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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic schools become hospitals for Covid patients Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of the pandemic emergency, the Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the Karnataka state, in southern India, has decided to temporarily transform Catholic schools into hospitals f ...
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  28 April 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - PMS National Assembly: at this time of the pandemic we need to "reinvent ourselves" as promoters of the mission La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Bolivia was inaugurated on April 27, virtually, to evaluate, coordinate and plan the activities of the PMS. During the meeting, ...
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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church in mourning for the death of Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, the "Pastor of the last" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, died at 10:15 p.m. on April 27 at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital at the age of ninety. This was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Young-yup Hur, spokesperson for the ...
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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Memori Genosida": Jesuit publishes book on genocide in Indonesia Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We often see human rights violations or political violence only in a local or national context, as if abuses or mass murders were only the concern of a particular local or national governmen ...
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  28 April 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The first international Congress United for Life: strengthening the defense of life in all areas Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the 15th anniversary of the "National March for Life" in Colombia, the city platform "United for Life" will hold the first International Congress United for Life on 1 May, whose object ...
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  27 April 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - The General Council of Comboni Missionaries: let us pray for many people who in South Sudan suffer from insecurity and violence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The General Council of Comboni Missionaries were informed that unidentified gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, Msgr. Christian Carlassare, and shot him in bo ...
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  27 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Carlassare in hospital: "I forgive my attackers"; the first arrests take place Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - "The attack on Bishop-elect Carlassare greatly affected the South Sudanese community, both Catholics and non-Catholics. We expect those responsible to be captured. Despite the violence we have ex ...
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  27 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Attack on the Bishop, those behind the attack are being sought: Carlassare was welcomed with great celebration of the people Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - The perpetrators and reasons behind the serious episode of the attack on the bishop-elect of Rumbek, Cristian Carlassare, are still obscure. According to some observers, at the root of the ambush ...
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  27 April 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop of Arica outraged about deportation detention for 32 migrants from Venezuela Arica (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Moisés Atisha, Bishop of the Chilean diocese of San Marcos de Arica, has published a statement in which he expresses "indignation and rejection" for the events that occurred on April 23, 2 ...
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  27 April 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - President Erdogan criticizes President Biden's decision to use the term "genocide": "Look in the mirror" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - "I pay tribute to the Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives under the difficult circumstances of the First World War, and I would like to express my condolences to their descendants", said Turki ...
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  27 April 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinals Alencherry: "Oxygen supply is a fundamental human right during pandemic" Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - Oxygen for medical purposes is a fundamental human right, especially in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was stated by the chairman of the Council of Catholic Bishops of Kerala, Cardinal George ...
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  26 April 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The storm of war and the challenge of the missionary sisters of Shire Shire (Agenzia Fides) - "I am a Sister of Charity, my name is Monica and my community and mission have been in Shire, in Tigray for almost three years". Thus begins the story sent to Agenzia Fides in which the missionary ...
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  26 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Fr. Carlassare, new bishop of the diocese of Rumbek wounded by gunshots Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - "During the night we learned of the attack against the newly elected bishop of the diocese of Rumbek, Fr. Cristian Carlassare. The Comboni missionary was immediately transported to the hospital i ...
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  26 April 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Beatification of the Martyrs of Quichè: "Inspired by faith in Christ, heroic witnesses of justice and peace" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "This past Friday, in Santa Cruz de Quiché in Guatemala, José Maria Gran Cirera and nine martyr companions were beatified: three priests and seven lay people belonging to the Congregation o ...
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  26 April 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - A life at the service of the least of society: the lay volunteer Nadia de Munari killed in Nuevo Chimbote Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - Nadia de Munari, a 50-year-old Italian lay missionary died on Saturday 24, April after being brutally attacked with a machete while she was sleeping. The woman, a lay missionary for Operatio ...