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  2 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Launch of the “Missionaries and Saint Joseph” Foundation in favor of greater devotion in the country towards the Patron of the Universal Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 December 2020, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis dedicated an entire year to Saint Joseph to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as ...
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  2 February 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Criticism of the Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador over conflicts between state powers and non-enforcement of anti-Covid law San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, in the context of a brief meeting with journalists from the capital, criticized, last Sunday, the lack of will on the part ...
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  2 February 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "I come from a land of conflict". Margaret Karram, Palestinian from Galilee, elected President of the Focolare Movement Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - "I was born in Haifa, a city in Galilee, and my land has always been under conflicts", said Margaret Karram, 58, Palestinian, who was elected new President of the Focolare Movement last Sunday. ...
• 2 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops of the Province of Ibadan: "We ask for a review of the security forces" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With current realities it has become more necessary than ever to demand the review of Nigeria’s security architecture", said the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria’s Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province a ...
• 2 February 2021
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation and appointment of military ordinary for Korea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Military Ordinariate for Korea, presented by Bishop Francis Xavier You Soo-il, O.F.M. The Holy Father has appoint ...
• 2 February 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Uíje Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Uíje, Angola, the Reverend Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe, of the clergy of Lubango, until now rector of the Fr. Leonardo Sikufinde Majo ...
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  1 February 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - February 2, feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and National Day of Prayer in the dark night of Covid-19 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "In these times when the coronavirus pandemic is hovering over us and it is difficult to perceive the much sought-after light at the end of the tunnel, we are invited, as a Church, to help the ...
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  1 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The military takes power: proclamation of a state of emergency in a climate of expectation, Christians demand "justice and peace" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no protest or gathering on the streets of Yangon. Telephone lines are isolated throughout the country and they only work in Yangon and the capital, Naypydaw. We do however see a strong ...
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  1 February 2021
  VATICAN - Encouragement from the Pope to missionaries, health workers and volunteers fighting against leprosy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian prayer of the Angelus, transmitted from the Library of the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, Pope Francis recalled the 68th World Day for Leprosy Sufferers and encouraged th ...
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  1 February 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Transparency of investments: guarantee to protect the environment and public funds for the benefit of citizens Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - These days the methodology seminar is being held in Puerto Maldonado, capital of the department of Madre de Dios, in the southern forest of Peru, on the theme "Geographic map of territoria ...
• 1 February 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Zambia and Zimbabwe hit hard by Covid-19; the Bishops: "let's put aside divisions and unite in the struggle" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's put aside social, cultural, religious and political differences and let's unite to fight Covid-19 together", urge the Bishops of Zambia, where the spread of the coronavirus is currently al ...
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  1 February 2021
  ASIAMYNAMAR - The Church asks for "Vigilance and prayer" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In this difficult and critical phase for the future of the country "we must live in a spirit of vigilance and prayer", especially by praying for peace. With this appeal, the Auxiliary Bishop of Y ...
• 1 February 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Do ethnic conflicts undermine the country's stability? Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In the Ethiopian province of Tigray, 2 million people have been dependent on food aid since November last year after the region became a theater of war between the regular Ethiopian armed fo ...
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  1 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Dozens of illegal expropriations denounced by Christian landowners to the ad hoc Committee wanted by Muqtada al Sadr Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - There are already dozens of complaints to be studied on the working tables of the special committee set up at the request of Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr to collect and verify news and comp ...
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  30 January 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - About-face of the police: Christian woman from Karachi denounced for blasphemy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - With a sensational about turn, the police registered case no. 74/21 against the Christian woman Tabitha Nazir Gill, according to article 295 C of the Pakistani Penal Code, that is, for "having u ...