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  16 April 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - New attack on Palma; UNICEF warns of an escalation of the humanitarian situation Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Palma in northeast Mozambique was attacked again yesterday evening. Just three weeks ago, after a large-scale jihadist attack, dozens were killed and thousands were forced to flee (se ...
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  16 April 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The drama of migrants continues, amid hypocrisy, Covid and a new, more rigid law Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - "The most painful thing of all this unfortunate situation is that the migratory process in Chile has revealed a chain of anomalous situations and the hypocrisy that sustains it. I hope that ...
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  16 April 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Catholic Church takes on the role of mediator: "People have great confidence in the Church" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "In Cameroon, the Catholic Church takes on the role of mediator in the dialogue: In this sense, we try to mediate between the two parties, even if they have to solve the problem themselves throu ...
• 16 April 2021
  EUROPE/POLAND - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, rev. Maciej Bedzinski Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 January 2021, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples appointed rev. Maciej Bedzinski, from the diocese of Radom as National Dire ...
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  15 April 2021
  AMERICA / MEXICO - Bishops ask for "co-responsibility" in school education while the number of Catholics decreases Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the improvised way in which the Secretariat of Education is reviewing the free basic level texts for the 2021- ...
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  15 April 2021
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Christian churches are demanding special cohesion in the pandemic Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope is not created through magic, but when we see signs that allow us to continue believing and fighting .... Signs that we can already see in so many people in our society who are faced wi ...
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  15 April 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government rewards Catholic nun "mother of the Forgotten" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are pleased and proud that the Pakistani government has bestowed Sister Ruth Lewis 'posthumously' with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) for her services to the society of this countr ...
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  15 April 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - President Talon re-elected; tensions on the eve of the vote: representatives of religious confessions in meditation at the tomb of Mgr. Isidore de Souza Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Patrice Talon, outgoing President of Benin, obtained a second term in the elections held on Sunday 11 April. This was announced by the Electoral Commission according to which Talon was re-electe ...
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  15 April 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Prisoners' Day: Catholic Church expresses closeness to prisoners Divo (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the Catholic Church of Ivory Coast celebrates the Day of the Prisoners on the Feast of Divine Mercy. This goes back to an initiative of the Episcopal Commission for Justice, Peace and t ...
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  15 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "The nation is entrusted to God's mercy" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in God's hands. Our land is entrusted to his Divine Mercy. In a period of tension, suffering and uncertainty about the future, Christ is our rock. This is the path we walk when we see dem ...
• 15 April 2021
  EUROPE/HOLLAND - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Vincent Goulmy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Vincent Goulmy, of the diocese of Roermond National Director ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/KYRGYZTAN - "God loves the little ones": Young woman receives the sacrament of baptism in the Kyrgyz Church Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "With the beginning of Easter, which lasts from April 4 to Pentecost, our lives are by these two aspects: the first is Christ's victory over death through the cross; the second is the resurrecti ...
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  14 April 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Church of Benin celebrates 160 years of evangelization Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary work was the seed from which the Beninese clergy and entire generations of convinced Christians germinated, whose vision and action have contributed to making our Church in Benin ...
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  14 April 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - In the face of kidnappings, common prayer and "national strike" of Catholic activities Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask Catholic schools, religious schools, universities and all other Catholic institutions to observe the interruption of activities on April 15. We ask priests, religious, pastoral wo ...
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  14 April 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The service of Catholic education in society: a contribution to the common good Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The service of the Church in the field of public education, both in schools and in universities: this is the central theme of the CVIII Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia ...