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  19 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "800 families forcibly evicted are now at risk of Covid" denounces the Bishop of Embu Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These families face the risk of Covid- 19 pandemic because they are congested in classes without masks, don’t keep distance and have no soap and water for washing. If one person is infected, ...
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  19 May 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - I Vescovi invitano la popolazione a prepararsi seriamente alle prossime elezioni politiche OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Bishops invite the population to seriously prepare for the upcoming political elections Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Raise awareness and educate voters to choose their future government ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Bishops gathered in Aleppo: "unsustainable geopolitical pressures" on the peoples of the Middle East Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Syria and the entire Middle East continue to experience a time of pain and suffering, in which the "appalling economic conditions" and the dramatic exodus of the younger generations are intertwin ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The High Court orders the health check for Fr. Stan Swamy, Jesuit jailed for sedition, defense calls for his release Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The High Court of Bombay, in the hearing held today 19 May, ordered a medical check of the health conditions of Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit religious, accused and imprisoned for alleged sedition ...
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  19 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Young Christians and Muslims united by sport to trace the path of coexistence and peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "This initiative is part of a logic of resorting to young people of different religious confessions, to trace paths of peace in the perspective of reconciliation in Ivory Coast", says Fr. Richar ...
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  19 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Democracy is not only exercised at the time of voting, but it is an attitude and a permanent way of life Tlalnepantla (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops who exercise their pastoral service in the states of Mexico and Morelos, and who are part of the ecclesiastical provinces of Tlalnepantla and Toluca, have expressed in a message ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/NEPAL - May 31, a special day of fasting and prayer for the end of the pandemic Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Observe all necessary precautions and pray intensely: this is the invitation of Bishop Paul Simick, Apostolic Vicar of Nepal, addressed to Catholic priests, men and women religious and laity a ...
• 18 May 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Negotiations remain difficult, bishops urge not to lose hope Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - After the announcement of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) on Sunday, May 16, according to which the national government and the organizers of the National Strike (CNP) had expressed t ...
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  18 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary denounces: "The Catholic heart of Niger is on the run" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of Catholics who have fled the Dolbel area, the heart of the Catholic Church in Niger, are about a hundred. The number is expected to increase in these days due to the massacre of som ...
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  18 May 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Week of prayer for Christian unity: building a culture of encounter, dialogue and fraternity Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In Brazil and in many nations of the southern hemisphere, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated between the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord and that of Pentecost. This yea ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Conference on the "new evangelization": "Jesus Christ, light of the world" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ, light of the world": this is the title of the Conference on the new evangelization that will be held on May 22 in Manila. The Conference takes on a special character and meaning be ...
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  18 May 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Free access to secondary education: the doors of the Seminary open to all children of the local community Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio has opened the doors of the major Seminary of St. Joseph to the public. In a note sent to Agenzia Fides, Bishop Eduardo Hijboro Kussala informs that ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest arrested by the military has been released Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - The priest of the diocese of Banmaw, 38-year-old Fr. Colombano Labang Lar Di, was released after 4 days of detention, arrested by a Burmese army patrol on May 14 while on his way to the city of ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Haifa, the dream of "coexistence" between different people fades. Father Mikhael Abdo: "They reopened wounds that never healed" Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - Up until two years ago, thousands of Christians from all over the Holy Land came to Haifa in May to take part in the traditional procession in honor of Our Lady of Carmel, popularly known as Taala ...
• 17 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Iquitos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 May 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the apostolic vicariate of Iquitos, Peru, the Reverend Fr. Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A., until now superior regional of the Ord ...