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  15 April 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government rewards Catholic nun "mother of the Forgotten" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are pleased and proud that the Pakistani government has bestowed Sister Ruth Lewis 'posthumously' with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) for her services to the society of this countr ...
• 15 April 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - President Talon re-elected; tensions on the eve of the vote: representatives of religious confessions in meditation at the tomb of Mgr. Isidore de Souza Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Patrice Talon, outgoing President of Benin, obtained a second term in the elections held on Sunday 11 April. This was announced by the Electoral Commission according to which Talon was re-electe ...
• 15 April 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Prisoners' Day: Catholic Church expresses closeness to prisoners Divo (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the Catholic Church of Ivory Coast celebrates the Day of the Prisoners on the Feast of Divine Mercy. This goes back to an initiative of the Episcopal Commission for Justice, Peace and t ...
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  15 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "The nation is entrusted to God's mercy" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in God's hands. Our land is entrusted to his Divine Mercy. In a period of tension, suffering and uncertainty about the future, Christ is our rock. This is the path we walk when we see dem ...
• 15 April 2021
  EUROPE/HOLLAND - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Vincent Goulmy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Vincent Goulmy, of the diocese of Roermond National Director ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/KYRGYZTAN - "God loves the little ones": Young woman receives the sacrament of baptism in the Kyrgyz Church Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "With the beginning of Easter, which lasts from April 4 to Pentecost, our lives are by these two aspects: the first is Christ's victory over death through the cross; the second is the resurrecti ...
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  14 April 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Church of Benin celebrates 160 years of evangelization Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary work was the seed from which the Beninese clergy and entire generations of convinced Christians germinated, whose vision and action have contributed to making our Church in Benin ...
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  14 April 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - In the face of kidnappings, common prayer and "national strike" of Catholic activities Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask Catholic schools, religious schools, universities and all other Catholic institutions to observe the interruption of activities on April 15. We ask priests, religious, pastoral wo ...
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  14 April 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The service of Catholic education in society: a contribution to the common good Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The service of the Church in the field of public education, both in schools and in universities: this is the central theme of the CVIII Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Church joins the fund to donate the anti-Covid vaccine to poor countries Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has launched an appeal to the faithful to join the special fund, created in the Vatican, to give the anti Covid-19 vaccine to people who live in poor countries or who have ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The government of the autonomous region creates a Committee to counter illegal expropriations of property in Iraqi Kurdistan Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Council of Ministers issued an order to form a Committee to solve the phenomenon of illegal expropriation of properties - houses and land that are mostl ...
• 14 April 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No to the forced return of refugees to their countries of origin"; the Bishops oppose the closure of the Kakuma and Daadab camps Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Government should reconsider their position and treat all refugees with care and concern especially during this period of Covid-19 pandemic when humanity is faced with serious economic and ...
• 13 April 2021
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi, Archbishop of Tunis, National D ...
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  13 April 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Word of God at the center of the General Assembly of Bishops Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With the Mass celebrated by Mgr. Joel Portella Amado, Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro and Secretary General of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), in the chapel of the CNBB headquarter ...
• 13 April 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: "The Church works for peace and justice" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, founded by Christ, the Prince of Peace, cannot escape its mission of bringing harmony to the societies in which it lives. Talks began in Yaoundé a year ago that should have led to ...