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12 November 2020
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas extends project for children with Down syndrome to people with other disabilities
Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Caritas project to promote the social and professional reintegration of children with Down syndrome in Kazakhstan will be expanded to include people with other disabilities. Fr. Guido Trezzan ...
12 November 2020
ASIA/IRAQ - Another 200 families of Christian displaced persons return to Mosul and the Nineveh Plain
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - There are about two hundred families of Christian displaced people who in recent weeks and in the near future have already returned or are preparing to return to their areas of origin, in the neig ...
12 November 2020
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Over 10,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan; the Prime Minister claims victory in Tigray, but at the moment there are no confirmations
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 Ethiopians fleeing the ongoing fighting in the Tigray region have fled to Sudan in the last two days. This is what humanitarian agencies report, according to which hundreds ...
12 November 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: the Covid emergency does not stop the tragedies in the Mediterranean
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The umpteenth tragedy in the Mediterranean, which caused the death of 6 migrants, is the umpteenth signal given to the Governments in Europe and the world that the world's crises have not stopped ...
12 November 2020
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The governor of Cabo Delgado denies the beheading of 50 people; the Bishop of Pemba reiterates: "dramatic situation"
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo, denied that more than 50 people were kidnapped and beheaded in the village of Muatide, district of Muidumbe, "on a ...
12 November 2020
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Agra, India
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Agra, India, presented by Archbishop Albert D’Souza. The Holy Father has appointed, ...
11 November 2020
ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic organizations: justice for Christian leaders killed in Papua
Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - "Human rights violations in Papua should be stopped immediately, in particular by members of the Indonesian security forces and an independent and credible investigation in the cases of the mur ...
11 November 2020
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Missionaries: gratitude but also fear of the President re-elected last week
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude, but also fear. These are the reactions of the missionaries when they talk about the new Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who took office for a second term last week. "In the f ...
11 November 2020
AMERICA/PERU - President Vizcarra removed from parliament, the country is politically destabilized
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Lima, Mgr. Carlos Castillo, said that the Congress lacked "a sense of proportion" when it removed President Vizcarra. This is "something very serious". The Archbishop is referring ...
11 November 2020
AFRICA/EGYPT - The (Muslim) Minister of religious endowments: together to protect churches and mosques from attacks
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There is no difference between those who die to protect a church or a mosque from attacks, said Egyptian Minister for Religious Endowments, Mohammed Mukhtar Juma, as part of an initiative forum fo ...
11 November 2020
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Faith during the pandemic: anti-Covid confessionals in the Catholic Cathedral of Seoul
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Cathedral in Seoul guarantees the faithful access to the sacrament of confession even during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, the Catholic Cathedral of Seoul has equipped conf ...
11 November 2020
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "The well-being of the population must have priority in politics"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The well-being of the population must prevail over all other political considerations. No political compromise should call into question the need for the government to do everything it can to ...
11 November 2020
VATICAN - Family: Domestic Church, Missionary Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The latest issue of the Bulletin of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) is dedicated to the Christian family in the world today. Citing various documents of the Magisterium ...
11 November 2020
ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Merauke
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C., currently Bishop of the Diocese of Amboina, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Merauke (In ...
10 November 2020
ASIA - Uncertain path of "front-wheel drive" democracy in Central Asia
Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - There is a cultural, social and economic political component, that is a common characteristic in the Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the ...
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