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  8 September 2021
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - Russian Metropolitan Hilarion: Orthodox and Catholics share the same faith in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics and Orthodox cannot ordinarily share the sacrament of the Eucharist, because they do not live in full ecclesial communion. But certainly, both Catholics and Orthodox recognize that "i ...
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  8 September 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "The government has a duty to promote truth and justice on the Easter massacres, with a transparent investigation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We reiterate the request for a transparent investigation, which ascertains instigators and responsibility for the Easter attacks. The Church and the entire nation, shocked by terrorism, have th ...
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  7 September 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - For Cardinal Rosa Chávez: "Democracy is in intensive care" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Democracy in El Salvador is in intensive care": this is the expression used by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Auxiliary of San Salvador, to make a comparison with a deadly disease that le ...
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  7 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the day dedicated to the Armed Forces, the Church pays homage to Christian war heroes Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We must encourage our fellow citizens to remain faithful to our Homeland as were our Christian heroes of the Armed Forces in Pakistan, who bravely fought and gave their lives for our beloved co ...
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  7 September 2021
  AFRICA/eSWATINI - Calm situation, but without indications on how the problems raised by the unrest will be addressed Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the country remains 'calm' with sporadic episodes of violence. Some school buildings were set on fire. The army was deployed on June 29 and has not been called back to the barr ...
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  7 September 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Churches and monasteries refuse funding from the military junta; the resistance proclaims the "defensive war" Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The military junta of Myanmar has made a cash donation to Christian Pastors and Buddhist leaders in all the cities of the Chin State through the commanders of the local army. The military summoned ...
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  7 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The imprisonment of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez: testimony of the evangelizing mission Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - "Like Jesus, Sister Gloria was dedicating her life to fighting disease, injustice and marginalization. Her missionary testimony, in contexts such as Mali, caused her misunderstandings up to he ...
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  7 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East meets to elect a new Patriarch Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Synodal Assembly of the Assyrian Church of the East opened on Monday, September 6, 2021, called to elect a new Patriarch. The elective synod takes place at the Assyrian church of St. John the ...
• 7 September 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Coup leaders try to reassure the international community and investors Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to place the transition that is opening under the sign of hope and of a new Guinea, reconciled with itself, with all the children of the country. (...) There will be no spirit of hatred ...
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  6 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Human dignity and fundamental rights are not a matter of votes, but of recognition and respect Nuevo Casas Grandes (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us remember that human dignity and fundamental rights are not a matter of votes, but of recognition and respect", strongly reaffirms Monsignor Jesús José Herrera Quiñones, Bi ...
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  6 September 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Independence Day "should make us recognize that we are all brothers, including those with whom we disagree" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, urged Christians "not to be indifferent" to social exclusion and stressed the importance of pub ...
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  6 September 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionaries who leave, leave again and return: it is always mission time Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - "To be on mission is to be willing to think as Christ does" said Pope Francis in the message for World Mission Day published on 6 January 2021. "It is always mission time, but September, the start ...
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  6 September 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - ASEAN appeal for humanitarian truce; petition to the UN to confirm the ambassador New York (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to an "Association of Southeast Asian Nations" (ASEAN) call for a ceasefire until the end of 2021. The truce will serve to ensure distribution of humanitar ...
• 6 September 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Coup: "Calm situation in Conakry; waiting for the meeting between the coup leaders and the deposed ministers" Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm in Conakry. Traffic in the city is normal and people have gone to work like every day", Church from the capital of Guinea sources told Fides, where yesterday, Sunday, Sept ...
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  6 September 2021
  VATICAN - Third edition of the multimedia course: "Communication is Mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The third edition of the multimedia training course entitled "Communication is Mission", has been approved and is being prepared, promoted by the Faculty of Institutional Social Communicati ...