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• 27 August 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Sant'Alberto" Regional Seminary in the Archdiocese of Ranchi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 6, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Ajay Kumar Xalxo, of the clergy of the diocese of Jashpur as Rec ...
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  26 August 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The beatification process for Gertrude Detzel, missionary in the Gulag, opens Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan has officially opened the diocesan phase of the beatification process of Gertrude Detzel, a lay Catholic, who "through her fervent faith and example of life, ...
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  26 August 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence in Orissa 13 years ago: Christians in Orissa call for justice again on the occasion of the commemoration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Many Indian lay people, priests, nuns, academics, Christian leaders, lawyers and believers of other religions celebrated the 13th "Day of Remembrance" on August 25, dedicated to the victims ...
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  26 August 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The movement of Muqtada al Sadr relaunches the campaign to return houses and land illegally stolen from Christians and Mandeans Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the campaign of the Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, more than eighty properties - land and houses - have been returned to their rightful owners, including mostly Christians, citizens an ...
• 26 August 2021
  AFRICA - Attacks in the Sahel are increasing: the bishops of Niger and Burkina Faso express concern Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks by jihadist groups are increasing in the countries of the Sahel, especially in the so-called triangle between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (see Fides, 20/8/2021). In Burkina Faso ...
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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops on the division of the country: "We need reconciliation" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In their joint message of August 25th, the Peruvian bishops affirmed that they "share the suffering and great uncertainty that our beloved country is experiencing". In this situation, they invite u ...
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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes invites us to comply with the coronavirus rules Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Aware of the critical health situation we are facing, I invite you, with faith and trust in Divine Providence, with serenity and great responsibility, not to let your guard down in observing th ...
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  25 August 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillians provide help after earthquakes: "We must give people dignity and love, as Jesus teaches us" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Our medical team is mobilized and is already available to continue welcoming more and more people and provide them with the necessary care. We wish the Haitian people resilience, let us ...
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  25 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diocese of Pathein wants to contribute to overcoming the coronavirus pandemic with its aid programs Pathein (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the Diocese of Pathein provides all human and material resources, facilities and financial support to help cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. This is what the administrat ...
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  25 August 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Students of the Catholic schools of the Latin Patriarchate among the best in the country Madaba (Agenzia Fides) - Also in August this year, the Jordanian Ministry of Education announced the results of the general secondary school exams - also known as "Tawjihi" exams - for the 2020/2021 academic year. And as ...
• 25 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Kussala on the murder of the former commissioner: "He was a man of peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I offer my condolences on the tragic death of Babiro Charles Gbamisi, who was shot and killed in an assassination attempt this morning," said Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in So ...
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  24 August 2021
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference urges the reception of Afghan refugees Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter to the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the President of the Australian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge of Brisbane, expressed his deep concern and so ...
• 24 August 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops of Bamenda call for an end to the conflict: "Our people are tired of living in uncertainty and fear" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We deplore the violence, insecurity, kidnappings, torture and senseless killings, sometimes of innocent people and children", emphasized the Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Bamenda Provi ...
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  24 August 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches and ecclesiastical buildings "approved" by the Egyptian government rises to 1958 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In July and August 2021, the Egyptian government confirmed that a further 76 churches and buildings owned by the church comply with the regulations for the construction of Christian houses of wors ...
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  24 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo once again calls for justice and peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Insurgent fighting continues in Myanmar. In the big cities of Yangon and Mandalay there is daily fighting between the army and the so-called People's Defense Forces. "The situation in Myanmar is ...