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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 ...
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  19 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Oboh, Nigerian priest kidnapped last week, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Nicholas Oboh, Nigerian priest kidnapped last week in the south-western region of Nigeria, was released yesterday evening, February 18 (see Fides, 15/2/2020). "I am pleased to inform you that ...
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  19 February 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Dengue spreads: the Church urges the population to collaborate to limit its spread Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - In Bolivia the population is on high alert for the spread of the dengue virus which is recording very high peaks of infection. "The Lord asks us to be co-responsible in implementing the preve ...
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  19 February 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A missionary connotation to National Youth Day Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the various initiatives planned for National Youth Day (JNJ), which is celebrated in Venezuela on the Sunday closest to February 12, youth missionary groups from the parishes of the ...
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  18 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Evangelization through calligraphy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Art and calligraphy can be a means of evangelization in Pakistan: Father Arthur Charles is convinced of this to the point that he has started placing banners with verses from the Bible, in beaut ...
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  18 February 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Jubilee Year: "time to relaunch the commitment and hope that comes from the social dimension of Christian life" Limon (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the authorities and the protagonists of society to unite "to find solutions to the suffering of many Costa Ricans, in particular in the fields of work, health, violence, especially ag ...
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  18 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The innocent seven of Kandhamal, witnesses of faith Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - They spoke of their experience and witnessed their faith in Christ before the Indian Bishops: the seven innocent men - involved in the story of the anti-Christian massacres that took place in ...
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  18 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Security of life and property can no longer be guaranteed in Nigeria" denounces the Bishop of Awka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Human beings are being slaughtered regularly by terrorists who are suspected to have targeted the Christians. Security of life and property can no longer be guaranteed in Nigeria", said His Exc. ...
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  18 February 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Church of Congo in the hurricane of History Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the results produced by the three peaceful marches organized by the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC), from December 2017 to February 2018, "it seems to me that the most lasting and useful ...