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  10 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians in Pakistan: caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and offenses against religions sow hatred in the world Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Disseminating caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, the Prophet of Islam, creates disharmony among nations, countries and religions in the world and has a negative influence on world peace". Thi ...
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  10 November 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting between the Pope and the recently released Italian missionary in Mali, Father Pierluigi Maccalli, SMA Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a moment of great emotion. I never thought I would one day find myself face to face with the Pope, to be able to shake his hand", Father Gigi Maccalli told Agenzia Fides immediately after m ...
• 10 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, the Reverend Noel Saw Naw Aye, of the clergy of Yangon, until now Procurator of the Archdiocese of Y ...
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  10 November 2020
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Controversial ceasefire agreement for Nagorno-Karabakh: "For many Armenians this is a surrender" Stepanakert (Agenzia Fides) - "When weapons are silent there is always hope. But for many Armenians, the ceasefire agreement represents only a surrender. Evidently, there was currently no other viable solution for the Ar ...
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  10 November 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Dehumanization and violence in society: "Why has life lost its value?" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent weeks, worrying facts have come to light: the discovery of the bodies of two dismembered children in the historic center of Mexico City; classmates bullying against a high school ...
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  10 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Conflict in the Tigray region: the first Ethiopian displaced persons seek refuge in Sudan Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The first Ethiopian refugees and soldiers crossed the Sudanese border on November 9th and fled from the ongoing fighting in the Tigray region. As reported in the Sudanese press, the Ethiopi ...
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  10 November 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Time of hope, time of concern, but "it's always time of God" Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (CEU) met from 3 to 7 November in Florida. In the press release published at the end of the work, sent to Fides, they inform that they started ...
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  9 November 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Hurricane Eta causes great damage in Central America: Bishops ask for help Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Inspired by the parable of the Good Samaritan, we Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala would like to convey a similar message of solidarity and closeness to the regions of th ...
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  9 November 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The PMS for Ethiopia: opportunity for education to help break the vicious cycle of poverty Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Support and promote the educational path of children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Ethiopia, an African country where interethnic tensions threaten a new civil war: this is the initiative of ...
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  9 November 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Message of the Bishops to be all united in hope and in commitment to the common good Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - "We Bishops of Paraguay, gathered in the 227th Ordinary Plenary Assembly in an unusual context for the life of the Church and of the country because of the health situation, in a climate of pr ...
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  9 November 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Bishops on upcoming elections: "Differences of opinion must be understood as enrichment" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are working to truly make Burkina Faso a land of upright citizens and a united nation: the history of our country shows that our people have always succeeded in creating cultural, ethnic ...
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  9 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The High Court of Sindh confirms the criminal offense of "child marriage" in the case of the underage Catholic Arzoo Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the report of the medical commission set up on 5 November, the Catholic girl Arzoo Raja is between 14 and 15 years old; the judges checked her details on her birth certificate, iss ...
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  9 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Conflict in the Tigrai region worsens. Pope Francis invites "fraternal respect, to dialogue and to a peaceful end to the disagreements" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict is worsening in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigrai, where, according to the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, six dead and at least 60 people have been inj ...
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  9 November 2020
  ASIA/JORDAN - Parliamentary election: Bishop Shomali invites citizens to participate despite the pandemic Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The elections in Jordan, scheduled for Tuesday 10 November, will take place in a context marked by the rise in Covid-19 infections and the worsening of the economic crisis, while the country conti ...
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  9 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Peaceful elections: towards a consolidation of the National League for Democracy Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The results of the Burmese elections which were held on Sunday 8 November in the Asian country, in the first round of elections held under the aegis of a civil government, are reconfirming the po ...