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  29 February 2020
  OCEANIA/SAMOA - V World Apostolic Congress on Mercy: an Ocean of Love that surrounds the whole world Apia (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a true "jubilee" of the small Catholic community of the Samoa islands, in the remote Pacific islands, which will give you the opportunity to be, for a week, the heart of the universal Ch ...
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  29 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Be ambassadors of reconciliation": appeal by Mgr. Ignace Dogbo Bessi to Ivorian Catholics for Lent Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic Christians in Ivory Coast are in a situation where reconciliation is essential", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignace Dogbo Bessi, Bishop of Katiola and President of the Ivorian Bishops’ Confer ...
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  29 February 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - More than half of Spanish missionaries work in 20 countries in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Latin American countries need God, like everyone else", underlines Fr. José María Calderón, secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Missions and Cooperation between the Churches of the ...
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  29 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas campaign: end hunger and poverty, promote sustainable agriculture New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Sustain Life: Sustainable Livelihood” is the theme for this year’s Lenten Campaign which invites everyone to join hands and come together to be a catalyst. This nation-wide campaign is ru ...
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  29 February 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Archbishop of Mombasa: "Immediate measures are needed against the Coronavirus" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Need to take precautionary measures to avoid contracting the Coronavirus", said His Exc. Mgr. Martin Kivuva Musonde, Archbishop of Mombasa, during the launch of the Lenten Campaign 2020 at the ...
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  28 February 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops: without a deep love for the homeland it is impossible to carry out the project of the founding fathers Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that, without a deep love for the homeland, it is impossible to carry out a nation project that reflects the dreams of our founding fathers. Without having a fixed gaze o ...
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  28 February 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Fraternity and prayer with the elderly and the sick Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "Last Sunday, in our church in Samarkand we celebrated Igor, one of our older parishioners, because, after spending all his life in Uzbekistan, he decided to return to his homeland, Poland. Aft ...
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  28 February 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Psychological support, assistance, reintegration for former child soldiers Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The news, released by UNICEF, of the release of a group of child soldiers, prisoners of war, released on February 26 in South Sudan has aroused sensation and hope. The children, the UN agency annou ...
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  28 February 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The law on reconciliation approved, for the opposition it is only "a disguised amnesty" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday February 26, El Salvador's Congress approved a law to investigate and punish crimes committed during the country's civil war, rejected by human rights defenders and by the pr ...
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  28 February 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - It is common responsibility to promote religious harmony in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - All civil and religious leaders, but also all citizens, have a role and responsibility in promoting values such as tolerance, respect, religious harmony, which strengthen Indonesia in their dail ...
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  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary of Gwangju Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 August 2019, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Petrus Kim Hyok-Tae, of the clergy of the diocese of Cheongju as Re ...
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  28 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy: appeal verdict in April Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The appeal verdict of Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar, a Christian couple from Gjra (in Punjab) sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2014, will be read on 8 April 2020 by the Lahore High Cour ...
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  27 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - In Orissa, Lent in prayer for Coronavirus victims Berhampur (Agenzia Fides) - "We are specially praying for the victims of coronavirus of China in this season of Lent": says Fr. Sanjeev Nayak, parish priest of the Queen of the Mission Parish and vicar general of the Ber ...
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  27 February 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Let us conscientiously exercise our right to vote" urge the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Following the footsteps of Jesus who did not shun his civil duties, all Christians should actively participate in the elections. We need to exercise our franchise conscientiously during the elect ...
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  27 February 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Girl killed: being indigenous should not be a reason for discrimination and cruelty Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The National Coordination of Indigenous Pastoral Care (CONAPI) of the Paraguayan Bishops’ Conference "is saddened and repudiates what happened to the indigenous girl found dead, with hands an ...