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  20 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sustaining the quality of life in minor Seminaries: the commitment of a Catholic organization Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Caring for and managing the collective funding programs to support minor Seminaries in Indonesia: this is the mission of "GOTAUS", an initiative born within the Indonesian Catholic community to ...
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  20 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - The global Catholic climate movement celebrates significant progress on the path of ecological conversion Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will celebrate the Laudato Si anniversary to show how much things have changed for the good", says the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) Program Manager for Africa Fr. Benedict Ayodi a ...
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  20 May 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Online dissemination workshop for parish communicators of the Archdiocese of La Serena La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the World Day of Social Communications, the pastoral agents who regularly collaborate in the dissemination of the activities of their communities in the Archdiocese of ...
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  20 May 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - On-line Conference of Missionaries: Strengthening the Diocese-Mission link Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Mission representatives of the Spanish dioceses and diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies came together for a three-day conference under the motto "Pontifical Mission Societies, ...
• 20 May 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Land grabbing and forced deportation of farmers increased during the lockdown for Covid-19 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is worsening as the populations of entire districts are forcibly evicted from their lands. Forced evictions are a clear indication that people's rights are being violated", says a ...
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  20 May 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - $ 500 million for the Gaza Strip: Christian churches welcome President al Sisi's initiative Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarchs and bishops support the initiative of President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, who plans to allocate $ 500 million for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip to remedy the damage caused by Israeli ...
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  19 May 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Bishops: Thousands of migrants are in Ceuta: "do not exploit their legitimate aspirations for political purposes" Ceuta (Agenzia Fides) - "We will restore order in Ceuta as quickly as possible", said Pedro Sánchez, President of the government of Spain, who yesterday was in Ceuta, where there was a massive arrival of immigrants. Sá ...
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  19 May 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops: safeguarding and defending the family is the responsibility of civil authorities, but also of each family Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala have sent a message, "as a greeting of appreciation, a call to hope and an exhortation to the commitment of all families to continue being, with God's blessing, t ...
• 19 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "800 families forcibly evicted are now at risk of Covid" denounces the Bishop of Embu Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These families face the risk of Covid- 19 pandemic because they are congested in classes without masks, don’t keep distance and have no soap and water for washing. If one person is infected, ...
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  19 May 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - I Vescovi invitano la popolazione a prepararsi seriamente alle prossime elezioni politiche OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Bishops invite the population to seriously prepare for the upcoming political elections Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Raise awareness and educate voters to choose their future government ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Bishops gathered in Aleppo: "unsustainable geopolitical pressures" on the peoples of the Middle East Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Syria and the entire Middle East continue to experience a time of pain and suffering, in which the "appalling economic conditions" and the dramatic exodus of the younger generations are intertwin ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The High Court orders the health check for Fr. Stan Swamy, Jesuit jailed for sedition, defense calls for his release Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The High Court of Bombay, in the hearing held today 19 May, ordered a medical check of the health conditions of Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit religious, accused and imprisoned for alleged sedition ...
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  19 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Young Christians and Muslims united by sport to trace the path of coexistence and peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "This initiative is part of a logic of resorting to young people of different religious confessions, to trace paths of peace in the perspective of reconciliation in Ivory Coast", says Fr. Richar ...
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  19 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Democracy is not only exercised at the time of voting, but it is an attitude and a permanent way of life Tlalnepantla (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops who exercise their pastoral service in the states of Mexico and Morelos, and who are part of the ecclesiastical provinces of Tlalnepantla and Toluca, have expressed in a message ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/NEPAL - May 31, a special day of fasting and prayer for the end of the pandemic Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Observe all necessary precautions and pray intensely: this is the invitation of Bishop Paul Simick, Apostolic Vicar of Nepal, addressed to Catholic priests, men and women religious and laity a ...