News

• 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 ...
• 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 ...
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  1 March 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - 10th Anniversary of the presence of the Xaverian missionaries at the service of the poor and the last, "by witnessing the Gospel of Jesus" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It all started in 2007 when, during the General Chapter, it was decided to open a new missionary presence in Asia. In times of crisis, marked by the decline in vocations, the aging of the staff ...
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  1 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians remember Paulos Rahho. Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, 13 years after his kidnapping and death Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - As they prepare to welcome Pope Francis, Iraqi Christians commemorate Paulos Faraj Rahho, Archbishop of Mosul, on the thirteenth anniversary of his kidnapping and assassination, and there are thos ...
• 1 March 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 32 civilians killed in one week in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 32 civilians were killed in a week in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, between Ituri and North Kivu (see also Fides, 27/2/2021). This was announced by CEPADHO (Center for Stu ...
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  27 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Another Christian student kidnapped: The number of cases is increasing in Punjab Gujranwala (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani police have registered a complaint about the kidnapping of another Christian student from Lahore in order to force her into an Islamic marriage. Mehwish Bibi, a student at the W ...
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  27 February 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Social media and mission: "We need to face a culture of selfishness" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "The digital revolution has led us to live in a new, distant world that we have not been able to make better: the problems of 'normal' everyday life have been transported into the digital world a ...