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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Church joins the fund to donate the anti-Covid vaccine to poor countries Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has launched an appeal to the faithful to join the special fund, created in the Vatican, to give the anti Covid-19 vaccine to people who live in poor countries or who have ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The government of the autonomous region creates a Committee to counter illegal expropriations of property in Iraqi Kurdistan Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Council of Ministers issued an order to form a Committee to solve the phenomenon of illegal expropriation of properties - houses and land that are mostl ...
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  14 April 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No to the forced return of refugees to their countries of origin"; the Bishops oppose the closure of the Kakuma and Daadab camps Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Government should reconsider their position and treat all refugees with care and concern especially during this period of Covid-19 pandemic when humanity is faced with serious economic and ...
• 13 April 2021
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi, Archbishop of Tunis, National D ...
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  13 April 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Word of God at the center of the General Assembly of Bishops Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With the Mass celebrated by Mgr. Joel Portella Amado, Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro and Secretary General of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), in the chapel of the CNBB headquarter ...
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  13 April 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: "The Church works for peace and justice" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, founded by Christ, the Prince of Peace, cannot escape its mission of bringing harmony to the societies in which it lives. Talks began in Yaoundé a year ago that should have led to ...
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  13 April 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Solidarity of Catholics towards the Church and the people of Myanmar Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "With pain and sadness we have followed the recent episodes of the seizure of power by the military and the inhuman atrocities on the peaceful demonstrations of citizens who are demanding democrac ...
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  13 April 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Are the jihadists who conquered Palma part of a larger network? Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 12 beheaded bodies have been found in Palma, the city in northern Mozambique, attacked on March 24 by a group of jihadists, who have declared to belong to the Islamic State (see Fides, ...
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  13 April 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Principles and values of the social teaching of the Church in view of a new Constitution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean Episcopal Conference (CEC) has published a document that collects the main teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in social matters, in order to offer before the May 20 ...
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  13 April 2021
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: Baptism is the beginning of a journey of faith Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Baptism is the beginning of a journey of faith". Parents, who raise their children in proper upbringing, food, education, good manners, are also called to cultivate the gift of faith "and train th ...
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  13 April 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A diocese opens health centers in all parishes during the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A diocese in the Philippines has decided to create a health facility in each parish to meet the needs of the population in the midst of the pandemic. Mgr. Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Kalookan ...
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  12 April 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Civil society network: stop extrajudicial executions, "red tagging" and impunity Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic communities are really appalled and deplore the countless human rights violations and extrajudicial executions committed by government forces and stigmatize the prevailing culture o ...
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  12 April 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Ritual killings are a threat to national security" denounce the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to protect our youth from certain things. So some of what the media carries out there should be censored for the youth. Because if things like ‘how people can come by quick money’ is ...
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  12 April 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Archbishop of Asunción celebrates the Chrism Mass: "In this time of pandemic we recognize the value of life" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday April 10th, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Asunción celebrated Chrism Mass, which usually takes place during Holy Week, but due to the pandemic and restrictions in force in Paragua ...
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  12 April 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - On Divine Mercy Sunday 5 priests, 2 nuns and 3 lay people kidnapped Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On the second Sunday of Easter, while the universal Church celebrated Divine Mercy, the Catholic Church of Haiti, in particular the Society of Priests of Saint Jacques and the Archdiocese ...