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  27 November 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Re-election in the first round of outgoing President Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The outgoing President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, was re-elected with 57.87% of the votes, after a peaceful election which however was marked by difficulties in certain ar ...
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  26 November 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Nassar: even Christians in Damascus reject the "closure of churches" due to the pandemic Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syria torn apart by ten years of conflict is now crushed in the deadly grip of the economic crisis and pandemic. In this context, Christians in Damascus rely on Divine Providence and resist the ...
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  26 November 2020
  EUROPE/POLAND - Campaign for the adoption of seminaries in mission territories: the seminarian of today, is the priest of tomorrow Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland has responded to the appeal of Cardinal Luis Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in fa ...
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  26 November 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The new Archbishop of Dhaka: priority to be given to the family, the “powerhouse” of the Gospel Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The family will be the pastoral priority of the Archdiocese of Dhaka: the family as the subject of evangelization and as the recipient of all spiritual and material attention, as the apostolate in ...
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  26 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Mobilization of the Church of Pathein to bring food aid to the poorest during the Covid-19 pandemic Pathein (Agenzia Fides) - With the help of generous donors and volunteers, the diocese of Pathein, thanks to the personal commitment of Bishop John Hsane Hgyi, provides humanitarian aid and food to those in a state of po ...
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  26 November 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "Too many doctors have died of Covid-19" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - " We cannot continue to watch (as) the only hopes of Kenyan people go down through the loss … of life as we have witnessed in the last few days", says His Exc. Mgr. Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo ...
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  26 November 2020
  AMERICA/PANAMA - National Dialogue seeks ways out of the crisis: Archbishop Ulloa calls on Christians to act consistently Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - In an analysis of the current situation in the country, the Archbishop of Panama, Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, names abortion and corruption among the most serious problems. "If we are citizens ...
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  26 November 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Servants of the Poor: Looking at the poor in terms of their dignity Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - "Every person has a dignity. We have to look at the person, especially if they are very poor, recognizing their dignity: the presence of God is also shown in this dignity. In Brazil, too, the c ...
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  26 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Prime Minister Ahmed orders advance on Mekele Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed this morning ordered the army to launch the army of the regional government of Tigray in the capital, Mekele. The ultimatum launched on Sunday 22 November ...
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  25 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appeal of the President to Catholic Academics in favor of the promotion of fraternity and tolerance Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic university students are called to promote social harmony, unity and tolerance In Indonesia by contributing to the good of society: this is the appeal launched on November 23 by Indonesi ...
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  25 November 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The contribution of a missionary to Korean literature, between evangelization and culture Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Father Kevin Laurence O'Rourke, Irish missionary of the Society of Saint Columban, translated into English over 2,000 Korean literary works. His missionary work in the field of culture, university ...
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  25 November 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops call for dialogue: "Today's debts are tomorrow's hunger" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - After the demonstrations, where citizens have been protesting against the government of Guatemala since Saturday November 21, the country's Primate, Archbishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez ...
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  25 November 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in parishes and families, the Basilica closed Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Mexico City, in coordination with the Archdiocese of Mexico, the Bishops' Conference of Mexico (CEM), the National Basilica of Guadalupe and the Mayor's Office, inform that ...
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  25 November 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Southern Africa Bishops plan volidarity Visit to Mozambique's Pemba Diocese amid crisis Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) decided on a solidarity visit to the Bishop of Pemba from December 2 to December 4" said His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Ponce de León, Bishop ...
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  25 November 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Young Egyptian Catholics in the footsteps of St. Thomas Aquinas Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian youth who join the "family of St. Thomas Aquinas" affirm that their intention "is not to seek the glory of the Catholic Church as such, but to witness the glory of Christ". To this end, t ...