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  13 July 2020
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Churches and ecumenical bodies in the Middle East: the "reconversion" of Ayasofya is a sabotage of the new paths of brotherhood between Christians and Muslims Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the current Turkish leadership to reconvert the monumental complex of Ayasofia in Istanbul as a mosque represents "an attack on religious freedom", also protected by internation ...
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  13 July 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop Moses Costa dies due to the consequences of Covid-19 Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - He contracted Covid-19 and had been hospitalized for a month. Weakened by the infection, Archbishop Moses M. Costa, CSC, 70 years old, Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chattogram, die ...
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  13 July 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Covid-19, a Salesian: "No man is an island, let us reflect on the importance of life" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "From the lockdown imposed due to the Coronavirus pandemic in March, until the reopening of flights in the Philippines, we remained isolated together with the other Salesian brothers who, i ...
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  13 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Last tribute to Anne Marie Say Tanoh, icon of the sacred choral song, "her life was a program for God" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Anne Marie Say Tanoh, icon of the sacred choral song in Ivory Coast and vocal guide of the Maitrise du diocèse de Yopougon (the choir of the diocese founded by the Bishop of that time, Mgr. Lau ...
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  13 July 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Tensions over the postponement of the parliamentary vote; for the Bishops "the Country's political and institutional stability is at stake" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions continue in Burkina Faso, where yesterday, July 12, the president of the Supreme Communications Council (CSC), Mathias Tankoano, and his escort managed to escape unscathed from an a ...
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  13 July 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church solidarity campaign for the pandemic: aid for 540,000 people Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 13, the Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB) and Caritas Brazil are launching a series of audio reports that will illustrate the territorial initiatives of the Church's Solidarity ...
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  11 July 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Seven new Camillian priests close to the service of the poor, the sick and those in need of comfort Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the serious precariousness that continues to rage in the Country due to the Covid-19 pandemic (see Fides, 4/7/2020) the Camillian religious family of Ouagadougou welcomes seven new p ...
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  11 July 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Violence on women and girls increases: the effects of Covid-19 Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the harmful effects that the pandemic has caused in the world is the marked increase in abuse against women and children, exposed to violence due to the domestic confinement imposed by ...
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  11 July 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom to Catholic parliamentarians: living politics as an "eminent form of charity" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Implementing policies that privilege assistance to the poor and most vulnerable, so that politics can be an "eminent form of charity", as Pope Francis defined it in his Message for the 52nd World ...
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  11 July 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - More than one million university students are likely to be expelled from the USA Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the news that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) announced last Tuesday, July 7, the State Department will most probably not grant visas to foreign students enrol ...
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  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Resignation of the Bishop of Bissau Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bissau (Guinea Bissau), presented by His Exc. Mgr. José Câmnate na Bissign. (SL) (Agenz ...
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  11 July 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The crisis for Covid-19 is worsening: the Bishops indicate a day of prayer on July 12 San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica invite all Catholics, Christians, believers and all people of good will to join tomorrow, Sunday 12 July, in a day of prayer for a series of intentions related to the ...
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  11 July 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The PMS National Director: "The Pontifical Mission Societies are at the service of the renewal of the universal Church" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "First of all, I would like to thank the Holy Father for his message, for sharing his thoughts and showing a special interest in the Pontifical Mission Societies. The proposals formulated by the ...
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  11 July 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Environmental disasters and the Church's commitment: the path of safeguarding creation in Central Asia Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Integral ecology and the protection of creation are issues that are still little felt in the five Countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), strongl ...
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  11 July 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Everyone must condemn rape which is an intrinsically evil act" says the Archbishop of Lagos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Scriptures and the Church down through the ages have condemned all sexual perversion including rape. Rape deeply wounds the respect, freedom, physical and moral integrity of the victim. ...