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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops on the division of the country: "We need reconciliation" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In their joint message of August 25th, the Peruvian bishops affirmed that they "share the suffering and great uncertainty that our beloved country is experiencing". In this situation, they invite u ...
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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes invites us to comply with the coronavirus rules Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Aware of the critical health situation we are facing, I invite you, with faith and trust in Divine Providence, with serenity and great responsibility, not to let your guard down in observing th ...
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  25 August 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillians provide help after earthquakes: "We must give people dignity and love, as Jesus teaches us" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Our medical team is mobilized and is already available to continue welcoming more and more people and provide them with the necessary care. We wish the Haitian people resilience, let us ...
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  25 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diocese of Pathein wants to contribute to overcoming the coronavirus pandemic with its aid programs Pathein (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the Diocese of Pathein provides all human and material resources, facilities and financial support to help cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. This is what the administrat ...
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  25 August 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Students of the Catholic schools of the Latin Patriarchate among the best in the country Madaba (Agenzia Fides) - Also in August this year, the Jordanian Ministry of Education announced the results of the general secondary school exams - also known as "Tawjihi" exams - for the 2020/2021 academic year. And as ...
• 25 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Kussala on the murder of the former commissioner: "He was a man of peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I offer my condolences on the tragic death of Babiro Charles Gbamisi, who was shot and killed in an assassination attempt this morning," said Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in So ...
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  24 August 2021
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference urges the reception of Afghan refugees Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter to the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the President of the Australian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge of Brisbane, expressed his deep concern and so ...
• 24 August 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops of Bamenda call for an end to the conflict: "Our people are tired of living in uncertainty and fear" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We deplore the violence, insecurity, kidnappings, torture and senseless killings, sometimes of innocent people and children", emphasized the Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Bamenda Provi ...
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  24 August 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches and ecclesiastical buildings "approved" by the Egyptian government rises to 1958 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In July and August 2021, the Egyptian government confirmed that a further 76 churches and buildings owned by the church comply with the regulations for the construction of Christian houses of wors ...
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  24 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo once again calls for justice and peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Insurgent fighting continues in Myanmar. In the big cities of Yangon and Mandalay there is daily fighting between the army and the so-called People's Defense Forces. "The situation in Myanmar is ...
• 23 August 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishop of Solwezi hopes that "the new President will fight rampant corruption and pacify the nation" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The newly elected President of Zambia will have to "fight the rampant corruption, which has reached unprecedented levels in our nation". This is what His Exc. Mgr. Charles Kasonde, Bishop of Solw ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Church entrusts the difficulties of the present time to the Mother of La Vang La Vang (Agenzia Fides) - In a time marked by pandemic, poverty, insecurity and uncertainty about the future, the Church in Vietnam is renewing its act of consecration to the Blessed Virgin of La Vang. In spite of all th ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarchal note explains why the reference to Babylon in the name of the Chaldean Patriarchate has been removed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The reference to "Babylon", so far contained in the name of the Chaldean Patriarchate, has been removed on the initiative of the last Chaldean Synod of Bishops because it has no historical basis ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - After arrest by local militia in Chin State: priest and catechist return to pastoral service Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Father Noel Hrang Tin Thang and the catechist Clement Cung Hnin from the diocese of Hakha, who were kidnapped by the local Chinland Defense Force (CDF) (see Fides 31/7/2021) a ...
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  21 August 2021
  EUROPE/DENMARK - A missionary in Denmark who serves the faithful from all over the world Copenhagen (Agenzia Fides) - "Besides the Danish faithful, my parishioners come from practically all over the world: Vietnam, Japan, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Nigeria, Burundi, Somalia, Iraq, Lebanon, Pola ...