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  21 February 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Anglophone crisis: Bishops from all over the world ask President Biya to participate in peace talks Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - " We, the undersigned Roman Catholic bishops from across the globe, write to respectfully urge your government to participate in proposed Swiss-led peace talks aimed at ending the violence in C ...
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  21 February 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Assyrian Patriarch Mar Gewargis III withdraws from the patriarchal office Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, has announced his withdrawal from the patriarchal office for health reasons, while convening the Assyrian Bishops at the patri ...
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  20 February 2020
  EUROPE/POLAND - From the Extraordinary Missionary Month to the Synod of children: meeting of the PMS National Council Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the National Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), which took place from 17 to 19 February, has just ended, with the participation of 23 diocesan Directors of t ...
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  20 February 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Bishops call for calm and common sense after the suspension of the municipal elections Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Central Electoral Council (JCE) canceled the municipal elections which took place on 16 February due to a serious computer system flop in part of the polling stations. Citizens have be ...
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  20 February 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Socktober": a game to be passionate missionaries Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Kicking poverty" with the curious and fun "Socktober" initiative: this is the objective that Catholic Mission Australia, the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the country ...
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  20 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops discuss national reconciliation with the Head of State ahead of the presidential election Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The discussions focused on the theme of national reconciliation in the Ivory Coast. The Bishops met with the President of the Republic to discuss the state of progress of the Country, in partic ...
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  20 February 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - A missionary: "As a Church, as missionaries, we invite the leaders of the country to stop criminal activities, in particular kidnappings" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Human Rights Analysis and Research Center in Haiti (CARDH) defined the lack of respect for the rights to life, safety and free mobility in the country as "alarming", due to the situat ...
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  20 February 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A film on Xaverian missionary priest Marino Rigon, "national hero" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Marino Rigon did an immense job for the people of Bangladesh. We wanted to do something concrete to honor his memory by making a film about his life. This initiative will be useful to pres ...
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  20 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Bishops: the Constitution must be protected against pseudo-nationalism Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "Every citizen must be ever vigilant against all attempts to undermine the ennobling human vision of the Constitution so that our beloved country ever remains united and faithful to its values ...
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  20 February 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A catechist killed in the north of the Country. Out of 6 parishes in the diocese of Dori, 3 are closed due to terrorism Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – The victims of the jihadist attack committed on Sunday, February 16 in the village of Pansi, not far from Sebba, in the province of Yahgha, in northern Burkina Faso were not protestant fa ...
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  19 February 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - School for Down children: the mission of the nuns in Kabul Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of the nuns in Kabul continues tirelessly. We know that in a few days the school year should start again after one month of delay. On returning from the winter holidays, in fact, the sno ...
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  19 February 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Peace, love and faith: cornerstones of a harmonious society Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the state of Sarawak, part of Malaysian Borneo, is constantly committed to promoting interreligious harmony in society. As Fides learns, in recent days Archbishop Simon Po ...
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  19 February 2020
  AMERICA - The Bishops of the continent gathered to analyze particular situations and identify common lines of action Tampa (Agenzia Fides) - Presiding over the morning prayer and then the Eucharist, the President of the Episcopal Council for Latin America (CELAM), Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos, Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru), kicked off the meet ...
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  19 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The diocese of Yopougon engages its priests to combat violence and sexual abuse against minors and vulnerable people Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – To engage one’s priests in the struggle of the universal Church against sexual abuse and in favor of the protection of minors and vulnerable people. This is the objective set by His Exc. Mgr ...
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  19 February 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - The United Arab Emirates (with UNESCO patronage) finance the reconstruction of the church of St Thomas in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The works of reconstruction and restoration of the church of St Thomas in Mosul will begin by April, devastated - but not completely destroyed - in the time when the Iraqi metropolis was under the ...