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  18 July 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops in the face of the current situation: "We are committed to life and human dignity" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware that the year 2020 will leave a sign in the history of the world and Mexico due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has caused pain in countless homes and has seriously damaged the ...
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  18 July 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - "Still too many infections" due to Covid-19, the Bishops postpone the opening of churches for worship Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - Last week the government of Guinea Bissau authorized the reopening of churches, mosques, places of worship and traditional rites, subject to compliance with a series of measures, including the ma ...
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  18 July 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Covid-19 crisis aggravated by the strike of nurses, exacerbated by low wages and corruption Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We noted with concern that the current state of the health sector characterized by the failure by the government to amicably resolve the protracted strike by medical personnel, did not augur wel ...
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  18 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Each of us has a reason to continue to remain united with Fr. Gigi Maccalli" Padua (Agenzia Fides) - There are always many people who continue to pray and hope for the release of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions, kidnapped in Niger on 17 September 2018. There are a ...
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  18 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Grand Mufti Shawki Allam: "There is no objection to building churches with Muslim money" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Islamic law does not contain any legal objection to the possibility of building churches using money belonging to Muslims. This relevant observation, full of possible applications with respect to ...
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  18 July 2020
  ASIA - Abuses of human rights, xenophobia and religious intolerance in Asia: the denunciation of "Franciscan International" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of respect for human rights in East Asia and the Pacific area is precarious due to phenomena such as xenophobia, religious intolerance and the impact of climate change: these eleme ...
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  18 July 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The work issue in Sulawesi reopens the wound of discrimination against Chinese minorities Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Protests against Chinese workers employed by some companies in the south-east of the island are not abating in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The protests, which began in March, are tied to an atmosphere ...
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  17 July 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to the government: a law on personal status is needed that respects the identity of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Iraq are not foreign guests from far away. The indigenous communities of the baptized have been rooted in the lands of Mesopotamia for millennia, and the Assyrian and Chaldean Chri ...
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  17 July 2020
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Covid-19: concern over the increase in cases; for the Bishops "the health crisis reveals the importance of an efficient health structure" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Antananarivo the number of coronavirus-related deaths is increasing with eight of the ten victims reported by the operational command center for the fight against coronavirus. Another ca ...
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  17 July 2020
  AFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders launch an appeal for peace after last week's violent demonstrations Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very concerned about the resumption of violence in Bamako. We take this opportunity to launch an appeal for peace, in light of all the damage caused. Mali does not deserve what is happeni ...
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  17 July 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishop of Carapeguá denounces corruption and impunity in times of pandemic Carapeguá (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Carapeguá, Mgr. Celestino Ocampo, is saddened by the fact that during the pandemic, crime and corruption did not stop, "they are inseparable allies of impunity". This is what h ...
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  17 July 2020
  VATICAN - Assistance from the PMS Fund for the Covid emergency sent to Niger, Gambia and Zambia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Niger extends for a large part in the Sahara desert and despite the lack of rain, the agro-pastoral sector is the almost exclusive source of livelihood for its inhabitants, who live in a si ...
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  17 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to the government of Punjab: religious freedom in the educational system Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the government of the Punjab province to review all the measures that are clearly in conflict with the right to freedom of religion, guaranteed by the Constitution of Pakistan pursuant to ...
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  17 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The commitment of "Talitha Kum" nuns against human trafficking during the pandemic New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Indian nuns is strongly committed to tackling the phenomenon of human trafficking during the Covid-19 pandemic. The "AMRAT - Talitha Kum India" movement, the Asian alliance of women ...
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  17 July 2020
  VATICAN - Economic crisis in the Middle East and international debt at the center of the Caritas Internationalis Annual Report Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a crucial moment of change. This event also takes place in a spirit of hope for the future, especially at a time when humanity is facing a serious health crisis that has affected ...