News

• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...