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  5 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese Government of National Unity recognizes the rights of the Rohingya New York (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Government of National Unity (Nug), the "shadow executive" created abroad last April to counter the February 1 coup, has formalized a new policy towards the Rohingya, the Muslim min ...
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  5 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle: the mission needs the support of all the people of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the closure of churches and the blocking of pastoral activities due to the health emergency, the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) have had to resort to oth ...
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  5 June 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church sends to the Holy See aid for vaccines against Covid to poor countries Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has sent US $ 1 million to the Holy See to ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines for poor countries and populations in need. The donation is the result of a fundraising ...
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  5 June 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Evangelization and communication: "Life is the best way to bear witness to the Gospel" San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "The tools of communication also contain the potential to advance man in a process of maturation in a Christian key. Although a clear awareness of this is already widespread, there is still th ...
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  5 June 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Agrarian law reform: the Church and peasant organizations call for "an open and broad process, consulting everyone" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Paraguay, through the Social Pastoral Care Commission of the Episcopal Conference (CEP), rejects the reform of the agrarian law without consultation. In the statement sent to Fide ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - World Environment Day: the decade on ecosystem restoration Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - From protecting agricultural soils against erosion in Kenya, to restoring some biodiversity hotspots in the Amazon, to converting former coal mines in the American Appalachians into carbon sinks ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "Too much violence, national reconciliation is needed", say the Bishops during the celebrations for the Ugandan Martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Since we have just come out of the elections, I want to underline the words of the Holy Father that we must be witnesses to the heritage of living a life of reconciliation, mutual respect and j ...
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  5 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Missionary Union: to carry out missionary animation with enthusiasm, creativity and in a spirit of communion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, OFMConv, was appointed Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PUM) on May 1, and participated for the first time in the General Assembly of the P ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians and Muslims on pilgrimage to the Monastery of Jabal al Tayr to celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - While respecting the provisions in force to combat Covid-19, this year a large number of Egyptians, both Coptic Christians and Muslims, have been able to arrive at the Marian monastery of Jabal ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy acquitted: a victory for justice, but who will pay for the suffering of the innocent? Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a victory for justice. It is a victory of freedom. I carried this mission in the name of Christ, to save two innocent victims. It is, therefore, also a victory of faith, because we believe ...
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  4 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith: work all year round, at all levels, to promote prayer, reflection and charity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies continue to feel the effects of the current Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, three of our National Directors died, two of whom due to the effects of the virus ...
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  4 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood: the family as a place of formation for the mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the pandemic have also affected the activity of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI), as noted by Sister Roberta Tremareli, AMSS, Secretary General of P ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Military violence in the Chin state and humanitarian emergency: appeal from the Church to stop the fighting Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop the fighting. Many innocent people suffer and are desperate. International aid is needed because a humanitarian emergency is underway here. We ask the United Nations agenci ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï's proposal: a "government of leaders" to tackle the crisis in the Lebanese system Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - A "Government of leaders", which involves the highest representatives of the main Lebanese political parties and political groups as members of the executive, as the only way to overcome the pol ...
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  4 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Joe Keke, kidnapped with the priest who was later found dead, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Joe Keke, the priest kidnapped on the night of May 20 in the attack on the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina, in northern Nigeria (see Fides, 21/5/2021) has b ...