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  27 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Denunciation of civil society: "Violations of human rights and religious freedom in the democratic life of the nation" Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to support the fundamental rights contained in the Indian Constitution in a critical phase for the democratic life of the nation, in which human rights and freedoms of expression of c ...
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  27 January 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ancient Armenian church of Kütahya razed to the ground Kütahya (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Armenian church of Surp Toros (Saint Torus) Kütahya, dating back to before the seventeenth century and long deconsecrated, was razed to the ground after being taken over by private ...
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  26 January 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - An integrated health care system for the poor and homeless at the initiative of the Church of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - It is "a little leaven that transforms the Church and the world, making it a place of love". This is how Father Francis Jeong-hwan Kim, director of the "One Body One Spirit movement" presents to A ...
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  26 January 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Buenaventura: "there is no violence here, but a real war" Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia, unfortunately, a climate of violence still reigns (see Fides 19/1/2021), and in particular that by gangs and other armed groups continues to increase. After the request made ...
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  26 January 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "Religions for Peace of Myanmar" calls for conditions for peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In a seven-point appeal published on January 25th, members of the interreligious platform "Religions for Peace of Myanmar" demand the creation of the conditions for peace in Myanmar. All ethnic d ...
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  26 January 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Prison pastoral care: reports of violence doubled, in addition to the spread of Covid-19 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In 2020 the cases of torture inside the Brazilian prison system almost doubled compared to 2019 according to the recent report published by the National Prison Ministry, which analyzes the case ...
• 26 January 2021
  AFRICA/CONGO - Appointment of the Rector of the "Msgr. Georges-Firmin Singha" Philosophical Seminary in the archdiocese of Brazzaville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 September 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the "Msgr. Georges-Firmin Singha" interdiocesan Philos ...
• 26 January 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops' Conference wishes "Dialogue for free and transparent elections" Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops' Conference of Benin urges all political parties and institutions involved in the election for an open dialogue for a peaceful, genuinely inclusive, democratic and transparent pr ...
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  26 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Capital executions of jihadists after the Baghdad attack claimed by Daesh Nassiriya (Agenzia Fides) - The attack, in which more than 30 people died and around ninety were injured in Baghdad last Thursday, and to which the Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility, sparked outrage among the Ira ...
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  25 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic priest killed in Mindanao Malaybalay (Agenzia Fides) - Unidentified armed men opened fire and killed yesterday, January 24, a Filipino Catholic priest, Fr. Rene Bayang Regalado, as he was preparing to return to the Seminary in the village of Patp ...
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  25 January 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Church delegation visits Tigray: "The humanitarian situation is alarming" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of people in need of food, water and medicine is currently tripling compared to the initial planning of the assistance project", said a report by the delegation of the Catholic C ...
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  25 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA -Beatification of José Gregorio Hernández in April: "Venezuela opens the door of hope and joy" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - As the Archdiocese of Caracas announced on Twitter yesterday, Sunday, January 24th, the beatification of José Gregorio Hernández will take place at the end of April. The spokesman for the dioc ...
• 25 January 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Eight children kidnapped in attack on orphanage in Abuja area Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least eight children have been abducted from an orphanage in Naharati in the Federal Territory of the capital, Abuja. On Saturday 23 January, at around 01.00 local time, a large group of heavil ...
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  25 January 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First-ever Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean: all the people of God protagonists of the mission Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Latin America and the Caribbean has begun the journey toward its first-ever Ecclesial Assembly. This is not a Conference of the Latin American Bishops like the previo ...
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  25 January 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: US President Biden should support "Lebanese neutrality" Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) - The new US President Joe Biden could make a significant contribution to keeping Lebanon away from conflicts in the Middle East if he acted on the Lebanese motto of "neutrality" and avoided Leban ...