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  7 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Comfort to victims of violence and aid to the displaced: the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - An Easter of solidarity, closeness and human and spiritual comfort is what the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition in Mandalay experienced. In recent days, the sisters went to visit and com ...
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  31 March 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New missionary project to bring together young people who do not belong to the Christian communities of the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe Dodola (Agenzia Fides) - The creation of a computer lab and the activation of computer courses for young people in the Christian community of Dodola is the objective of a project by Fr. Stefano Ferraretto, a fidei donum ...
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  31 March 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - University pastoral care: "Resurrection in the pandemic for a new life" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The University Pastoral Care (UC) of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, has launched the book for Holy Week 2021 in times of pandemic, "Resurrection in the pandemic for a new life", which conta ...
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  31 March 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Archbishop of Sucre: "We will have very difficult moments but we must move forward because we do not live to die, but to live" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - "As at every beginning of Holy Week, the celebration of Palm Sunday invites us to experience the 'Major Week' as it is traditionally called by Christians. Thus, the story of the Lord's Passion rem ...
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  31 March 2021
  AFRICA - Appeal of the International Catholic Migration Commission: release the 400,000 seafarers blocked for Covid-19 measures Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The recent blockade of the Suez Canal, due to the grounding of a giant container ship, has put the importance of sea transport before public opinion. More than 90% of global trade by volume is mov ...
• 31 March 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of bishop of Nebbi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Nebbi, Uganda, the Reverend Fr. Raphael P’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J., until now Pontifical Commissioner of the Congregation Apostles ...
• 31 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Lafia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Lafia, Nigeria, the Reverend David Ajang, until now parish priest of the Immaculate Conception parish and dean of Zaramaganda. Msg ...
• 31 March 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 9, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Yoland Ouellet, OMI as National Director of the Pontifical Mi ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - New appeal for the release on bail of Jesuit Stan Swamy, in prison for sedition Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – More than 2,500 people from all over India and other countries in the world have signed an appeal request to the Mumbai Court, against the judge's decision not to grant bail to Jesuit Stan Swam ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Evangelization in the millennium: the Jubilee of faith and the challenges of the future Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A pastoral and missionary look at the future of the Church in the next five centuries: this is what the Bishops of the Philippines are proposing, starting with the celebration of the 500th annive ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako reveals: the Pope has donated 350 thousand dollars for the poor Iraqis Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis, in his recent apostolic pilgrimage to Iraq, together with the spiritual comfort and hopes of rebirth for all Iraqis, also left a substantial donation of 350 thousand dollars in the ...
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  31 March 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - CELAM: Closeness, solidarity and prayer to the Bishops of Colombia after acts of violence Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) expresses "closeness, solidarity and prayer" to the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), after the acts of violence and vandalism that took place ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Easter marked by 500 years of evangelization: the Jubilee begins Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines has chosen Easter Sunday, 4 April, to formally inaugurate the year-long celebration of the 5th centenary (1521). Various programs and celebrations are being ...
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  30 March 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The parish priest of Cristo Rey in Dolores Hidalgo found dead with signs of violence Celaya (Agenzia Fides) - Father Gumersindo Cortés González, director of the Retreat House in Atotonilco for many years and then parish priest of Asunción, in the Zapote district of Celaya (Mexico), has been found dead ...
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  30 March 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Cry for peace" of the Bishops of Chocó and Antioquia to criminal groups: ceasefire for one hundred days Quibdó (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Holy Week celebrations, the bishops of the dioceses of Quibdó, Istmina-Tadó and Apartadó, launch an appeal to criminal groups for a 100-day ceasefire. "Faced with the ...