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  3 March 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Testimony of the new parish priest in Samarkand: "Let God's beauty shine through the joy of fraternity" Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - "A month has passed since our arrival in Samarkand. During this first phase, we seek to define pastoral priorities. For example, we think that we have to launch maintenance works in the St. Jo ...
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  3 March 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Tense situation: desecration of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, increase in the number of thefts, economic stagnation, protests for vaccines to VIPs Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentine diocese of Lomas de Zamora informs that during the early hours of March 2, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was the subject of acts of vandalism. The tabernacle which hou ...
• 3 March 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of Bishop of Kimberley Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Kimberley, South Africa, Bishop Duncan Theodore Tsoke, until now titular of Orreacelia and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdioces ...
• 3 March 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of Bishop of Queenstown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Queenstown, South Africa, the Reverend Fr. Paul Siphiwo Vanqa, S.A.C., until now diocesan administrator of the same see. Msgr. Pau ...
• 3 March 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Let's start again from the outskirts of the country for a more just and supportive Angola" ask the Bishops Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The drop in oil prices, the general crisis in the prices of goods and services caused mainly by financial speculators and the Covid-19 pandemic are currently having severe effects on the populati ...
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  3 March 2021
  AMERICA - Appeal to the governments of Chile and Bolivia for the dramatic situation of migrants Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The ecclesial institutions committed to migrants who work on the border between Bolivia and Chile appeal to the governments of the two nations so that the response to forced migration comes fro ...
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  3 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako on the Pope's trip to Iraq: "The Pope visits all Iraqis" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "I have just returned from the cathedral where I went to see the preparations. There was a woman there, in front of the grotto of the Madonna. A Muslim woman who came to pray to the Virgin Mary. ...
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  2 March 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The objective of the Catholic means of communication: to be credible witnesses of the Gospel message Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The proper use of the press and its essential elements to communicate the Good News through news and events happening in and around the Diocese was at the center of the seminar dedicated to ...
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  2 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "missionary rap" of a rural school in Avila wins the eighth edition of the competition for young missionaries Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A rural school in Ávila won the competition of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI) with "rap". For the eighth consecutive year, the Pontifical Children's Mission Societies in S ...
• 2 March 2021
  AFRICA/ DR CONGO - Denunciation of the Bishops about the differences between promises made and reality in the east of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in our country, especially in the eastern part, remains dangerous and worsened by the recurring presence of armed groups that the National Army, supported by MONUSCO (UN ...
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  2 March 2021
  AMERICA - Red Clamor campaign until September on human trafficking Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Red Clamor Network (Migration and Human Trafficking) presented the program of activities of the "Life is not a commodity, but concerns people" campaign which will last until September 2021. Accor ...
• 2 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Release of kidnapped students and favorable reception of Nigerians at the Pope's appeal Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The 279 students of the GGSS Jangebee Secondary School in the state of Zamfara, in the north-west of Nigeria, kidnapped on the night of February 25 (see Fides, 26/2/2021) have been released. "Yes, ...
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  2 March 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 10th anniversary of the assassination of Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti Khushpur (Agenzia Fides) - A gathering of young people and a Solemn Mass celebrated in the birthplace of Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, Khushpur, in the province of Punjab, where he is also buried: this is how the Chr ...
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  2 March 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi confirms Board of Directors for Catholic foundations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi confirmed by decree the establishment of the council for the administration of the foundations of the Catholic Church in Egypt. The presidential decree of F ...
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  2 March 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The meeting between Simon Bolivar and the Bishop of Maracaibo two centuries ago challenges our situation today Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "A historic and significant event for our beloved homeland": this is how the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela descrive the meeting between " Libertador" Simón Bolívar and Mgr. Rafael Lasso de ...