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  3 March 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Let's start again from the outskirts of the country for a more just and supportive Angola" ask the Bishops Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The drop in oil prices, the general crisis in the prices of goods and services caused mainly by financial speculators and the Covid-19 pandemic are currently having severe effects on the populati ...
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  3 March 2021
  AMERICA - Appeal to the governments of Chile and Bolivia for the dramatic situation of migrants Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The ecclesial institutions committed to migrants who work on the border between Bolivia and Chile appeal to the governments of the two nations so that the response to forced migration comes fro ...
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  3 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako on the Pope's trip to Iraq: "The Pope visits all Iraqis" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "I have just returned from the cathedral where I went to see the preparations. There was a woman there, in front of the grotto of the Madonna. A Muslim woman who came to pray to the Virgin Mary. ...
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  2 March 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The objective of the Catholic means of communication: to be credible witnesses of the Gospel message Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The proper use of the press and its essential elements to communicate the Good News through news and events happening in and around the Diocese was at the center of the seminar dedicated to ...
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  2 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "missionary rap" of a rural school in Avila wins the eighth edition of the competition for young missionaries Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A rural school in Ávila won the competition of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI) with "rap". For the eighth consecutive year, the Pontifical Children's Mission Societies in S ...
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  2 March 2021
  AFRICA/ DR CONGO - Denunciation of the Bishops about the differences between promises made and reality in the east of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in our country, especially in the eastern part, remains dangerous and worsened by the recurring presence of armed groups that the National Army, supported by MONUSCO (UN ...
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  2 March 2021
  AMERICA - Red Clamor campaign until September on human trafficking Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Red Clamor Network (Migration and Human Trafficking) presented the program of activities of the "Life is not a commodity, but concerns people" campaign which will last until September 2021. Accor ...
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  2 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Release of kidnapped students and favorable reception of Nigerians at the Pope's appeal Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The 279 students of the GGSS Jangebee Secondary School in the state of Zamfara, in the north-west of Nigeria, kidnapped on the night of February 25 (see Fides, 26/2/2021) have been released. "Yes, ...
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  2 March 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 10th anniversary of the assassination of Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti Khushpur (Agenzia Fides) - A gathering of young people and a Solemn Mass celebrated in the birthplace of Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, Khushpur, in the province of Punjab, where he is also buried: this is how the Chr ...
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  2 March 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi confirms Board of Directors for Catholic foundations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi confirmed by decree the establishment of the council for the administration of the foundations of the Catholic Church in Egypt. The presidential decree of F ...
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  2 March 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The meeting between Simon Bolivar and the Bishop of Maracaibo two centuries ago challenges our situation today Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "A historic and significant event for our beloved homeland": this is how the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela descrive the meeting between " Libertador" Simón Bolívar and Mgr. Rafael Lasso de ...
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  1 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops: "Euthanasia is always the wrong way" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference gives its opinion on the first case of euthanasia in the history of Peru: the country's judiciary has ordered the Ministry of Health and Social Security (EsSalud) " ...
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  1 March 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops want reliable and independent judges Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Regarding the "obvious and persistent difficulties" in choosing the members of the courts, the bishops made a statement entitled "The Lord loves justice" (Ps 37:28). First of all, the Pr ...
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  1 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic nun saves young demonstrators: Cardinal Bo wants the country to be "transformed" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic religious woman took to the streets in the city of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in the north of Mynamar, and asked the security forces not to shoot young demonstrators who ...
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  1 March 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Health authorities are calling for extreme caution despite the decline in coronavirus infections Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The severity of the pandemic is unabated, the situation in the region is unstable and worrying", warns the Supreme Committee on Health Emergencies in Sudan. Despite a slight decrease in infect ...