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• 19 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Church mourns loss of Archbishop Abel Gabuza to Covid-19 Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Durban, failed to overcome the crisis due to Covid-19. Archbishop Gabuza, 65, died at Hillcrest Hospital on Sunday 17 J ...
• 19 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 October, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Jeremiah Joseph Browne, of the diocesan clergy of Port Elizab ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian migration minister rejects criticism of the closure of the refugee camps Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq, efforts are being made to close refugee camps and return internally displaced people to their respective regions of origin. However, the positive results already announced by the Iraqi ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal of the Bishops of the Visayas: stop the killings of indigenous peoples Capiz (Agenzia Fides) - "An in-depth investigation by an independent body aimed at explaining what really happened on December 30, 2020; the cessation of military intervention on indigenous communities so that our Tumand ...
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  18 January 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: after 29 years the peace agreements have yet to be fulfilled and injustice continues San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - In his usual Sunday meeting with journalists, the Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, yesterday dwelt as a first point, on the request made to Congress for an amendmen ...
• 18 January 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viêt Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 16, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Xuân Lôc, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Joseph Đình Đúc Đao. He is succeeded ...
• 18 January 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic priest brutally killed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. John Gbakaan, parish priest of the Saint Anthony Church in Gulu, in the diocese of Minna, was kidnapped and murdered on January 15 along the road from Lambata to Lapai in the state of Niger. T ...
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  18 January 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Second wave of the coronavirus pandemic: Bishops of Amazonas and Roraima urgently ask for help Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, which also affects the Brazilian state of Amazonas and in particular Manaus, the Norte 1 region of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), w ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The love of the Child Jesus, source of love for the poor in times of pandemic Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - Devotees of the Holy Child Jesus are called to "reach out and love the poor , in the suburbs, in the midst of the pandemic": this is the exhortation addressed to the faithful by Archbishop Jose Pal ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Blossoming of vocations in the midst of a pandemic, the joy of being missionaries Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "In a global context made worse by the Coronavirus pandemic, on the island of Flores, there is no lack of positive news: In the coming months, in fact, new priestly ordinations are planned, whic ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Appeal of the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites to clearly distinguish the civil sphere from religious affiliation Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon will only succeed in surviving the systemic crisis it has been going through for years only when has more clearly and decidedly set the limit distinguishing the political and institution ...
• 18 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Church raises the alarm over the spread of the "South African variant" of Covid-19 Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - In southern Africa there is concern about the spread of the so-called South African variant of the Sars-Cov2 virus, responsible for the Covid-19 disease. "We have been reliably informed by ...
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  16 January 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Jesuit report on the state of the country: "The crisis is the result of human action and there are ways out" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the anniversary of the 2010 earthquake, the Jesuits working in Haiti published a report on the situation in the tortured country and pointed out ways out of the crisis. "The pro ...
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  16 January 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - Missionary at the beginning of the year: "People hope for a better 2021" Sokodè (Agenzia Fides) - The year that has just ended was not easy for Togo. "The effects could also be felt in Kolowaré, where the armed soldiers were patrolling and their presence was palpable", Father Silvano Galli, ...
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  16 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The need to shed light on the unpunished massacre in Panay: the request of civil society and religious organizations Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino civil society, together with church organizations, is calling for careful investigations into the massacre that took place in Tapaz in the province of Capiz, on the island of Panay, in t ...