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  20 February 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 14,000 participants in 30 countries for a virtual solidarity race in favor of the right to education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The singer and activist Rozalén and her sign language interpreter, Beatriz Romero, were commissioned to kick off today, in digital form, the tenth edition of the Entreculturas solidarity Race, a ...
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  20 February 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The prophetic voice of the Bishops, a warning for the population affected by the Coronavirus pandemic Mbeya (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important that all of us accept the reality of Covid-19 and live by following the indications provided by the experts and by those who know how to contain the disease". This is the appeal m ...
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  20 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Promotion of a project to promote the social integration of young pygmies by Comboni Missionaries Mungbere (Agenzia Fides) - "This project is a springboard so that the pygmies begin to be active subjects of the society in which they live. To date, we have built a college where students can stay for extended periods. ...
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  19 February 2021
  ASIA/KIRGHIZSTAN - Fraternity and spirituality in the name of St. Joseph Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - A week of fraternity and spirituality on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul: this is the initiative organized by the Church in Kyrgyzstan for the young people of the Parish of the capital Bishkek, and ...
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  19 February 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - REPAM: alarming increase in the number of infections and deaths due to Covid-19 in the pan-Amazon region Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Message of solidarity to the Amazonian peoples": it is under this title the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) has launched an appeal for help in the face of the catastrophic situation that ...
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  19 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi: "Iraq is not Iraq without Christians" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Iraq is not Iraq without Christians", said Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi on Thursday 18 February, receiving the members of the Council of Heads of Christian communities present in the count ...
• 19 February 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The pandemic has highlighted fragility, weaknesses and the need to support each other in faith and fraternity Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "Lent is the right place that invites us to share, to the charity that comes from the heart and not from appearances. This time of pandemic has highlighted fragility, weakness and the need to su ...
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  19 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Not only anti Covid-19 prevention: polio vaccination campaigns launched for over 29,000 children Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago, the South Sudanese Ministry of Health confirmed the increase in corona infections (see Fides 17/2/2021) in various states of the country. But the country's health sector is also fac ...
• 19 February 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops: "We need to tackle the issue of internally displaced people to avoid new tensions" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation remains worrying in various areas, despite a relative calm" the Bishops of Burkina Faso and Niger affirm in the final communiqué of their second Plenary Assembly for ...
• 19 February 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Chattogram Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Lawrence Subrato Howlader, C.S.C., of Barishal, as metropolitan archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 19/2/2021) ...
• 18 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 29 years ago: commemoration of the March of Hope Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We did not understand that the blood of so many victims which impregnates the Congolese soil is a seed that will one day bear fruit for a better Congo", said Mgr. Vincent Tshomba, one of the a ...
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  18 February 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Violence and protests: seven countries declare a state of emergency El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - Seven Sudanese states have declared a state of emergency. They are Sennar, South Darfur, West Darfur, North Darfur and East Darfur, as well as the states of North Kordofan and West Kordofan, ...
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  18 February 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church consecrates the nation to St. Joseph Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Philippines are preparing to consecrate the country to the protection of Saint Joseph as part of a solemn celebration called to be held on May 1st, the day in memory of Saint J ...
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  18 February 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Outrage over the irregular vaccinations of senior officials while many on the front lines continue to die Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The chairman of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP) condemned the recent irregularities in vaccination. "The outrage caused by these incidents is increasing because it ignores those who have mad ...
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  18 February 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Medicine to save lives: guaranteeing everyone the right to health and access to medicines Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - For more than forty years, through the Sharing Campaign called Compartir, the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela and Caritas of Venezuela have invited the country to help the poorest and most vuln ...