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  12 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violence in Papua: appeal for peace by Catholic priests Timika (Agenzia Fides) - With a strong appeal for dialogue and reconciliation aimed at overcoming the conflict in the Indonesian Papua region, 147 Catholic priests have signed a "moral call to justice and truth, recogniz ...
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  12 December 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Social tension and health crisis: "We need to promote fraternity and solidarity" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in our context of social tension, we must strengthen and give priority and attention to the health emergency and the economic and social crisis affecting our country. It is time to build ev ...
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  12 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians in Pakistan seek justice for a Christian girl who escaped her kidnapper Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We want justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a 16-year-old Christian from Faisalabad who was kidnapped, raped, tortured, converted to Islam and forced to marry one of the four men who raped her sever ...
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  12 December 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishop Valenzuela: "Abortion is a disaster" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Legalizing abortion would be "catastrophic" to society and one of the "fashionable" trends that are creating confusion among people. Instead, it is necessary to take care of life. This was stat ...
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  12 December 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholic Bishops: The mystery of Christmas and the Pope's visit make hope bloom, even in our deserts Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi people experience the present like crossing a desert. It is a spiritual and material desert that reveals the weaknesses of all, including the many brothers and sisters who "give up the ...
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  12 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Bishops alongside the people who are suffering in Papua Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Archbishop of Jakarta and President of the Indonesian Catholic Bishops' Conference (KWI), confirms the full support, compassion and closeness of the Bish ...
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  11 December 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops to young people: "Christ lives: He gives us courage, strength and hope in difficult times" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Young people are called upon to keep faith and hope alive, especially in times of pandemics, said the Philippine bishops with regard to the National Youth Day 2020 on December 16. In a pastoral l ...
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  11 December 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Akufo-Addo re-elected President of Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, President Nana Addo Dnkwa Akufu-Addo, has been re-elected the President of Ghana. The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana who b ...
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  11 December 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Doctors Strike: Constructive Dialogue Needed Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The sufferings patients go through whenever there is a strike should remind us that saving life ought to be a priority for both government and the medical staff", say the Bishops of Kenya, in a ...
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  11 December 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - A nun appointed Vicar General of the diocesan pastoral care San Felipe (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Council of the Diocese of San Felipe (Valparaíso, Chile), chaired by the Bishop, Mgr. Gonzalo Bravo Álvarez, appoints Sister Nelly León, as "Episcopal Delegate for General Pas ...
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  11 December 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Position of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Managua against violations of fundamental rights and for the construction of a pluralist society Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Managua urged, in a pastoral letter, to put an end to the violation and lack of respect for human rights and expressed the hope that Nicara ...
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  11 December 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The hermit who evangelized America: Ramón Pané Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In April 1493, Christopher Columbus returned from his first trip to America and met the Spanish Royal family in the Cenobio de La Murtra (Badalona), which was entrusted to the friars of St ...
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  11 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic Arzoo Raja's kidnapper accused of rape; the lawyers ask the court to add other charges Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The legal battle over the case of Arzoo Raja, the young Catholic kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and forced into an Islamic marriage last October before being released by the police and w ...
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  11 December 2020
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah once again claims the protection of the Christian Holy Places of Jerusalem Amman (Agenzia Fides) - For the Jordanian royal family, the Hashemite Custodianship of Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian holy sites "is a duty, a commitment, a firm belief, and a responsibility we have proudly undertak ...
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  10 December 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Video message from Mgr. Alain de Raemy: "Life continues and the Star Singers accompany it with love" Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of Friborg, Mgr. Alain de Raemy, responsible for the youth ministry within the Swiss Bishops' Conference, sent a video message to the Star Singers, to encourage the children ...