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  7 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Sixteen Christian families, expelled for religious reasons, return to their homes thanks to a court order Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 16 Christian families, who were forced to leave their homes last September on grounds of religious discrimination, have returned to their homes in Kondagaon district in the Indian stat ...
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  7 December 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On the 40th anniversary: CELAM commemorates the “selfless” service of the missionaries who died as martyrs in El Salvador Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American Bishops' Council (Celam), Archbishop of Trujillo, Mgr Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, expressed his solidarity with the Church in El Salvador on the 40th anniversary ...
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  7 December 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Ghana to vote: presidential and parliamentary elections begin Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Today 7th December 2020, 17,027,665 Ghanaians are expected to cast their votes as the country chooses its new president and members of parliament for the next four years. 12 candidates are contes ...
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  7 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For Christians, December 10 will be "Black Day for Human Rights" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The International Day of Human Rights, which is celebrated in the world on December 10, will be "Black Day for Human Rights" across Pakistan to protest against the increasing number of violenc ...
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  7 December 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Iraq on 5-8 March 2021 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis, accepting the invitation of the Republic of Iraq and of the local Catholic Church, will make an Apostolic Journey to the aforementioned Country on 5-8 March 2021. He will vis ...
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  7 December 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan claims the protection of the Holy Places of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Jordanian government has also deplored the arson attack perpetrated on Friday 4 December in Jerusalem against the Basilica of the Agony, at the foot of the Mount of Olives. Ambassador Daif ...
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  7 December 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - SMA fathers celebrate their 125th anniversary Abidjan - (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the mission in this country today, I wish to thank God for the remarkable missionary zeal. Looking at the missionary works in this country and thin ...
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  5 December 2020
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Charity, a means of evangelization in times of pandemic according to the National Director of Missio London (Agenzia Fides) - "Helping families in difficulty, supporting the poor, bringing a word of comfort to the sick and dying, assisting them in times of suffering or need: this is the marvelous principle of giving acc ...
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  5 December 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Meeting of communion and sharing in digital form of the Pontifical Mission Societies in America and the Caribbean Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in America and the Caribbean was also held in virtual form due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but nevertheless it allowed direct contact betwe ...
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  5 December 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The drama of gender-based violence in refugee camps during the Covid-19 pandemic Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Looking at the situation in South Sudan, where conflicts and violence are the order of the day, there is no doubt that the refugees who fled their country and live in the camps are traumatized ...
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  4 December 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - "Christmas is sharing": Caritas campaign for communities suffering the consequences of the pandemic Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Pastoral and Human Dignity (Cáritas-Lima) of the Archbishopric of Lima, together with the RPP group, are promoting the "Christmas is sharing" campaign, which intends to collect food to ...
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  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "May the vote be free and transparent" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "While we reaffirm our confidence in the Electoral Commission to work to guarantee transparent elections, we urge you not to be negligent in carrying out this constitutional duty", say the Bishops ...
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  4 December 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "Our dreams for Ecuador and for the pilgrim Church in these lands" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ecuador express their "dreams" for the country and for the Church in the 2020-2024 Pastoral Guidelines. "Dreams in the Sacred Scripture represent the passage of God in the lives of ...
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  4 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Regional elections: the Bishops urge to vote wisely and to pay attention to pluralism and the common good Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Today a Catholic citizen should exercise his political right paying attention to these three considerations: vote correctly, intelligently and wisely and to elect good and just candidates, acco ...
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  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian agencies mobilized to help the populations of Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - As the government of Addis Ababa announces the victory against the rebel forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the concerns of humanitarian agencies for the one million disp ...