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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 ...
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  26 April 2021
  VATICAN - Closeness and support of the Dicastery of "Propaganda Fide" to the wounded Bishop in South Sudan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "With great sorrow, this missionary Dicastery has come to know of the attack against the newly elected Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan) around midnight on April 25, at the hands of two armed ...
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  26 April 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Bishops: closeness to the population affected by the pandemic; the government is clearly responsible New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Deep concern and anguish for the second wave of Covid-19 that seriously affects the nation and full closeness and solidarity with the entire Indian population. With these sentiments, the India ...
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  26 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Priests and religious abroad in communion with the Burmese Church which asks for peace and democracy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "With our hearts, minds and strengths we are close to our brothers and sisters in Myanmar. Our sisters have given and are offering a profound witness of faith and courage. We want to make them fe ...
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  24 April 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Day for Native Vocations: the Gospel brought by the missionaries has taken root and is bearing fruit Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis' suggestion to young people to ask themselves "For who am I?" (cf. Christus vivit) is the motto of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations and the Day of Native Vocations that the Chur ...
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  24 April 2021
  ASIA - Day of Vocations: the fulcrum of the vocations of the Verbite Missionaries in Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of the Verbite Missionaries (Society of the Divine Word, SVD), comprising priests and religious brothers, is committed to spreading the Gospel of Christ, the Son of God made man, i ...
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  24 April 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Day of vocations: the work of the Church to increase the quality of formation in Seminaries Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Priestly vocations in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are increasing more in terms of quality than quantity", explains to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Jacek Tendej CM, Rector of the Holy Sp ...
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  24 April 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Day of Vocations: despite the economic and social crisis and the pandemic, vocations to the priesthood have increased Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The work of promoting vocations in Venezuela is bearing fruit. This year, despite the full social and economic crisis that the country is going through, aggravated by the pandemic situation caus ...
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  24 April 2021
  AFRICA - Day of Vocations: for the Comboni Missionaries "good witness is contagious" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa is a continent of hope as regards to vocations to the consecrated Comboni missionary life. It is a moment of blessing as it was for Europe after the Second World War", said Fr. Elias Essogn ...
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  24 April 2021
  VATICAN - Day of Vocations and Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle: today mission calls everywhere Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which has now become a traditional appointment in the Church, was established by Pope Paul VI and officially celebrated for the first time on Sunday ...