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  8 November 2021
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Christians bring "the light of hope and care" alongside people of other faiths Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been living with the pandemic for almost two years and we have seen how it has been a universal cause of suffering for mankind. Yet, even in times of greatest darkness, faith communit ...
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  8 November 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops of the Amazon ask for "urgent and courageous commitments from COP26 to combat climate change" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Brazilian Amazon released a video with an appeal to world leaders participating in the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) asking to hear "the cry of Mot ...
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  8 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian Year, the Vicar General: "Accompanying the migrant multiplies the missionary announcement" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "To re-propose the figure of Mgr. Scalabrini in his relevance and in his holiness: make him known, talk about him, tell about his passion for migrants so that others feel the same passion and inter ...
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  8 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - International mobilization for peace Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - An emergency session of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has been called for today, Monday, November 8, 2021. The session, motivated by recent changes in the co ...
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  8 November 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - The alarm of Catholic Patriarchs and bishops: let us resist the designs of those who want to annihilate Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the designs pursued by those who want to cancel the singular and unparalleled physiognomy of Lebanon from the Middle Eastern scenario, the only effective response remains that of retur ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA - Conflicts in Asia: Afghanistan and Myanmar the most serious cases Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Seven countries in Asia experienced active armed conflicts in 2020 and 2021. There were three in South Asia: Afghanistan, civil war (major internationalized civil war), India (high-intensity, inter ...
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  6 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Violence in Tigray, the Apostolic Vicar of Hosanna: it is urgent to seek peace and security Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I am deeply saddened by everything that is happening in the Tigray region and in the regions alongside Amhara and Afar, even though unrest has been occurring throughout the country for at l ...
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  6 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious congregations welcome Afghan refugees Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Being able to welcome two Afghan refugee families represents for us the greatest gift we could receive: it is like having Jesus here. We are welcoming him, we are taking care of him, he is our gue ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Different signals from the Turkish authorities towards schools and foundations of non-Muslim minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Apparently contradictory and difficult to decipher signals are coming from the different levels of Turkish power regarding the state of difficulty in which foundations and schools linked to minor ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poorest Filipinos are "non-citizens": undocumented and without identity Manila (Agenzi Fides) - "There are many Filipinos, among the poorest, who are undocumented in our country. They are people without identity, without rights. It is a terrible situation": Bishop Pablo Virgilio David told A ...
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  5 November 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Violence and instability increase in Kivu: a missionary's warning Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the northeastern regions, the situation is dramatic, even worse than a few months ago. The news that is arriving is very bad and we do not see any change. Since May, the state of siege has ...
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  5 November 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - More than 120 Catholic religious who died of Covid in 2021: "They did not hold back" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 consecrated Catholics (including friars and nuns) died from January to September 2021 because of Covid-19 in Indonesia. They were infected in the exercise of their mission of pasto ...
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  5 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - An Atlas on wars, to understand the roots of peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There are still over thirty wars in the world. But this reality is even greater if we take into account low-intensity conflicts, political violence, street clashes or the repression of those who pr ...
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  5 November 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Different and convergent approaches to mission: the course for Ad Gentes missionaries Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - To offer specific missionary formation to missionaries sent on Mission Ad Gentes, inside and outside Brazil: this is the general objective of the Ad Gentes Course promoted by the Missionary Cu ...
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  5 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Inter-ritual” football tournament between the parishes in Baghdad. The Chaldeans win on penalties Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The final of the "Pope Francis Tournament", the sporting event that competed 12 teams, representing local Armenian, Chaldean, Syriac, Latin and Coptic ecclesial communities, ended on penalties. ...