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  31 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - After a bloodless coup, "people want a return to normality", notes a local priest Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "On the evening of May 28, the Constitutional Court of Mali ruled that the presidency of the Republic is vacant and appointed Colonel Goita, the leader of the coup leaders, president of the Trans ...
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  31 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence in the electoral campaign; the Church asks to put aside those who have not fulfilled their commitments Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the indifference of the authorities, "a responsible, peaceful, participatory citizenship is necessary, willing to put aside sterile ideologies" to seek better paths for everyone: ...
• 31 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Salem, His Exc. Mgr. Arulselvam Rayappan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Salem, India, the Reverend Arulselvam Rayappan, of the clergy of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, until now director of the Centre for Ca ...
• 31 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of bishop of Morogoro, His Exc. Mgr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, SDS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania, the Reverend Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S., until now apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum San ...
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  31 May 2021
  VATICAN - The latest issue of the POSI bulletin: The value of witness for the life of children Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In this time still oppressed by the pandemic it seems out of place to speak of joy, of joyful witness, but for us Christians it should be something natural, spontaneous that is strengthene ...
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  31 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops urge citizens to vaccinate and demand that drugs be released for the treatment of AIDS patients" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We find it extremely sad that while our places of worship are closed to the public, every time the lockdown is imposed, people can still go to markets and other public places without restrictio ...
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  31 May 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Expectations and questions concerning the Pope's meeting with the leaders of the Churches Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The few words with which, on Sunday May 30, after the prayer of the Angelus, Pope Francis announced, from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square, that he will meet on J ...
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  29 May 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Xaverian missionaries have been giving Christian witness among the poor for 70 years Khulna (Agenzia Fides) - "When the first Xaverian missionaries arrived in what is now Bangladesh in 1952, there were few Christians in this area of the Indian subcontinent. At the end of World War II, Greater India was d ...
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  29 May 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The State of siege to stop violence risks being a failure" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - " Can the militarization of civil administrations and intensification of armed pressure be enough to end the spiral of violence that has plagued the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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  29 May 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Special Day of Prayer for Myanmar: "Peace is possible" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday May 30th, the Catholic communities in the Philippines will offer a special prayer for Myanmar. The chairman of the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Archbishop Romulo G. Va ...
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  29 May 2021
  ASIA/BRUNEI - First cardinal passes away in Brunei Darussalam Brunei (Agenzia Fides) - On May 29th, Cardinal Cornelius Sim of the Apostolic Vicariate in Brunei Darussalam died at the age of 70. "With a sad heart I announce the death of Cardinal Cornelius Sim, Cardinal of the Aposto ...
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  29 May 2021
  AFRICA/CHAD - Missionary: “The population wants democratic change” N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "In the center-north of Chad tension is decreasing and the situation is calmer. There is currently no fighting. The border crossings to Sudan are open", confirms Fr. Franco Martellozzo, an Ita ...
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  29 May 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Interreligious prayer for Myanmar: Buddhists and Christians call for peace Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "This is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness and who wishes to attain the State of Peace and Wisdom. Let one be capable, upright, exceedingly upright, easy to instruct, gentle, a ...
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  29 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Dominican missionaries in the Amazon: evangelization, training, health and infrastructure Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - "In the magazine "Memoria Selvas Amazonicas 2020" the missionaries of the Dominican order publish a report on their own activities in the Amazon. "Selvas Amazonicas - Dominican Mission ...
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  28 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fake news about the rape and religious conversion of a Christian girl, and the attack on a church: damage to religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, news spread in Pakistan of the alleged kidnapping of a 14-year-old Christian girl, Sunita Masih, in Faisalabad, Punjab Province. She was supposed to have been abducted, raped and then ...