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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Meeting with Prime Minister Modi: Cardinals encourage Pope's visit New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In a personal conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, January 19, three Indian cardinals requested that the institutional steps be taken to invite Pope Francis to visit India ...
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  20 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - After severe floods: the situation continues to be catastrophic for many people Duk (Agenzia Fides) - After severe flooding in County Duk and other areas of Jonglei State, over 350,000 people have been left homeless since last July this year, including food shortages. The water level continues to ri ...
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  20 January 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Fears about the possible arrival of the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 in the Peruvian Amazon Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - The new variant of Covid-19 that appeared in Brazil and very strong in Manaus, capital of the State of Amazonas (see Fides 18/1/2021), has alerted the authorities in the Loreto region, in Peru. I ...
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  20 January 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The National Episcopal Conference criticizes the lack of leadership in the implementation of free basic education Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The management of free basic education suffers from a leadership deficit within the education sector, characterized by short-term actions, the absence of long-term vision, planning and budgeti ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Vaccination campaign takes refugees into account: Bishop Shomali welcomes government decision Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem appreciates the decision of the Jordanian government to consider refugees from Iraq and Syria as part of the Covid 19 vaccination campaign. "This ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Vaccination campaign: Church calls for priority treatment for poor population groups Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The vaccination campaign, which will start in the Philippines in February, should, in addition to giving priority to health workers, also privilege the poorest and most vulnerable: this is what t ...
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  19 January 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Digital Plenary Assembly of the bishops: restructuring of CELAM, health crisis and current situation are on the agenda Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The 117th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Peru opened yesterday, Monday 18 January. The 54 Bishops of the 46 ecclesiastical jurisdictions of the country will meet in virtual form until next Thur ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - A new home for street women and children in Calcutta Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "Taking care, helping and serving others without distinction of caste or religion is the way to manifest God's love for human beings": with these words, released to Agenzia Fides, Sister Lucy K ...
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  19 January 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another pandemic is added to the Covid-19 pandemic: irrational violence that does not stop Pasto (Agenzia Fides) - "The pain for the more than 1,000 dead due to the Covid-19 pandemic in our region is reinforced by the deaths that continue due to the other pandemic, namely irrational violence": this is what dec ...
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  19 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Appeal of the Episcopate against war and divisions in the presence of a people suffering from unspeakable misery Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The exacerbated division of the political class and the lack of patriotism have left the country at the mercy of predators and mercenaries of all kinds, subsidized in arms and equipment. The war ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Year of Reflection for the Local Church of Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Reflection is the spiritual tool to strengthen personal integrity and faith, in a time marked by suffering and difficulties": with these words Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, ...
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  19 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Church mourns loss of Archbishop Abel Gabuza to Covid-19 Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Durban, failed to overcome the crisis due to Covid-19. Archbishop Gabuza, 65, died at Hillcrest Hospital on Sunday 17 J ...
• 19 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 October, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Jeremiah Joseph Browne, of the diocesan clergy of Port Elizab ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian migration minister rejects criticism of the closure of the refugee camps Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq, efforts are being made to close refugee camps and return internally displaced people to their respective regions of origin. However, the positive results already announced by the Iraqi ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal of the Bishops of the Visayas: stop the killings of indigenous peoples Capiz (Agenzia Fides) - "An in-depth investigation by an independent body aimed at explaining what really happened on December 30, 2020; the cessation of military intervention on indigenous communities so that our Tumand ...