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  8 April 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Floods in Eastern Indonesia: the campaign of compassion and solidarity is underway Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It is an Easter time marked by suffering and hardship that the Indonesian Christian communities is experiencing in the East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia, where there is a strong Christian ...
• 7 April 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of bishop of Bunda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Bunda, Tanzania, the Reverend Simon Chibuga Masondole of the clergy of the same see, until now parish administrator, director of th ...
• 7 April 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of bishop of Kundiawa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 3 the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea, the Reverend Paul Sundu, of the clergy of the same see, until now parish priest of Koge and teac ...
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  7 April 2021
  ASIA - Churches committed to protecting the right to drinking water and its link with human dignity Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Churches in Asia, together with other religious organizations and civil society movements, play an important role in raising awareness of the global water crisis. As stated in t ...
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  7 April 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Peru’s Bishops call for respect of rules in upcoming elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "In the past five years, Peruvian democracy has been seriously undermined by the succession of four Presidents and two Congresses, that has not allowed the country to pursue integral development, c ...
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  7 April 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Freeing children and young people from modern slavery: the Sisters of the Good Shepherd receive an award Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Winning the Stop Slavery Hero Award, in addition to being an important recognition of our daily work in the mining communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to eliminate child labor - pr ...
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  7 April 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New joint call to lay down arms and end violence in Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "With immediate effect, the Ethiopian national defense forces will assume responsibility for border security": these are words espressed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the recent ...
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  7 April 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The economic and social crisis is fueling discontent and poverty Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan is experiencing a delicate situation of transition. The economic situation is very difficult: subsidies on petrol and flour have been cut, prices are rising and the Sudanese pound is cons ...
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  7 April 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Two online courses on missionary formation: "Formation for the mission" and "Biblical sources for the Mission" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Registrations have been opened for two online courses organized by the Missionary Cultural Center (CCM) of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) dedicated to formation for the Mis ...
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  7 April 2021
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Metropolitan Hilarion: the Russian Church will not change its way of establishing the date of Easter Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The possible introduction of a change of the liturgical calendar to allow all Christians in the world to celebrate Easter on the same day "is not on the agenda of the Orthodox Church, or at least ...
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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 ...
• 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 ...