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  24 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After the attack on the Italian ambassador: "The population has been suffering from terrorist attacks for years" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese human rights organization CEPADHO expresses its own regret over the recent attack, in which the Italian ambassador in the Congo, an Italian policeman and the Congolese driver were ...
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  24 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops warn of a split in the country Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nigeria is in danger of falling apart", warn the Nigerian bishops, who complain about the serious shortcomings of state institutions and, in particular, their inability to ensure security for all ...
• 23 February 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Andrea Han Jingtao dies: after 27 years of forced labor, he devoted himself primarily to the formation of priests, nuns and lay people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Andrew Han Jingtao, of the "unofficial" community of Siping (Jilin), died in the night between 30 and 31 December 2020. Born on July 26, 1921, to a devoted Catholic family from Shanw ...
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  23 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders ready for mediation: ASEAN intervention is requested Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Burmese religious leaders of all faith communities, united in the "Religions for Peace-Myanmar" organization, declare themselves "ready to continue the Consultative Forum on Peace and Reconciliat ...
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  23 February 2021
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Seven of 132 seats reserved for Christian candidates in next Palestinian parliament Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - In the next Palestinian legislative elections, scheduled for May 22, at least 7 of the 132 seats will be reserved for Christian candidates. This is established by a decree signed in recent days ...
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  23 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Testimony of a lay missionary about her vocation Bondoukou (Agenzia Fides) - "The vocation to be a lay missionary must be seen as a grace to be shared not only in words but through concrete, material and spiritual acts, with joy, sacrifice, conviction and a lot of pass ...
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  23 February 2021
  AMERICA - Beginning of the journey in view of the Ecclesial Assembly next November Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American churches are starting to prepare for the first ecclesiastical assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is to take place from November 21 to 28 in the Guadalupe Basil ...
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  23 February 2021
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Looking to history while thanking God, looking to the future confident in his power": one hundred years of the Ecclesiastical Province San José (Agenzia Fides) - "It is clear that the Catholic faith of our people has been a fundamental factor in building the identity that defines us in the world, as a nation that fights for peace, democracy, social jus ...
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  23 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Italian ambassador killed in kidnapping attempt: "He was very close to the missionaries" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, assassinated yesterday, February 22nd "was close to the missionary world working in the east of the country". ...
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  23 February 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Zong Huaide died at the age of 100: he devoted himself to prayer and charitable works Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 5, 2021 at 8 p.m., His. Exc. Mgr. Joseph Zong Huaide, Bishop emeritus of Sanyuan, in the province of Shaanxi (Mainland China) died. He was born on June 16, 1920 in a village in ...
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  22 February 2021
  VATICAN - Recognition of the heroic virtues of three Italian missionaries who died of Ebola in Congo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 20, the Holy Father Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a number of decrees, including those concerning the recognition of the heroic virt ...
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  22 February 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops to the government: elections, an opportunity to resolve the country's crisis Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Less than nine months before the general elections in Nicaragua, the Bishops who are members of the Bishops' Conference (CEN) united in the call of the population asking the government of Presid ...
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  22 February 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Missionaries' warning: young people risk losing their faith due to the pandemic Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately, the pandemic almost killed the faith of the youth of the Parish. Few are now those who participate in the life of the Church and in the sacraments". Father Ulrich Houenahin Kossiv ...
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  22 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal of Catholic Bishops: peace and reconciliation through dialogue Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal for "reconciliation through dialogue" was launched by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar in a document signed by all the Bishops of the 16 Burmese dioceses. The appeal ...
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  22 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic church in northern Nigeria burned and destroyed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, was set on fire. According to the authorities, the perpetrators are members of an "armed gang". The armed men entered the ...