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  30 November 2020
  VATICAN - Three webinars promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies on missionary charity and fundraising Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The formation activity promoted by the International Secretariats of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), through the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), does not stop in time of a pand ...
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  30 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Uncertain situation in Tigray, concern for the fate of 100,000 Eritrean refugees Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I launch a strong appeal to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia so that the situation of 100,000 Eritrean refugees is urgently addressed", said UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, ...
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  28 November 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - The protest of the "yellow ducks": democracy and fewer privileges to the Crown Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The student movement is launching yet another challenge to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha. The young demonstrators who, since last February, have been calling for the resignation of its govern ...
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  28 November 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The National Director of the PMS: "The nation needs peace, solidarity and fraternity" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - There are still many knots to be resolved on the socio-political situation in the Ivory Coast, which still remains tense after the presidential vote on 31 October. This is what Father Jean Noël ...
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  28 November 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Opening of the Biblical Year of the Pauline Family Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "To celebrate the 49th anniversary of the passage to heaven of our founder, Blessed James Alberione, the Pauline Family represented here in the Ivory Coast by the daughters of St. Paul begins wi ...
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  28 November 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishop of San Salvador wishes "ambitious" election campaign and transparency San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The parties are called upon to conduct an “ambitious” election campaign that ensures transparency of political processes and electoral decisions, said Archbishop José Luis Escobar of S ...
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  28 November 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Cardinal Ambongo: in Congo amidst the crisis and risks of balkanization, the Church alongside the people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – With the elevation of Fridolin Ambongo Besungu as Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), Pope Francis - who created 12 Cardinals from this continent, more than any o ...
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  28 November 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Grand Mufti: political Islam has become "a nightmare" for Muslims and the whole world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The historical phenomenon of political Islam, which was intended to be an appeal to proclaim one's belonging to Islam and to awaken the Islamic faith in people's hearts, adhering to Islamic values ...
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  28 November 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Advent in time of pandemic: "God heals through the hands of doctors", say the Bishops Keningau (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful are called to build a solid and profound relationship with God amidst the many social, economic and cultural challenges they face, such as that of the Covid-19 pandemic; a ...
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  27 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Assault on the capital of Tigray: eyewitness reports Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - For days, Ethiopian federal troops have been fighting on the outskirts of Mekele, the capital of the Tigray province, against the militias of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Yes ...
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  27 November 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Violence against women: human rights activists complain about attacks by the UN mission Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Day against violence on women, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, together with the Haitian Platform to Advocate ...
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  27 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The President of Signis Pakistan: "Mass media are instruments of peace and hope in times of pandemic" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Secular mass media and Christian media in Pakistan have an important role in this difficult time: they have highlighted the tragedy of Covid-19 and its effects on family life, in particular how ...
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  27 November 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Church celebrates its 500th anniversary: the Bishops exhort the faithful to "missio ad gentes" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 500th anniversary in memory of the arrival of the Christian faith in the Philippines (1521-2021) the bishops of the country invite to the faithful to "missio ad gentes". Th ...
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  27 November 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: "Witnesses of hope in a new era for Chile" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite you to make a great effort to renew the hope of every person in his family and in his educational, work and community environments". This is the exhortation that the Bishops of Chile ...
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  27 November 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Shops and homes of Coptic Christians ransacked and set on fire in sectarian attacks in the village of al Barsha Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The village of al Barsha, in the Egyptian governorate of Minya, was again, on Thursday 26 November, the scene of sectarian attacks perpetrated against members of the local Coptic Orthodox communit ...