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  12 October 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A church desecrated, it is the third in two months; "The government must do everything to protect us" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "We expect the government to do everything possible to protect the citizens of Malawi, including the Catholic Church. However, I know that the government and the police cannot protect every pri ...
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  12 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida for the first time without pilgrims: "People feel the ever-living presence of Mary" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, which is celebrated every year on October 12, takes place for the first time without the popular Marian pilgrimages, which had to be canceled due to the pan ...
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  12 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Videoclip of children recalls the massacre of the "Martyrs of Libya". Coptic Bishop Makarios: "inappropriate choice" Minya (Agenzia Fides) - In a video that was filmed in an Egyptian church and shared on social networks, children replicate the scenes of the massacre of 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were executed by jihadists on a b ...
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  10 October 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: "there is a great diversity of options and opinions, but its vocation is unity and its path is peace" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, in view of the plebiscite on October 25, invites "citizens to inform themselves adequately about this important decision for the dem ...
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  10 October 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Challenge of the law that reorganizes the labor market, inappropriate according to an Indonesian Jesuit Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem with the Omnibus Law lies above all in the fact that the decision to vote it took place at an inappropriate moment, without a thorough public debate and without a strong involvement ...
• 10 October 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Pius X" interdiocesan major Seminary of Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 10 August 2020 Card. Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr.José Pinto Tene Rabiana, of the clergy of Maputo as Rector of the ...
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  10 October 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - World Mission Day: Mission and digital technology Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - How to prepare and live the Missionary Month of October when the country is hit by the Covid-19 pandemic? The difficult situation in Spain in this regard has prompted the National Direction of Po ...
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  10 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Reaffirmation of the equidistance of the Coptic Orthodox Church from the candidates and lists running in the political elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church expresses its esteem and encouragement to all those who present themselves as candidates in the next parliamentary elections but, at the same time, maintains its equidi ...
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  10 October 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Evangelization in Asia in the midst of the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Covid-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdown imposed in many countries have added difficulties and suffering to the populations in many States of Asia. With the health crisis affecting larg ...
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  9 October 2020
  AFRICA - Father Pier Luigi Maccalli is free: "A gift for World Mission Sunday" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The release of Father Pier Luigi Maccalli is the most precious gift for World Mission Day which we will celebrate next Sunday, October 18". This is the first reaction of Fr. Antonio Porcellato, Su ...
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  9 October 2020
  VATICAN - Archbishop Rugambwa: "The release of Father Maccalli, seed of peace and sign of hope for the mission of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The release of Father Pierluigi Maccalli, missionary of the Society for African Missions is a special sign of hope for all of us, for Africa and for the Universal Church, in the month trad ...
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  9 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian Forum condemns arrest of 83-year-old Jesuit human rights activist Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - 83-year-old Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, who is committed to the promotion of human rights and human development, was arrested for allegedly having relationships with Maoist rebel groups ...
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  9 October 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Archbishop Báez: "Nicaragua urgently needs international solidarity and pressure" Miami (Agenzia Fides) - "I personally believe that as long as Ortega, Murillo and their repressive government are there, there is no room for fair, democratic and transparent elections in Nicaragua": said the Auxiliary B ...
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  9 October 2020
  AFRICA/MALI - The story of Fr. Maccalli is an example of the instability affecting the Sahel Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – The kidnapping of Italian missionary Father Pierluigi Macalli (Sma) began in Niger and released in Mali. The case of Fr. Pier Luigi (Gigi) Maccalli illustrates the cross-border action of Islami ...
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  9 October 2020
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Armenian Cathedral in Shushi damaged in bomb attack: Patriarch Karekin II denies rumors regarding "religious conflict" Shushi (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Cathedral of the city of Shushi, in Nagorno Karabakh, dedicated to Christ the Savior, was hit by a launch of missiles on Thursday, October 8, which caused significant damage to the r ...