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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 ...
• 12 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Karachi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Coutts. The Holy Father ...
• 12 February 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Resignation of auxiliary bishop of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary bishop of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni, Bolivia, presented by Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., titular of Mutuge ...
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  12 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Opening of the first formation house for young Camillian aspirants Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Twenty years ago I never thought I would reach this day. After joining the Camillian religious Order of the Ministers of the Sick, I immediately began to dream of the Order's presence in Pakist ...
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  12 February 2021
  EUROPE/POLAND - The PMS look to the future with hope: towards the great jubilees of the PMS and the Synod of Missionary Childhood Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the provisions to contain the coronavirus epidemic, the meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland took place on February 9th as part of a video conference. Diocesan directors f ...
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  12 February 2021
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops make churches and staff available for vaccinations and call for inequalities to be reduced Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - After concluding the annual Ordinary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP), held from 8 to 10 February, during which they analyzed the social and pastoral situation of the cou ...
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  12 February 2021
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Founder of the "City of Friendship": Missionary nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary and founder of the "City of Friendship" in Opeka, which Pope Francis visited during his visit to Madagascar in September 2019, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The 72 ...
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  12 February 2021
  VATICAN - Accompanying the studies of priests and nuns from all over the world: the Domus Missionalis Foundation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to make students from all over the world to experience the catholicity and universality of the Church. The main purpose of the Domus Missionalis Foundation is to look after and acc ...
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  12 February 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appeal of the former Bishop of Pemba in the face of the suffering of the population due to the conflict and the worsening of the refugee situation in Cabo Delgado Pemba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Province of Capo Delgado has been suffering from a terrorist war for three years and four months, which has caused the flight of over 600 thousand people and the death of more than two thousa ...