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  21 December 2020
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers: "the faithful still want their Christmas blessing" even in times of pandemic Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - It is with great regret that the leaders of the 63rd Campaign of the "Star Singers" ("Die Sternsinger") following the lockdown imposed by the German government from December 16 to January 10 to f ...
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  21 December 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Family Christmas at the Ark Village, but generosity does not decrease Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christmas we will experience at the Ark Village will be more intimate and more family-friendly than usual. In past years, the month of December represented a very eventful period, because ma ...
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  21 December 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico mourns the death of Father Pedro Pantoja, defender of the human rights of the poor, farmers and migrants Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Mexico mourns the death of Jesuit priest Pedro Pantoja Arreola, victim of the complications of Covid-19. Father Pantoja was a passionate defender of the human rights o ...
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  21 December 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A new education for the good of young people and the development of the country La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary and urgent to create a new educational horizon that helps us to walk together, educational authorities, teachers, students, parents and thus to undertake a new educational manage ...
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  21 December 2020
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Hamas limits Muslim "interactions" with Christmas celebrations in the Gaza Strip Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The provision by which a department of the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the Gaza Strip, governed by the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas, has given instructions to Muslims to limit their "inter ...
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  21 December 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "Are we at the center of a Franco-Russian proxy war?" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Is the Central African Republic at the center of a Franco-Russian proxy war?" the Central African Bishops ask in their statement ahead of the elections on December 27th. "As the country prepare ...
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  21 December 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Catholic Missionary Institute of Abidjan reflects on the responsibility of the Church on the issue of the protection of minors Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The responsibility of the Church for the protection of minors and vulnerable people in the Ivory Coast" was the focus of the conference-debate organized by ICMA, the Catholic Missionary Institu ...
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  21 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious gathering for Christmas: believers, together, messengers of peace and unity Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are messengers of love, unity, peace and harmony and our interreligious gathering for Christmas brought together citizens of Karachi, of all faiths, in order to set a good example of interre ...
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  19 December 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Brazilian Church launches "SOS Mozambique": Let's help Cabo Delgado upset by three years of violence Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) and Caritas Brazil have launched the campaign "SOS Mozambique: Cabo Delgado wants peace". "We are all brothers, part of a family of many, all ...
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  19 December 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Church prays for the victims of the post-electoral crisis Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "During the Eucharistic celebrations on Sunday 20 December, in all the parishes of your ecclesiastical district, priests will pray for the eternal rest of the victims of the pre-electoral, elect ...
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  19 December 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) begins its mission in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The CICM mission in Malawi has just begun in a way that was not expected: the preparatory activities have been canceled and the start has been delayed. The 4 team members of the new mission in ...
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  19 December 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The communities of the department of Guainia thank the Church for its help during the pandemic Inirida (Agenzia Fides) - Through a video message, the communities of the Colombian department of Guainia, located on the triple border between Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela, expressed their gratitude for the work carri ...
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  19 December 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - In Kuala Lumpur, the Church suspends all public Masses and liturgies until Epiphany due to the pandemic Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur has suspended all public masses in all parishes, churches, chapels from Christmas Eve (December 24) until the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (January ...
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  19 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bail for the kidnapper of the Catholic girl Arzoo Raja Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A Karachi court of first instance has granted bail to the kidnapper of the Christian minor Arzoo Raja, setting the bail at 500,000 Pakistani rupees (about 2,700 euros) and a similar bail for his ...
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  18 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Between pandemic and religious extremism: police and Muslim volunteers protect churches during Christmas Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In almost all the provinces of Indonesia, the safeguarding of Christmas and New Year celebrations is a particular concern for local governments, police, civil society organizations and religious ...