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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Father Moretti: the attack on women, a bad sign; risks of civil war, hope is in the young Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Afghanistan is worrying from all points of view, as the departure of the American contingent could leave a large space for the opposition, the Taliban. The future of the country ...
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  24 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Recognition of the martyrdom of "Aguchita": religious missionary among the indigenous Ashaninka people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on May 22 to promulgate several decrees, including the one recognizing the martyrdom of the Servant of God, Sister María Agostina ...
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  24 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Xenophobia is the denial of the teachings of the Gospel and the Koran Kara (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, acts of xenophobia have been unleashed by the Ivorian population against Nigerians residing in Ivory Coast following a fake video spread on social media. "Xenophobia is the denial o ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA -Patriarchs and Bishops invite to participate in the elections. Bishop Audo: "it is always easy to give lessons from outside" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have the election of the President of the Republic. It is normal for us to ask the people, and especially Christians, to take part in the elections". Syrian and Jesuit Bishop Antoine Audo, at ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bombing of a Catholic church in Kayah State, two dead among refugees Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese army (Tatamadaw) soldiers attacked the village of Kayan Tharyar, 7 km from Loikaw, capital of Kayah State, with artillery shells last night, with the aim of hitting suspected rebel gr ...
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  24 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic lawyers call for "a summit to address insecurity in the country"; no news of the kidnapped priest" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately convene a summit on security in Nigeria". This is what the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) is asking in the face of the increasing ac ...
• 24 May 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Daru-Kiunga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 23, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Daru-Kiunga (Papua New Guinea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gilles Côté, S.M.M. On the same da ...
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  22 May 2021
  AMERICA - To all the Bishops' Conferences the task of assuming and promoting Renewal and Restructuring Project of CELAM Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In these days "we have carried out, in a spirit of communion and fraternity, a contemplative gaze at the Latin American and Caribbean reality, with a universal and hopeful vision, and in the pers ...
• 22 May 2021
  AFRICA /D.R.CONGO - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, transferring him from the diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga. ...
• 22 May 2021
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary of Busan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Busan, Korea, the Reverend Pius Sin Hozol, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now president of the Catholic Univers ...
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  22 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Scalabrinians inaugurate an educational center for refugees and migrants in Tijuana Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - "In this new space, many families and adults will be able to realize their goals, dreams and life plans. It will be a safe place, in which we will continue a fight that began more than 130 years ...
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  22 May 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Recession, inflation, poverty: population exhausted Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Anger and frustration, as well as poverty, circulate in Sudanese society. The fear is that in this impasse a strong man will break through, as so many times in the history of the country", a m ...
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  22 May 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - It is not necessary to change the Constitution to define the country as Christian: the Bishops on the proposal of possible amendments Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not consider it appropriate to make changes to the Constitution to expressly say that Papua New Guinea is a 'Christian nation'". The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Papua New ...
• 22 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the national "Holy Family" major Seminary and appointment of the Rector Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 16, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, erected the national "Holy Family" major Seminary in the district of Mwe ...
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  21 May 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - New meeting between government and protesters, as Covid 19 increases Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday for the third time, the representatives of the Colombian government met with those of the National Strike Committee (CNP), to begin negotiations (see Fides, 18/5/2021). "We want guarant ...