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  5 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The commitment of the Jesuits of Sahabat Insan in favor of victims of human trafficking Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Internal migrants, looking for work, but also immigrants from other neighboring countries are the privileged victims of human trafficking in Indonesia. Often they fall into the webs of organized ...
• 5 January 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of bishop of Buéa, Cameroon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi, until now titular of Amudarsa and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bamenda, as bishop of the diocese of Buéa, Camero ...
• 5 January 2021
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Mission as the central point of priestly formation Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - From 28 to 30 December 2020, a missionary study seminar for priests who study in this ecclesiastical and academic institute was held at the "St. John Paul II" Interdiocesan Major Seminary in G ...
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  5 January 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The "Way of the Holy Family" project takes off, despite the pandemic Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The "Way of the Holy Family" is "the Christmas gift that Egypt gives to the world". Even the pandemic, which has also paralyzed tourism around the world, has not stopped the great project supporte ...
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  5 January 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Violence against women and families continues to worsen: "Let's sow peace in 2021" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santiago and Chairman of the Dominican Bishops' Conference, Mgr Freddy Bretón Martínez, hopes that the country will have a judicial system that lives up to its name by 2021. ...
• 5 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bangassou, a ghost town. Bishop describes the situation as "calm but tense" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Juan José Aguirre Muñoz of Bangassou describes the situation in the city in the south-east of the Central African Republic conquered by the rebels as "calm but tense" (see Fides 4/1/2021 ...
• 4 January 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., until now Custos of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Pakistan, as vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan. Msgr. ...
• 4 January 2021
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Paul Martin of the diocese of Christchurch as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 4/1/ ...
• 4 January 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Archbishop of Korhogo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Msgr. Ignace Bessi Dogbo, currently Bishop of the Diocese of Katiola, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Korhogo (Ivory Coast). (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
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  4 January 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops on the legalization of abortion: "The Church will continue to work with determination for the protection of life" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Argentina wants to reaffirm, together with brothers and sisters of different faiths and also with many non-believers, that it will continue to work with determination and pas ...
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  4 January 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Is there really hope for the Rohingya? Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In the new year there is hope for the Rohingya people, one of the most important Muslim communities in Myanmar, who so far have no citizenship, no peace and no hospitality. The Pope had words of ...
• 4 January 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Nairobi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi (Kenya), presented by His Eminence Cardinal John Njue. (SL) (Agenzia F ...
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  4 January 2021
  AMERICA - Message from the President of CELAM: In addition to pain and poverty, 2020 will also go down in history for great acts of Christian charity" Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are ending a year that history will remember as a time marked by the global health crisis related to the coronavirus - Covid-19. Our region was also faced with this harsh reality", says Mgr ...
• 4 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop reports dead and wounded after the siege of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Yes, Bangassou has fallen into the hands of the rebels, many of whom are mercenaries and people from Niger. The morning was hectic. Heavy artillery from 5 in the morning with about thirty dead a ...
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  4 January 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The new Vicar Apostolic of Quetta places his office under the protection of Our Lady Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "God is doing great works in my life and I am surprised when I ponder God's plans. I had never thought of being elected Custos of the Capuchin fraternity and much less did I expect to become a Bi ...