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  21 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A microcredit project to help unemployed women Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "In villages, even a few kilometers from big cities, situations where there are no jobs are widespread, particularly affecting women. While men usually manage to collect money to buy a car and co ...
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  21 February 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - The population in prayer for a peaceful outcome of the presidential election Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) – May tomorrow’s elections, February 22, have a peaceful outcome, and take place in transparency, according to the search for the common good of the nation: with this intention, the Christia ...
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  21 February 2020
  VATICAN - Growing in faith, also from a vocational perspective: the proposal of Missionary Childhood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - What contribution do the many groups and activities of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence make today to awaken the missionary vocation of the youngest? This is the question posed by Siste ...
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  21 February 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Civil society: the country needs unity and cohesion Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Unity and cohesion: this is what the representatives of Afghan civil society are asking for in the face of political divisions following the announcement of the results of the presidential electio ...
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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 ...