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  15 February 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - African catechists, teachers of the Catholic faith Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "I feel the responsibility of evangelization and I like to consider myself a 'teacher of the Catholic faith'. In all my action, I feel sent for this mission". Buster Bockarie Junior is a young cate ...
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  15 February 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Church and coronavirus pandemic: "We need the creative courage of St. Joseph" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Mexican Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM), from the first case in April 2020 to January 2021, a total of 172 priests, 5 bishops, 10 deacons and 7 religious died in the countr ...
• 15 February 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Dibrugarh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Dibrugarh, India, presented by Bishop Joseph Aind, S.D.B. He is succeeded by Bishop Albert Hemrom, u ...
• 15 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Lisala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed the Revered Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal'Etumba, of the clergy of Kinshasa, until now secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Divine Worship and the Discipl ...
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  15 February 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Despite the coronavirus pandemic: Copts celebrate the sixth anniversary of the massacre of Coptic martyrs in Libya Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - The social distancing measures also planned in Egypt to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic did not prevent celebrating, even if in a sober and limited way, the 6th anniversary of the massacre o ...
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  15 February 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Pope's thanks to Colombia for its action in favor of migrants at the Angelus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "I always look with gratitude on the dedication of those who collaborate in favor of migrants. - said the Holy Father after yesterday's Angelus, Sunday 14 February -. I thank all of you for what ...
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  15 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Rise of the "Civil Disobedience Movement": appeal to stop the arrests of citizens Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Our appeal is to stop the illegal arrests of citizens made during the night. We will continue to nurture the Civil Disobedience Movement that thousands of people of good will, of all cultures, s ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Bishop of Karaganda: "Blessed Bukowiński, the deep root of the Kazakh Church and its vocational flowering" Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "Along the path of history, the Church is continually regenerated and brought forward by the saints and their testimony. Blessed Wladyslaw Bukowiński was an active and profound root of the fl ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA - Poverty and risks of a "lost generation" due to the pandemic Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – What impact will the Covid-19 pandemic have in the short-term future in Asia? What are its effects on poverty, a plague that not only affects the Asian continent, but as can be seen in the p ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bangladesh minority groups demand reading of scriptures at start of parliament session Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – The organisations for the minority religious groups of Bangladesh have demanded reading of scriptures of all the four major religions of Bangladesh at the beginning of parliament sessions and st ...
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  13 February 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Orionine missionaries: "A new project to help the Masai" Kandisi (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of the project is to start a cultivation of 'yellow beans' in the Masai territory: the idea arises above all from the need to create new revenues for the Center and, at the same time, ...
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  13 February 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - One year after "Querida Amazonia", the appeal to dream of an Amazon where the rights of the poorest are still valid La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Querida Amazonia", the appeal to dream of an Amazon where the rights of the poorest, of indigenous peoples are still valid (See Fides, 12/7/ ...
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  13 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - GRAIL project for the care of children with HIV/AIDS begins Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The care of children affected by HIV/AIDS will soon become a reality in Ivory Coast through the GRAIL (Galvanizing Religious Actors for better Identification and Linkage to pediatric HIV) projec ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: "May the Lord end the pandemic with the power of his resurrection" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Since ancient times, the practice of fasting has been used to "repent" and "seek divine mercy in times of difficulties such as disease, epidemics, injustice, persecution and wars". The current s ...
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  13 February 2021
  AMERICA/CUBA - Foreign Minister celebrates the fifth anniversary of the meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We remember the fifth anniversary of the historic meeting in Havana between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Cuba is pleased to have hosted this epochal meeting", said ...