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  24 March 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Caritas Internationalis statements following the consequences of the sanctions on the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The economic sanctions and boycott of Syria, in addition to the Caesar Act, has negatively affected the lives of Syrian citizens, "at the core of their daily lives", so much so that "the garbag ...
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  23 March 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Celebration of the rites of Holy Week and Easter once again prevented by the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the emergency linked to Covid-19, this year, Catholics will not be able to celebrate the rites of Holy Week and Easter in presence. Coronavirus infections continue to increase, particu ...
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  23 March 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Towards the Day of Missionary Martyrs: Rufinus Tigau, a young catechist murdered without reason Timika (Agenzia Fides) - Rufinus Tigau, catechist and Catholic animator, was assassinated without reason by the Indonesian security forces on October 26, 2020 in the province of Papua (see Fides, 11/11/2020; 17/11/2020). ...
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  23 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Testimonies of missionaries on the value of life until its natural end after the legalization of euthanasia in Spain Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain, Father José María Calderón, published, following the approval of the law legalizing euthanasia in Spain, a statement, also s ...
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  23 March 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Exhortation of the Bishop of Solwezi in favor of a positive use of social networks by young people Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The social media are for you to be knowledgeable and to be connected with others; to do something productive and progressive, not to use it as a way of downsizing, traumatising or destroying oth ...
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  23 March 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Prayer, the key to discerning God's will and his own vocation according to the Bishop of Dedza Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people in the Church and the country should choose a life of prayer. It is only through prayer that they will be able to listen attentively where God is calling them to despite many dis ...
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  23 March 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul and the Church in Korea alongside the youth of Myanmar Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We will stand by the people of Myanmar until they achieve full democracy". This is what Cardinal André Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, said when meeting in recent days the students and worke ...
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  23 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign Collection: Fundraising appeal for families affected by the effects of the pandemic Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On Palm Sunday, March 28th, the Lenten collection for the Ecumenical Campaign of Fraternity 2021 (CFE 2021) will take place. Fundraising, supported by the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), ...
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  23 March 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - “Univers”: Magazine of the Pontifical Mission Societies appears online for the first time Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of French-speaking Canada have published the first issue of Univers magazine for 2021, which collects articles on the work of the PMS in Canada and around ...
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  22 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - Testimony of a missionary from the Society of African Missions on the situation in Bomoanga Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A real psychological war is waged against civilians in the Bomoanga area on the border between Niger and Burkina Faso where, in the night between 17 and 18 September 2018, Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli, ...
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  22 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Study Day at Saint Damasus University dedicated to "Jesus Christ, Savior of men and peoples" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The University of Saint Damasus (UESD), in collaboration with the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain, are organizing on March 24 the Missiological Day "Jesus Christ, Savior of men and peoples" ...
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  22 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards the Day of the Missionary Martyrs: Father Nazareno Lanciotti, killed "for the love of God and for the love of his people" Jauru (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 29th "Day of prayer and Fasting in Memory of the Missionary Martyrs" to be celebrated on March 24 (see Fides, 16/3/2021), we offer the testimony of Father Nazareno Lanciotti, an Ita ...
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  22 March 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Solidarity of Bishops, encouragement and support for internally displaced people within the Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie Hosanna (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation from the Ethiopian episcopate visited internally displaced people in the Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie, one of the 13 ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the local Catholic Church. Ac ...
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  22 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Representatives of the minorities block the inclusion of exclusively Islamic experts in the Supreme Court Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi MPs who represent ethnic and religious minorities in parliament were able to boycott a change in the law aimed at exclusively appointing Islamic experts as consultants to the Federal Supre ...
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  22 March 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Father Stan Swamy: Mumbai court denies application for bail Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "We are saddened to share with you the news that today, March 22, Father Stan Swamy SJ was denied bail by the judge of the Mumbai Court of First Instance. We continue to pray and hope that justic ...