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  16 January 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Relatives of former IS fighters are returning to Raqqa Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Alliance of Democratic Forces of Syria, which controls northeast Syria, has ordered the release of about 400 families of former Islamic State (IS) militants from the Al Hol prison camp ...
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  15 January 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Radio receivers for schoolchildren from rural and indigenous communities to continue their education during the pandemic Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - To enable children and young people from rural and indigenous communities in the provinces of Maynas and Loreto-Nauta to continue attending classes even in isolation due to the pandemic, the Apo ...
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  15 January 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Bishop Medhin's appeal for an urgent response to the humanitarian crisis in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - The war in the Ethiopian region of Tigray continues. In addition to the Axum massacre of 750 people, people who had been hiding in the church where the Ark of the Covenant is kept since December ...
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  15 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops call for a fair vaccination campaign taking into account ethical principles Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint Pastoral Letter, the Philippine bishops call on the country's government to ensure that the anti-Covid-19 vaccination is equally available to all citizens, but also to choose a vaccine ...
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  15 January 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Christ Migrant of the World": a year of help and support for migrants in the Archdiocese of La Serena La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - In 2020, the Chilean Caritas launched various initiatives for the benefit of the most affected population groups. One of these programs, aimed at providing legal advice and humanitarian aid to ...
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  15 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Detained for 100 days: international initiative calls for the release of 83-year-old Jesuit father Stan Swamy Jaipur (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 15, 2021, the 83-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, who has been imprisoned in Taloja Prison in Mumbai since October 8 for alleged sedition, has been detained for a total of 100 da ...
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  15 January 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Completely destroyed the Nangololo mission, occupied by the insurgents in October Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Everything has been destroyed ...", said the Brazilian missionary Father Edegard Silva, about the damage in the Nangololo Mission in the Muidumbe district in the Cabo Delgado province in norther ...
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  15 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The statue of the Virgin Mary placed on the tower of the Catholic Church in Qaraqosh Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - When Pope Francis visits the city of Qaraqosh as part of his visit to Iraq, he will also see the large statue of Mary on the bell tower of the church in the sanctuary "al Tahira" . From the tow ...
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  14 January 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Missionaries help with registration at the residents' registration office Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "An identity card is precious, because without it one does not exist for the state and society", says in a letter to Fides Father Renzo Adorni, priest of the Society for African Missions, who liv ...
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  14 January 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops disagree over the decision to return Cuba to the list of “sponsors of terrorism” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In response to the announcement by the US State Department to return to designating Cuba as a “sponsor of terrorism”, Mgr David J. Malloy, Bishop of Rockford, president of the Commission ...
• 14 January 2021
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Louis Koroma, of the diocesan clergy of Makeni as National D ...
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  14 January 2021
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Pastoral Letter for the new year: "Christ is faithful to his Church and offers great opportunities for grace, in the challenge of the pandemic" Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "2020 brought with it unprecedented challenges: many people fell ill, others continue to face serious economic difficulties. Our country went through political and social upheavals. For many, th ...
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  14 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prayer for Pope Francis’ visit to be recited on every Sunday Mass Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - From next Sunday, January 17, the Chaldeans are invited to recite together a prayer composed by Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako in order to ask the Almighty Lord to make possible the announced visi ...
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  14 January 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: "The Church plays the role of mother, father and family for many children in the world" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to make the Spaniards, especially children, aware that we live in a large family and we cannot be indifferent to the needs of others because we are far away", said Fr. José María Calde ...
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  14 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Precarious calm in Bangui after the failure of the rebel offensive Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The rebel offensive against the Central African capital Bangui has been repelled (see Fides, 13/1/2021). "The attack was repelled by the UN peacekeepers, together with the Central African armed f ...