) Nation ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The "Legion of Mary", compassionate face of the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - To be "the compassionate face of the Church in Indonesia": this is the appeal made by Indonesian Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, to the "Legion of Mary" (or "Legio Mariae"), a ...
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  15 September 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops: "we celebrate this Independence by committing ourselves to overcoming divisions and violent and selfish attitudes" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Bicentenary of the independence of Central America, which is celebrated today, September 15, 2021, the Bishops' Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) urged Nicaraguan society to m ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Bringing the face of Jesus to the most abandoned places": the Sisters of the Holy Face and their mission among the last Koting (Agenzia Fides) - "It was October 24, 1991. My Congregation sent me as a missionary to Flores, a small island in Indonesia that I had never heard of". Thus begins the story of Sr. Aloisia dal Bo, from the Congrega ...
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  15 September 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - The 90th edition of the PIME "Missionary Congress" dedicated to Papua New Guinea, 170 years after the arrival of the first missionaries Milan (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations of the ninetieth edition of the missionary "Congress" of PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) begin on Saturday 18 September, which will culminate in the Holy Mass, on ...
• 15 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The split within the Vice President's movement weakens the peace agreement Juba (Agenzia Fides) - At least 20 soldiers were killed on September 13 during new clashes between rival factions of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Opposition Movement (SPLM-IO), the main opposition group in South ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Anti-Covid measures loosened, Maronite Church returns to receiving communion on the tongue Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon the spread of infections from Covid-19 seems to be weakening, emergency measures are beginning to be removed in the Maronite Church regarding the methods of administering the sa ...
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  14 September 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian bishops launch call for funds for Haiti Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "It's time to take care" is the theme of a Caritas campaign that proved to be an effective tool, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure a Samaritan presence of the Church in the liv ...
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  14 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Scalabrini Missionary Sisters open new mission in Davao Davao (Agenzia Fides) - The Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters open a new mission in the Philippines, in Davao. After Quezon City and Manila, Davao is the third most populous city in the Philippines: It has more than one an ...
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  14 September 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinals Yeom: "Peace requires an open heart" Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - Peace on the Korean Peninsula is a great challenge and a great obligation for the Catholic Church in Korea. This was emphasized by Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Admi ...
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  14 September 2021
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - World Mission Sunday Campaign supports the work of religious sisters in Thailand with children in need Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia (“Catholic Mission Australia”) launched a call for donations for the work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Thailand for the campaign for Wo ...
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  14 September 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Diocese of Lira founds new parishes Lira (Agenzia Fides) - The need to create new parishes in the diocese of Lira was confirmed in response to the requests of Christians in need of spiritual support from pastoral workers. In the note from the Bishops sent ...
• 14 September 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - "A whole generation grows up amid death and destruction" due to the violence of the jihadists Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Tillabéri region of Niger, an entire generation is growing up in the midst of death and destruction", denounces Amnesty International's deputy director for emergency relief, Matt Wells. ...