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  18 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhist monks take sides with the demonstrators Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It gives us courage and we see it as a glimmer of hope: At this terrible moment when the junta cuts the Internet connection so soldiers without witnesses can use violence and kill citizens, this ...
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  17 March 2021
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - The figure of Father Ettore Cunial in view of the Day of the Missionary Martyrs Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 29th "Day of Prayer and Fasting in memory of the Missionary Martyrs" of March 24 (see Fides, 16/3/2021), Agenzia Fides offers some testimonies of missionaries killed because of Gospe ...
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  17 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Call of the Bishops for the elections on the need to come out of the ongoing multi-dimensional crisis together Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a document entitled "The politics we need", the Bishops of Peru have expressed their views on the next elections to be held next April. In the message signed on March 15, they point out that Per ...
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  17 March 2021
  AFRICA - "Receiving the available COVID-19 vaccine is an act of charity towards the weakest" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Support from various African Bishops' Conferences for the vaccination campaigns is underway in their respective countries. "In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the COVID-19 pa ...
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  17 March 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Church warning about discriminatory behavior towards people with HIV Liwonde (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all equal and we must support and encourage each other so that even people with HIV can participate in the activities of the church and in the work of the development of the country". Th ...
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  17 March 2021
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Christian institutions, third largest employer among the Palestinian population, according to a survey people Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A study promoted and funded by the Pontifical Mission to Jerusalem and by the Dar Al Kalima University College of Arts and Culture (academic center founded in Bethlehem by the Lutheran pastor ...
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  17 March 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Solidarity and support of Cardinal Yeom and the Archdiocese of Seoul towards the people of Myanmar Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, expressed in a letter sent to the Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon and President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences ...
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  17 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New appeal from the Pope, Sister Ann Nu Twang: "He is close to our suffering people" Yangon (Agenzia fide) - "The words of Pope Francis comfort us at this time when we see our hearts broken by so much violence and suffering of innocent people. We even feel powerless and helpless in the face of the evil t ...
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  16 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The nuns accompany and comfort the young demonstrators Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The nuns of St. Joseph of the Apparition accompany the young demonstrators nicknamed "heroes of democracy" in their peaceful protest which has been going on for more than a month. As Agenzia Fide ...
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  16 March 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Call of the Bishops to the government to abandon revenge and political persecution La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, deplored the latest actions of the government within the context of the alleged "coup d'etat" and asked to "act according to the truth". "Ther ...
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  16 March 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "Life Matters": respect and dignity of life, the Church helps young people to grow in faith Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - Moments of prayer, sharing, presentations, questions, debates followed one another during the day of March 13, organized at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Mary Help of Christians of Boroko. The occas ...
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  16 March 2021
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Explosions in Bata: the solidarity of African Bishops Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - "To the families of all those who have lost their loved ones, we the Catholic Bishops of Africa express our heartfelt sympathy. To all the wounded and those affected in any way by the explosions, ...
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  16 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionary Martyrs Day 2021 March 24 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1993, the day of the assassination of Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, on March 24, 1980 while he was celebrating Mass, has been dedicated to the celebration of the Day ...
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  16 March 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - State advertising agency guarantees advertising shares for minority newspapers Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Agency, which coordinates the distribution of advertising shares among the Turkish media, will in future guarantee the newspapers of the minorities in Turkey a share of the advertisin ...
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  16 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Escalation of repression: Buddhist monks ready to protest and NGOs, including Caritas, subject to financial investigations Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are currently witnessing a real escalation of military violence. Yesterday alone, in Yangon and the surrounding area, we counted 189 dead, as reported by the Myanmar Now information network, ...