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  25 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Covid does not take away the guarantee that Christ has risen": the presence and testimony of the Camillians does not stop Turin (Agenzia Fides) - "The world today has, more than ever, an extreme need for testimonies, for people capable of going against the tide, of opposing the prevailing evil which divides human beings, which rejects or do ...
• 25 March 2021
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Testimonies from missionaries on the front line in caring for the population after the explosions in Bata Bata (Agenzia Fides) - "On Sunday 7 March, around 1 pm, we heard a loud noise, as if the house was shaking. A few minutes later, another noise was heard which caused the destruction of the doors and windows of the hotel ...
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  25 March 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Pizzaballa celebrates the solemnity of the Annunciation in Nazareth: virtual Masses do not save us, but the encounter with Christ Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not through technology that we will meet the Lord, it is not the virtual masses that will save us, and not even social media, but the personal encounter with Him". This is how Archbishop ...
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  24 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, model for the whole Church in missionary outreach Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "As recognition of this important anniversary, the 150th of the proclamation of Saint Alphonsus as Doctor of the Church, Pope Francis has sent us a message in which he proposes Saint Alphonsus, as ...
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  24 March 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - World Day against Tuberculosis: Covid-19 slows down the fight against the 'disease of poverty' but there are messages of hope Moroto (Agenzia Fides) - In the year of Covid-19 in Uganda there are often problems related to the fight against viruses and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, which is still one of the deadliest in the world toda ...
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  24 March 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - April 23 the beatification of the martyrs of Quiché: 3 missionary priests and 7 lay people "faithful witnesses of God" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 23, 2021 the celebrations for the beatification of ten martyrs of the Guatemalan diocese of Quiché will take place in Santa Cruz del Quiché. The bishops of Guatemala published ...
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  24 March 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop and priest ask for more security: many parishes affected by the increase in violence Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Eduardo Horacio García of San Justo (Gran Buenos Aires) and his priests wrote a letter to the Mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza, and to the Police Deputy of La Matanza, Chief I ...
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  24 March 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Pilgrimage of Catholic journalists and communicators inspired by the Pope's message for the 55th World Day of Social Communications Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Come and see: Communicate by meeting people where and how they are" is the theme of Pope Francis' message for the 55th World Day of Social Communication, which was celebrated on Saturday, March ...
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  24 March 2021
  ASIA - Solidarity of the Cardinals of Asia with Myanmar and appeal for peace and democracy Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Expressing solidarity with the religious leaders of Myanmar, launching an appeal for peace and for the restoration of democracy in the country: this is the intent of an open letter signed by 12 A ...
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  24 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal to young people from the Archbishop of Yangon Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Follow the non-violent path against violent means": this is the exhortation addressed to young Burmese by Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, who, in a statement published on 23 Mar ...
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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 ...
• 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 ...