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  14 January 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops disagree over the decision to return Cuba to the list of “sponsors of terrorism” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In response to the announcement by the US State Department to return to designating Cuba as a “sponsor of terrorism”, Mgr David J. Malloy, Bishop of Rockford, president of the Commission ...
• 14 January 2021
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Louis Koroma, of the diocesan clergy of Makeni as National D ...
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  14 January 2021
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Pastoral Letter for the new year: "Christ is faithful to his Church and offers great opportunities for grace, in the challenge of the pandemic" Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "2020 brought with it unprecedented challenges: many people fell ill, others continue to face serious economic difficulties. Our country went through political and social upheavals. For many, th ...
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  14 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prayer for Pope Francis’ visit to be recited on every Sunday Mass Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - From next Sunday, January 17, the Chaldeans are invited to recite together a prayer composed by Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako in order to ask the Almighty Lord to make possible the announced visi ...
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  14 January 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: "The Church plays the role of mother, father and family for many children in the world" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to make the Spaniards, especially children, aware that we live in a large family and we cannot be indifferent to the needs of others because we are far away", said Fr. José María Calde ...
• 14 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Precarious calm in Bangui after the failure of the rebel offensive Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The rebel offensive against the Central African capital Bangui has been repelled (see Fides, 13/1/2021). "The attack was repelled by the UN peacekeepers, together with the Central African armed f ...
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  14 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians support and promote the anti Covid-19 vaccination campaign Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Indonesia support the national Covid-19 vaccination campaign. After the first injection of the vaccine organized live on TV for the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, the first p ...
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  13 January 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Pandemic exacerbates gender discrimination at work Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - In Thailand, over 47% of the workforce are women, who are, however, often treated unfairly and discriminatively: They are paid less than men and often do the heaviest work under insecure conditi ...
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  13 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Position of the Episcopate against a revision of the Constitution during the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Several Bishops of the Philippines express strong reservations about the new initiatives to revise the 1987 Constitution during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the Philippine political panorama, in fac ...
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  13 January 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - St. Martin Deaf Ministry: Missionaries support the deaf Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The "St. Martin Deaf ministry" is the new missionary initiative promoted by the Society for African Missions (SMA) in the archdiocese of Accra, in favor of deaf people. The initiative was presente ...
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  13 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - At the end of the general assembly: Bishops comment on the "State of the Country" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops' Conference published at the end of its plenary assembly (see Fides, 7 and 11/01/2021) a message on the “State of the Country”. "The world is experiencing moments of t ...
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  13 January 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Consolata Missionaries have transferred the Continental Novitiate to the Amazon Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In line with the reflections of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and in view of the process of restructuring its own presence in America, the Institute of Consolata Missionaries (IMC) has deci ...
• 13 January 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference: review of the 2020 activities and prospects for 2021 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is well known that in 2020 the health crisis of Covid-19 had repercussions on the practice of faith and on pastoral care. From this point of view, the planned activities were not carried out ...
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  13 January 2021
  EUROPE /ITALY - Young migrants study to become "room assistant" Syracuse (Agenzia Fides) - On the initiative of the Scalabrini Mission Sisters, a course was launched in Syracuse, Sicily, to train young migrant people to work in the catering trade. A total of 26 young people from Nige ...
• 13 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Security forces thwart rebel offensive against the capital Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African security forces thwarted an attempted attack on Bangui "in the early hours of the morning", the responsible authorities of the Central African Republic reported on January 13t ...