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  4 March 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Christians pray for peace and healing in the country Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Malaysia "offer fasts, penances and invoke intercessions for the country, for the government, for the common good": this is what is said by Catholic Archbishop Simon Poh, at the he ...
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  4 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: justice for Saleem Masih Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The barbaric murder of Saleem Masih, a young Christian from the Kasur district, who was beaten, kicked, chained and tortured with electric cables and a red-hot iron bar and died due to his injur ...
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  4 March 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Protesters disrupt Fr. Ernesto Cardenal’s funeral mass Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Followers of the ruling Sandinista Front of Nicaragua desecrated with insults, robberies and aggressions the mass in honor of the late poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal, who died on Sunday 1st Ma ...
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  3 March 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabite, Fr. Moretti: "A step forward towards peace, but uncertainties remain" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank God because a step has been taken towards a future of peace for Afghanistan. However, we must be aware that this is a small step, which should not be exaggerated, but must be treated with ...
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  3 March 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - One country, two presidents: instability and tensions are feared Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Guinea-Bissau is likely to get worse. Umaro Cissoko Embalò's surprise move, who emerged victorious from the December 29 ballot, to proclaim himself president without waiting for th ...
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  3 March 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops and religious together reflect on the ecological challenges in the country Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Joint Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) and the Conference of Religious of Paraguay took place yesterday, March 2 to reflect together on the theme "The ecological chal ...
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  3 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic doctors: an online facility to respond to the coronavirus crisis Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - An online facility for anyone stressed about coronavirus (COVID-19) to talk to someone, was launched at the campus of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) in Hyderabad. As Agenzia F ...
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  3 March 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "What is the aim of the ruling coalition?" ask the Bishops a year after the presidential election Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A year after the presidential election, several crises have arisen that cause concern for the long-awaited social change", write the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in th ...
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  3 March 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - To cancel the word "hunger": the commitment of the Franciscan lay missionaries of the Immaculate Conception Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the rains have been regular in our area and the corn for polenta, the daily bread of the entire population, is now ripe. In some fields it is already drying up and I cannot wait to p ...
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  3 March 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two other social leaders killed in northern Colombia, while President Duque is visiting the country Antioquía (Agenzia Fides) - Once again the north of Colombia, in particular the department of Antioquia, was the scene of violence: last weekend, in the municipality of Campamento, the social leader Didian Arley Agudelo ...
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  2 March 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Let us walk together for the construction of a missionary and committed Church Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) has published the Guidance Document and pastoral guidelines for the period 2020-2024, encouraging the faithful and all pastoral sectors to welcome it, study ...
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  2 March 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Shahbaz Bhatti, God's gift for Pakistan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Pakistani Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti, carried out by terrorists on March 2, 2011, we publish the afterword to the book by Paolo Affa ...
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  2 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian killed for using water from a well: the Church calls for urgent measures to protect minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn the brutal killing of Saleem Masih: this act of discrimination and prejudice reveals the ignorance and the maximum level of intolerance of the people involved in the killing ...
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  2 March 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Pre and post-election crisis in Africa: every leader must take responsibility Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - If countries like Guinea-Bissau and Togo seem to get bogged down in post-election crises, just as many countries like Ivory Coast and Guinea Conakry go through chaotic pre-election moments. "One o ...
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  2 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commemorations of "martyr Shahbaz Bhatti, true patriot" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Shahbaz Bhatti was an authentic patriot, a true son of Pakistan. His memory honors our country. The reason is this: he gave his life to promote a Pakistan where law, justice, freedom and equ ...