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• 5 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Archdiocese of Kinshasa celebrates World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In his encyclical Fratelli Tutti, the Holy Father invites us to consider us all as brothers and sisters. This is a great challenge, especially for consecrated persons like us, who have been ca ...
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  5 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch Sako: our priests are good, criticism without charity is bad for the Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The priests of the Chaldean Church are also only people with their personal limits, but the vast majority of them exercise their priestly ministry with devotion and generosity, to the point of e ...
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  4 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo's appeal: release arrested leaders and resume dialogue Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The elected representatives of our people belonging to the National League for Democracy (NLD) are under arrest. So are many writers, activists and youth. I urge you, respect their rights and re ...
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  4 February 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Quebec's Foreign Missions: 100 years at the service of the Gospel Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - "To be a hundred years old for a person is a real event. Reaching its first centenary for a missionary society is a short time, but deserves to be underlined as a humble contribution to the sprea ...
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  4 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Day of Human Fraternity, Archbishop Arshad: need to build a peaceful society in Pakistan Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The International Day of Human Fraternity is a milestone for humanity that will motivate everyone in Pakistan to promote peace, harmony, inclusion, tolerance, understanding, solidarity and br ...
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  4 February 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception on the outskirts of Bamako: welcoming mothers in difficulty Badalabougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid-19 pandemic is slowing down all our activities. We have suffered as a result of the closure of churches and the cessation of various activities. This time of forced rest was long ...
• 4 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Kampala Document - The guidelines to relaunch evangelization in Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) – The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has on January 28, 2020 launched the Kampala Document which captures the experiences of the bishops of the Church in Af ...
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  4 February 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Humanitarian crisis: Jesuit Refugee Service calls for continental and global solution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit refugee service (JRS) in Chile, expresses concern about the complex situation on the northern border of Chile and in particular in the cities of Colchane and Huara, where there are l ...
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  4 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Muqtada al Sadr Movement initiates the restitution of illegally stolen property from Christians and Mandeans Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the campaign launched by Shiite politician Muqtada al Sadr to protect Christians and Mandaeans who had been the victims of the illegal confiscation of their property in recent years, ...
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  3 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Church is refuge and hope for a better life Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the inhabitants of South Sudan is fragile, exposed to a thousand unexpected ups and downs, injustices and abuses of all kinds. The country finds itself in a precarious situati ...
• 3 February 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Guruè Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On February 2, 2021 the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Guruè, Mozambique, the Reverend Inácio Lucas, of the clergy of Nacala, until now vicar general of the same dioc ...
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  3 February 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Consecrated life: "the potential of your charisms at the service of the People of God, overwhelmed by the pandemic" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the Day of Consecrated Life, celebrated on February 2, feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Bishops of Mexico expressed to each consecrated man and woman their closeness in ...
• 3 February 2021
  AFRICA/CONGO - The Bishops: "Serious reservations on the regularity of the March 21 vote" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Of course, the elections are scheduled for March 21, however we have serious reservations about the possibility of organizing peaceful, participatory, transparent, free and credible preside ...
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  3 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics appeal: save Covid patients from the boycott of doctors Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In Myanmar, among the non-violent initiatives registered to express dissent towards the military coup in recent days, doctors from various regions are consideringof organizing a civil disobedienc ...
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  3 February 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishops recall that "the law is the same for everyone", even for the Head of State, and invoke dialogue as the only way Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is following the steps of the Federation of Lawyers of Haiti, calling on President Jovenel Moise to leave power on February 7, 2021. In a message published yesterday, ...