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  14 January 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops disagree over the decision to return Cuba to the list of “sponsors of terrorism” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In response to the announcement by the US State Department to return to designating Cuba as a “sponsor of terrorism”, Mgr David J. Malloy, Bishop of Rockford, president of the Commission ...
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  14 January 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Missionaries help with registration at the residents' registration office Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "An identity card is precious, because without it one does not exist for the state and society", says in a letter to Fides Father Renzo Adorni, priest of the Society for African Missions, who liv ...
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  13 January 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Church warns of “fake news” on social media Cairo (Agenzia Fides) -"The multiplication of social communication platforms and networks is leading to information chaos: anyone can write messages and send anything online without having to take into account the authen ...
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  13 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Security forces thwart rebel offensive against the capital Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African security forces thwarted an attempted attack on Bangui "in the early hours of the morning", the responsible authorities of the Central African Republic reported on January 13t ...
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  13 January 2021
  EUROPE /ITALY - Young migrants study to become "room assistant" Syracuse (Agenzia Fides) - On the initiative of the Scalabrini Mission Sisters, a course was launched in Syracuse, Sicily, to train young migrant people to work in the catering trade. A total of 26 young people from Nige ...
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  13 January 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference: review of the 2020 activities and prospects for 2021 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is well known that in 2020 the health crisis of Covid-19 had repercussions on the practice of faith and on pastoral care. From this point of view, the planned activities were not carried out ...
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  13 January 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Consolata Missionaries have transferred the Continental Novitiate to the Amazon Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In line with the reflections of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and in view of the process of restructuring its own presence in America, the Institute of Consolata Missionaries (IMC) has deci ...
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  13 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - At the end of the general assembly: Bishops comment on the "State of the Country" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops' Conference published at the end of its plenary assembly (see Fides, 7 and 11/01/2021) a message on the “State of the Country”. "The world is experiencing moments of t ...
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  13 January 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - St. Martin Deaf Ministry: Missionaries support the deaf Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The "St. Martin Deaf ministry" is the new missionary initiative promoted by the Society for African Missions (SMA) in the archdiocese of Accra, in favor of deaf people. The initiative was presente ...
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  13 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Position of the Episcopate against a revision of the Constitution during the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Several Bishops of the Philippines express strong reservations about the new initiatives to revise the 1987 Constitution during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the Philippine political panorama, in fac ...
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  13 January 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Pandemic exacerbates gender discrimination at work Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - In Thailand, over 47% of the workforce are women, who are, however, often treated unfairly and discriminatively: They are paid less than men and often do the heaviest work under insecure conditi ...
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  12 January 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Sister Maria Concetta Mustacciu died of Covid-19: "guardian" of the Church of Tarsus Tarsus (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Maria Concetta Mustacciu of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Church died yesterday, Monday, January 11th as a result of Covid-19 disease. Sister Maria Concetta was the mother super ...
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  12 January 2021
  VATICAN - Father Leonardo Sileo confirmed as Rector of the Urbaniana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 January 2021, the Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, confirmed Prof. Fr. Leonardo Sileo, OFM, as Rector of the Pontifical Urbaniana Univers ...
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  12 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Two Bishops denounce: "Distressing situation for migrants at the South African border due to Covid controls" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Over the past few days the distressing situation at the border posts in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe has made headlines. This occurred at the beginning and at the end of ...
• 12 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 October 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Father Claude Bernard Wakouzou, of the Comboni missionaries, MCCJ ...