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  30 December 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - "Christ was born in Kazakhstan, in the encounter with the other", says the Bishop of Karaganda Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "What we consider the extraordinary night of the birth of Jesus, for the inhabitants of Bethlehem was an evening like any other, where in the chaos of the census, the shepherds continued to gu ...
• 30 December 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania, presented by Bishop Telesphor Mkude. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 30/12/2020) ...
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  30 December 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches and ecclesiastical buildings "regularized" by the Egyptian government bringing their total to 1,800 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the last days of 2020, the Egyptian government recognized full compliance with current standards for the construction of Christian places of worship and annex buildings of a new group of 62 chu ...
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  30 December 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Imo state has dismissed the reported death of Moses Chikwe Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The news reported by some press organs on the discovery of the body of His Exc. Mgr. Moses Chikwe, Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri, in the State of Imo, kidnapped on the evening of December 27, is misl ...
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  30 December 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Calderón: "the Church and the attitude of the Good Samaritan, of giving a hand to those in need" Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr Jaime Calderón Calderón, Bishop of Tapachula, Mexico, urged government authorities not to repress the right to mobility of migrants. This is what he said publicly last Sunday, December 2 ...
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  30 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The new Minister of Religious Affairs: Christians and non-Christians promote peace in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fies) - "Christians and non-Christians are called to promote peace in Indonesia": with this exhortation, along with the traditional Christmas greetings, the new Minister of Religious Affairs, the Muslim ...
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  29 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church's commitment to education: a "Charity Run" for precarious teachers Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The funds that we are currently raising during this Christmas season will go not only to Catholic teachers but to all teachers who need it: as we celebrate the birth and presence of Jesus Chris ...
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  29 December 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Radio Veritas in Bengali, a station also listened to by Muslims, celebrates 40 years of proclaiming the Gospel Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Through Radio Veritas Asia's Bengali-language service, over the past forty years we have offered our listeners what is most important: directly and indirectly, our station preaches the Gospel and ...
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  29 December 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri in south-east Nigeria kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Unidentified gumen kidnapped the auxiliary bishop of the Catholic archdiocese of Owerri in Imo State, Moses Chikwe. He was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday night alongside his driver whose name wa ...
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  29 December 2020
  VATICAN - The Rector of the Mater Ecclesiae College: "An institute at the service of diocesan Congregations, to make local Churches grow" Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "Our College is very special: it was founded in 1976, it was wanted by Pope Paul VI for the nuns of recently instituted diocesan female congregations. These are the Congregations that ar ...
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  29 December 2020
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Concerns about the debt crisis that endangers the lives of the poorest Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Zambia is a country almost unknown to international news. There are no wars, tribal clashes, hunger, drought, locusts, dictators, at least until yesterday. However, in recent weeks the country ha ...
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  29 December 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops accompany the Nicaraguan people on the path of elections for a new year without violence Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The common message of the Pastors of the Church addressed to the people of Nicaragua, expressed during the celebration of the octave of Christmas, appeared very clear: "to live together the grea ...
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  29 December 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - President Erdogan's message of condolence for the death of Bishop Tierrablanca Istanbul (Turkey) - The funeral of Catholic Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca González, who died on the evening of Tuesday 22 December due to the effects of Covid-19, was celebrated today, Tuesday 29 December, in Istanbul, at ...
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  29 December 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The legalization of euthanasia is "a crime against human life", the dignity of the person and his fundamental rights Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released on Christmas Eve, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile commented on the general approval given by the Chamber of Deputies to a bill that allows eu ...
• 28 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Shillong, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Victor Lyngdoh of Jowai as metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese of Shillong, India. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/12/2020) ...