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  30 April 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The youngest diocese in Vietnam welcomes the new Bishop Ha Tinh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here to say thanks to Mgr. Paul Thai Hop for his immense contribution as Bishop in the dioceses. Above all we remember his work as president of the Episcopal Commission for "Justice and ...
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  29 April 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas promotes inclusion and trains “accompanying teachers” Almaty (Agenzia Fides) – To promote a culture of inclusion, the Church in Kazakhstan has launched a number of initiatives that benefit children with physical or mental disabilities or people with Down syndrome. The coo ...
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  29 April 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church is close to the population of the city besieged by criminal violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Mexico will make all its resources and structures available for aid programs to promote human life. This was emphasized by the Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop F ...
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  29 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "Hidden life of the faithful and humanitarian work of Caritas" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - For thirty years Somalia has been a divided country, without stable institutions, crossed by fundamentalist turmoil. In this complex context, a very small Christian community continues to live ...
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  29 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal by an Asian interfaith network: stop the massacre of civilians Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's stop the killing of innocent civilians in Myanmar": is the title of the global action campaign promoted in the Asian continent by an interreligious network of which they are part: the Franc ...
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  29 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Forgiveness, unity, and reconciliation: the message of the wounded Bishop Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, unity, forgiveness and reconciliation: this is the message sent, from a hospital bed, by the Comboni Msgr. Christian Carlassare, bishop-elect of Rumbek, in South Sudan, victim of an atta ...
• 28 April 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mpika, Edwin Mulandu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April, 24 the Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Edwin Mulandu of the clergy of Ndola, until now national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia, as bishop of the dio ...
• 28 April 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Resignation and appointment of vicar apostolic of Caroní Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Caroní, Venezuela, presented by Bishop Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. The Holy F ...
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  28 April 2021
  AFRICA - The African Church in aid of migrants: a work of integration, development and formation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The number of internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, refugees, internal and international migrants and victims of human trafficking who in 2019, on African territory, were assisted by Cathol ...
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  28 April 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: humanitarian shame in the Mediterranean demands a response from the States Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian shame of the new migrants who died in the Mediterranean places national States before their own responsibility to respond to their cry for help. We cannot turn around thinking tha ...
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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic schools become hospitals for Covid patients Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of the pandemic emergency, the Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the Karnataka state, in southern India, has decided to temporarily transform Catholic schools into hospitals f ...
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  28 April 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - PMS National Assembly: at this time of the pandemic we need to "reinvent ourselves" as promoters of the mission La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Bolivia was inaugurated on April 27, virtually, to evaluate, coordinate and plan the activities of the PMS. During the meeting, ...
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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church in mourning for the death of Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, the "Pastor of the last" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, died at 10:15 p.m. on April 27 at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital at the age of ninety. This was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Young-yup Hur, spokesperson for the ...
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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Memori Genosida": Jesuit publishes book on genocide in Indonesia Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We often see human rights violations or political violence only in a local or national context, as if abuses or mass murders were only the concern of a particular local or national governmen ...
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  28 April 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The first international Congress United for Life: strengthening the defense of life in all areas Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the 15th anniversary of the "National March for Life" in Colombia, the city platform "United for Life" will hold the first International Congress United for Life on 1 May, whose object ...