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  27 April 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - The General Council of Comboni Missionaries: let us pray for many people who in South Sudan suffer from insecurity and violence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The General Council of Comboni Missionaries were informed that unidentified gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, Msgr. Christian Carlassare, and shot him in bo ...
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  27 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Carlassare in hospital: "I forgive my attackers"; the first arrests take place Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - "The attack on Bishop-elect Carlassare greatly affected the South Sudanese community, both Catholics and non-Catholics. We expect those responsible to be captured. Despite the violence we have ex ...
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  27 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Attack on the Bishop, those behind the attack are being sought: Carlassare was welcomed with great celebration of the people Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - The perpetrators and reasons behind the serious episode of the attack on the bishop-elect of Rumbek, Cristian Carlassare, are still obscure. According to some observers, at the root of the ambush ...
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  27 April 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop of Arica outraged about deportation detention for 32 migrants from Venezuela Arica (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Moisés Atisha, Bishop of the Chilean diocese of San Marcos de Arica, has published a statement in which he expresses "indignation and rejection" for the events that occurred on April 23, 2 ...
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  27 April 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - President Erdogan criticizes President Biden's decision to use the term "genocide": "Look in the mirror" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - "I pay tribute to the Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives under the difficult circumstances of the First World War, and I would like to express my condolences to their descendants", said Turki ...
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  27 April 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinals Alencherry: "Oxygen supply is a fundamental human right during pandemic" Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - Oxygen for medical purposes is a fundamental human right, especially in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was stated by the chairman of the Council of Catholic Bishops of Kerala, Cardinal George ...
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  26 April 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The storm of war and the challenge of the missionary sisters of Shire Shire (Agenzia Fides) - "I am a Sister of Charity, my name is Monica and my community and mission have been in Shire, in Tigray for almost three years". Thus begins the story sent to Agenzia Fides in which the missionary ...
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  26 April 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Fr. Carlassare, new bishop of the diocese of Rumbek wounded by gunshots Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - "During the night we learned of the attack against the newly elected bishop of the diocese of Rumbek, Fr. Cristian Carlassare. The Comboni missionary was immediately transported to the hospital i ...
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  26 April 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Beatification of the Martyrs of Quichè: "Inspired by faith in Christ, heroic witnesses of justice and peace" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "This past Friday, in Santa Cruz de Quiché in Guatemala, José Maria Gran Cirera and nine martyr companions were beatified: three priests and seven lay people belonging to the Congregation o ...
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  26 April 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - A life at the service of the least of society: the lay volunteer Nadia de Munari killed in Nuevo Chimbote Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - Nadia de Munari, a 50-year-old Italian lay missionary died on Saturday 24, April after being brutally attacked with a machete while she was sleeping. The woman, a lay missionary for Operatio ...
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  26 April 2021
  VATICAN - Closeness and support of the Dicastery of "Propaganda Fide" to the wounded Bishop in South Sudan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "With great sorrow, this missionary Dicastery has come to know of the attack against the newly elected Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan) around midnight on April 25, at the hands of two armed ...
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  26 April 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Bishops: closeness to the population affected by the pandemic; the government is clearly responsible New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Deep concern and anguish for the second wave of Covid-19 that seriously affects the nation and full closeness and solidarity with the entire Indian population. With these sentiments, the India ...
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  26 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Priests and religious abroad in communion with the Burmese Church which asks for peace and democracy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "With our hearts, minds and strengths we are close to our brothers and sisters in Myanmar. Our sisters have given and are offering a profound witness of faith and courage. We want to make them fe ...
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  24 April 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Day for Native Vocations: the Gospel brought by the missionaries has taken root and is bearing fruit Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis' suggestion to young people to ask themselves "For who am I?" (cf. Christus vivit) is the motto of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations and the Day of Native Vocations that the Chur ...
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  24 April 2021
  ASIA - Day of Vocations: the fulcrum of the vocations of the Verbite Missionaries in Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of the Verbite Missionaries (Society of the Divine Word, SVD), comprising priests and religious brothers, is committed to spreading the Gospel of Christ, the Son of God made man, i ...