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31 August 2020
VATICAN - Card. Tagle for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation: The "pandemic of love and solidarity"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As followers of Christ, we share the role of guardians of God's creation and our well-being is linked to the well-being of Mother Earth": this is what Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Presiden ...
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31 August 2020
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur: taking care of each other is the vocation of the nation
Kuala Lunmpur (Agenzia Fides) - "This year will be remembered by many as the year where we all had to make radical changes. With many of our plans cancelled, our schedules cleared, and friends and family members distance ...
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31 August 2020
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Covid-19: the Church promotes a radio program of spiritual and psychological assistance
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Amidst the effects of Covid-19 on people, the Pastoral department for Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has launched a counselling and radio-based group therapy program.
The program d ...
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31 August 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Mgr. Sipuka's appeal: "Let's mobilize against the 'pandemic of corruption' that is devouring Covid-19 funds"
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - We must take charge of the "pandemic" of corruption. There is a feeling that South Africa is going towards the direction of being known for corruption as a country", denounces His Exc. Mgr. ...
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25 August 2020
ASIA / PAKISTAN - Minority leaders: "Religious intolerance and extremism are growing in Pakistan"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides): “The issue of extremism and insecurity is the main problem for religious minorities living in Pakistan. Day after day, the religious minorities of Pakistan face aggression, while the effects of ...
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8 August 2020
ASIA/INDONESIA - The Catholic Church is always present where situations of poverty and illness are most urgent: the Camillians on the island of Flores help about 700 families
Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The coronavirus pandemic has also reached Indonesia with about 120,000 infected cases and more than 5,000 deaths. In particular, large cities such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Bali, Medan have been aff ...
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8 August 2020
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The bishop of Mendi urges everyone to observe together the first International Day against sorcery accusation violence
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who torture and kill women accused of sorcery are clearly guilty of the crime they are reporting", said Mgr. Donald Lippert, Bishop of Mendi, on recent episodes of violence against w ...
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8 August 2020
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support for the Church in Nicaragua on behalf of American Catholics
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, issued the following statement:
"Alongside Pope ...
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8 August 2020
AMERICA/ECUADOR - A missionary from the province of Guayas: "There is no certainty"
Duràn (Agenzia Fides) - "Since May 28, our city has a yellow light, meaning commercial activities have reopened but with capacity reduced to 30% in order not to create crowds. Churches have also opened", writes Fr. Save ...
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8 August 2020
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Rector of Santiago de María of Zacatecoluca Major Seminary murdered
Zacatecoluca (Agenzia Fides) - Father Ricardo Antonio Cortéz was shot dead yesterday August 7, 2020. According to reports from the diocese of Zacatecoluca sent to Agenzia Fides, the vehicle with the corpse of the religi ...
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7 August 2020
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The health crisis jeopardizes the future of the most precarious populations
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in the health sector in Papua New Guinea in recent months is worsening. Nurses and doctors from Catholic Health Services and Healthcare Facilities have reduced or stopped work co ...
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7 August 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Creating spaces for dialogue, conflict is not Bolivian culture", Mgr. Centellas celebrates Te Deum for 195 years of independent life
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, Mgr.Ricardo Centellas, presided over the Eucharist of thanksgiving during the 195 years of Bolivia's independent life, this Thursday 6 August, i ...
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6 August 2020
ASIA/LEBANON - Caritas Lebanon: "We are living a nightmare, but we will not give up and will continue to help the most vulnerable"
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes, thousands have been wounded and hundreds have died: this is the provisional toll caused by the explosion that took place on Tuesday, ...
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6 August 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Letter from 152 bishops to criticize the management of the government
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 152 bishops from Brazil, about a third of the total members of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, has published a "Letter to the People of God", in which serious criticisms are made ...
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6 August 2020
AMERICA/PERU - The bishops on the political crisis in the Country: "This is the worst time to cause a new crisis"
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - From large private companies to trade unions and the Catholic Church, everyone has asked the Executive and the Congress of Peru to immediately overcome the serious political crisis that the Country ...
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