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  11 March 2021
  ASIA/JAPAN - On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima catastrophe: Catholic bishops are calling for the nuclear power plants to be closed Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2011, after the earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, we Bishops as believers who protect life as a gift from God, demanded the immediate abolition of nuclear power ...
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  10 March 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan, first country in Middle East and Africa to receive first doses of covid-19 vaccine Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan has started to vaccinate health workers on the front lines in the fight against the corona virus after receiving the first batch of 828,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, intended for ...
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  10 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Closure of the Twitter account improperly opened in the name of the Archbishop of Yangon Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, asked the social network "Twitter" to delete an account with his name that was wrongly attributed to him. This is confirmed by the secretariat ...
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  10 March 2021
  VATICAN - Pope Francis' gratitude for his trip to Iraq: "Muslims invite Christians to return, and rebuild churches and mosques together" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim residents of Mosul invite their Christian fellow citizens to return "to rebuild churches and mosques together". This is the image that Pope Francis sees as the seed of the rebirth of thi ...
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  10 March 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Religious write a letter to President Moïse. "You have a duty to respond to the requests of the population" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "As men and women religious trying to provide assistance in all areas of the life of the Haitian people and in the most remote and difficult places in the country ... we witness the miser ...
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  10 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Human trafficking: "The pandemic must not lead us to turn a blind eye to other problems" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid pandemic must not lead us to turn a blind eye to an unprecedented economic and social crisis and to human trafficking, which continues to affect the poorest countries in the world in par ...
• 10 March 2021
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Riots during demonstrations: bishops call for dialogue Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "While we still have time, we must do our best to limit the damage and possibly stop it. Let's stop the cycle of violence!", calls Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye of Dakar in a statement on behalf of t ...
• 10 March 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Mbaïki Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mbaïki, Central African Republic, presented by Bishop Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.J. The Holy Father has ap ...
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  10 March 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lent and prayer between distancing and Buddhist feast Danang (Agenzia Fides) - It is a Lent that is affected by the measures of "social distancing", is what is being experienced by the Catholic community of Vietnam. But these measures do not affect faith and the lively spir ...
• 10 March 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Paul" interdiocesan Seminary in Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 December, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Andrew De Rose, of the diocesan clergy of Tuticorin, as Rect ...
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  9 March 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Colombian missionary killed in road accident Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Father Manuel Ubaldo Jáuregui Vega, 36, Xaverian missionary from Yarumal (Institute for Foreign Missions of Yarumal), born in Cúcuta, Colombia, was assassinated in Zango, in the municipality of ...
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  9 March 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Demonstrations against corruption among politicians and mismanagement of the pandemic Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - For four days, demonstrations, even violent, have followed in the capital of Paraguay, Asunción, aimed at protesting against the corruption of local politicians and against the management of t ...
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  9 March 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Catholic leaders: "We will not stop asking for truth and justice for the 2019 attacks" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop asking for truth and justice regarding the 2019 attacks. The authorities must commit to finding the culprits and those responsible for the massacres". This is what Cardinal Mal ...
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  9 March 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Combat killings linked to the victim's gender through integral education based on the dignity of women, protection of life and gender equality Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Each new case of murder linked to the sex of the victim shakes Argentinian society. In fact, 82% of these murders take place in the context of domestic violence and 60% occur in the victim' ...
• 9 March 2021
  AFRICA - JRS calls for equity in vaccine distribution Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Equal access to vaccinations is necessary to ensure public health for all in society. We cannot heal and move forward until all of us, including forcibly displaced people, are vaccinated", Fr. Tho ...