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3 September 2020
ASIA/THAILAND - Freedom and democracy: young Thais take to the streets
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of Thailand give life to a new season of street demonstrations and freely express their aspirations for freedom and democracy. The new movement that animates Thai society calls ...
3 September 2020
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "God is always ready to forgive": Day of penance and prayer celebrated
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Symbolic objects to indicate peace and mutual forgiveness, such as banknotes attached to a twig; leaves of a specific tree planted as a sign of recovered trust; Areca nuts exchanged to repa ...
3 September 2020
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops call on government to shut down abortion clinics
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - " We cannot claim God is in our midst when in fact we are allowing the evil of some individuals who may have killed their conscience to legislate for the killing of our unborn children", say the ...
2 September 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Álvarez Cano: "Society must ask its rulers to make proper use of public resources"
Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - "The population has the task of demanding its leaders the correct use of public resources, so that while fighting corruption, public employees are truly committed and dedicated to the common goo ...
2 September 2020
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Fight against Covid-19: thanks to the Church, a partnership between Italian and Kazakh hospitals has begun
Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan is committed to the common good of the country and tries to support the national health system in the fight against Covid-19. In response to the spread of the co ...
2 September 2020
AFRICA/SUDAN - "The peace agreement is good, but all the armed groups must join it" says the Archbishop of Khartoum
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not know if we can call this agreement comprehensive because some other armed forces in Sudan are still out and I hear they haven’t accepted to sign. A peace agreement becomes comprehen ...
2 September 2020
AFRICA/BENIN - The training of seminarians of the Centro de Brésillac of Calavì during the Coronavirus period
Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Confinement for everyone, external commitments interrupted, house closed to parish groups and ecclesial movements that spent their days of retreat and formation there. In Benin, the number of co ...
2 September 2020
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops to the faithful, put to the test by the pandemic: "Let's not lose hope. The crisis can bring out the best in us"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The current crisis linked to Covid-19 can bring out the best in us all. The fear and suffering, anxiety and uncertainty we experience today are caused not only by the new coronavirus, but also b ...
1 September 2020
AFRICA/TOGO - A missionary from the diocese of Sokodé: "Again confined even if it is impossible to comply with health measures"
Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "Curfew from 6.30 pm to 5 am and again the closure of places of worship. The cities of Adjengré, Sokodé, Tchamba are again in confinement", writes to Fides Father Silvano Galli, priest of th ...
1 September 2020
AMERICA/HAITI - Bishops denounce uncontrollable violence: "An attack on life, justice and peace"
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the Catholic Bishops of Haiti, strongly condemn the assassination of Monferrier Dorval, President of the Bar of Port-au-Prince, as well as all the latest assassinations with firearms ...
1 September 2020
ASIA/MYANMAR - Card. Bo’s appeal for the elections: "Active participation is essential. Vote for true federalism"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "These are difficult times. My prayer accompanies each of you as you face the challenge of the pandemic. God will protect our nation. Now we are approaching another election in November. This cal ...
1 September 2020
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Heavy floods in the province of Sindh: Catholic volunteers to help the needy and displaced
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "While we are experiencing the Covid-19 emergency, heavy rains of this monsoon season have hit the province of Sindh, especially the great metropolis of Karachi, capital of the province. It is t ...
1 September 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Presidential elections in October; Cardinal Kutwa calls for respect for law and for dialogue
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The socio-political life of our Country has entered a dangerous curve. With the presidential elections approaching, we are forced to note the radicalization of the positions of both sides, whic ...
31 August 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Land and territory continue to be a matter of controversy
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Mining, expansion of the agricultural frontier and community family production system, were the pillars of Martín Torrico's presentation, during the second discussion "Amazonia and indigenous pe ...
31 August 2020
ASIA/INDONESIA - New minor Seminary in Kalimantan
Banjarmasin (Agenzia Fides) - Young people attracted by the Gospel and eager to discover their vocation to the priesthood have a place that will accompany their human and spiritual growth: in southern Kalimantan - provin ...
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