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  24 September 2020
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Towards World Mission Day: "in times of coronavirus, solidarity is more important than ever" Monaco (Agenzia Fides) - The largest solidarity campaign of Catholics in the world - Missionary Month - in October 2020 takes place with the coronavirus pandemic underway. "Especially in these times of global pandemic, i ...
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  24 September 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Catholic Church and American society must recognize the historical and current contributions of the Hispanic and Latin leadership Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The "Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States of America", from September 15 to October 15, is presenting speeches and proposals for recognition both by the Church and by civil society. " ...
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  24 September 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The first basilica in Kazakhstan: "Here the roots of the Church that went through Soviet repression" Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "The title of minor basilica granted to the church of St. Joseph in Karaganda is a very important recognition for the Catholics of Kazakhstan. It is a real Sanctuary: many go there on pilgrima ...
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  24 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We are in the same boat, we row together": Migrant and Refugee Week Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "We are in the same boat, we row together", the "Migrants and Refugees Week 2020" is being celebrated in Colombia from 21 to 27 September, which this year will take place virtual ...
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  24 September 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - A Nun to head Kenyan Bishops’ new national television Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A nun at the head of the project for the creation of the first national Catholic television in Kenya. Sister Agnes Lucy Lando, the director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Kenya’s Days ...
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  24 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Two statues of Jesus and Mary damaged and disfigured in Andra Pradesh Mandapeta (Agenzia Fides) - Two statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary were disfigured and damaged in a Catholic parish of the archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh, a State of southern India. The two statues wer ...
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  24 September 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - The first church built in Turkish territory since 1923 erected in record time Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In the year in which in Istanbul the Turkish authorities authorize the re-use for Islamic worship of the ancient Christian basilica of Hagia Sofia and of the ancient church of San Salvatore in ...
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  24 September 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The continuous desecrations force the closure of a church Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The continuous sacrileges committed in the church of St Peter in Makurdi have forced the Bishop of the Nigerian diocese, His Exc. Mons. Wilfred Anagbe, to suspend all activities in the parish. The ...
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  23 September 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards Mission Day: despite Covid, missionary animation has not stopped Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "This year we celebrate World Mission Sunday (DOMUND) in the midst of the Covid -19 epidemic and also during this time God accompanies us through the Pontifical Mission Societies of Ecuador. Our m ...
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  23 September 2020
  ASIA - The Bishops of Asia: live with hope in times of pandemic Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic communities scattered throughout Asia are called to "live with hope in times of pandemic": this is what is stated in a message released by the Federation of the Asian Bishops' Conferenc ...
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  23 September 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The abortion bill is contrary to morality and the Constitution" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Kenya has opposed the bill on reproductive health care 2019, presented by the senator of Nakuru, Susan Kihika. In reiterating her concerns regarding the bill on serious ...
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  23 September 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: "Inequality, poverty and unemployment, consequences of an economic model that does not place the human being at the center" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Costa Rica is the victim of the lack of decisions aimed at a structural reform of the State, to truly reactivate economy, to contain public spending and to promote production. In recent decad ...
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  23 September 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA - "The Church is still a victim of illegal expropriations", denounces the Archbishop of Conakry Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "We are not faced with new facts. In fact, since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has often been the victim of the illegal expropriation of its assets in many places, throughout the country", said ...
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  23 September 2020
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Towards Mission Sunday: the testimony of a Slovenian nun on mission in Uganda Rushooka (Agenzia Fides) - "With three of my sisters we came to Uganda almost two years ago to start a new mission among our poorest brothers and sisters, in the parish of Rushooka. We are still trying to learn the langu ...
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  23 September 2020
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Orthodox Christian Michel Abs is the new Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The new Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) is Michel Abs, 65 years old and a member of the ethics Committee for research at the “Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrou ...