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  25 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Testimony of the Bishop of Uvira on the prevailing insecurity in particular due to the struggle for land grabbing Uvira (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened on February 22 in Goma, with the assassination of the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and the policeman who accompanied him, only confirms what we have been saying for some time: ...
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  25 February 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 30 years of missions in Venezuela and abroad for Venezuelan missionaries Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Department of Indigenous and Afro-Venezuelan Missions, in collaboration with the Pontifical Mission Societies in Venezuela, is relaunching the program known as "Relevo Misionero" (Missionary ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Missionaries and small Catholic communities in the village of Papae, a bath of humanity and spirituality Lamphun (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholics in this area are only a few dozen - writes to Agenzia Fides Father Ferdinando Pistore, one of the Fidei donum priests of Trivénétie who serve in a territory coinciding with the ...
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  25 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The destruction of the church of the Holy Family of Kikwari denied Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time of strong ethnic and religious tensions, it may happen that there are people who spread false news to further increase tensions", says to Agenzia Fides Father Patrick Tor Alumuku, Di ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Call of churches to government against forced repatriation of Burmese immigrants Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - We must not participate in the "refoulement of refugees", by repatriating Myanmar nationals who have taken refuge in Malaysia in a coordinated manner with the armed forces of Myanmar. This ...
• 25 February 2021
  NORTHERN EUROPE - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 November 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Ivan Sovic National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh approves the anti-religious conversion law Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) - Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in northern India with a population of 204 million, approved yesterday, February 24, the bill which bans religious conversion by fraudulent means or relate ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Parties divided before the proposal for a UN Conference on the Lebanese crisis launched by the Maronite Patriarch Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese political forces are beginning to manifest different and sometimes conflicting interpretations and positions in the face of the proposal - formulated in recent weeks by the Maronite ...
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  25 February 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Church calls for dialogue between government and doctors on strike and arrival of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 500,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm were delivered to Bolivia on February 24th to vaccinate medical staff and the population at risk in Bolivia. As confirmed by the Bolivian ...
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  24 February 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: the many aspects of the mobility circuit in Central America Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The northern border of Mexico represents one of the main migratory corridors in the world, characterized by violations of fundamental rights and by a high risk for the lives of migrants, discrim ...
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  24 February 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - Covid-19 and education: consequences of the pandemic in rural areas of the country Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Schools across the country have reopened since January 18. However, at the time of reopening, several villages lacked the conditions for personal protection for all, and the situation is still not ...
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  24 February 2021
  AMERICA - Continental Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "We cannot but announce what we have seen and heard" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot but announce what we have seen and heard": this is the theme of the Continental Assembly of National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies in America, which is being held in virtua ...
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  24 February 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Reopening of churches in Sarawak state during Lent Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Churches in Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Malaysia (located on the island of Borneo), have reopened their doors for Lent. As communicated to Agenzia Fides by the Archbish ...
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  24 February 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Right to water and food: the parties sign a public commitment San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Efforts to approve an amendment to the constitution to recognize the right to water and food as human rights in El Salvador are making progress. After access to water and sanitation was re ...
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  24 February 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Arrest of a crook who tried to sell the Basilica of St. Anthony Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, located in the very central Istiklal Caddesi, one of the most famous avenues in Istanbul, is currently in no danger of ending up on the real estat ...