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  16 November 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Merino resigns after protests with dead and injured: Bishops are calling for deep and comprehensive dialogue Lima (Agenzia Fides) - After taking office following the dismissal of President Vizcarra on November 10th (see Fides, 11/11/2020), the President of Parliament Manuel Merino resigned from office yesterday, Sunday, Novembe ...
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  16 November 2020
  ASIA - Jesuit Refugee Service celebrates its 40th anniversary: In times of the pandemic, refugee work is particularly important Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Although much has changed in the last 40 years, our mission to accompany, serve and defend refugees and displaced persons remains the same and remains a necessary and precious service in Asia, wh ...
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  16 November 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - November campaign: "It is time to take care of Evangelization" St. Paul (Agenzia Fides) - "In this period of the year we are all called to support evangelization with a concrete gesture. So that it can be carried out everywhere, in all our dioceses, but also in those places where it ...
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  16 November 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Kidnapped Scheut missionary released Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Sylvain Ronald, Scheut Missionaries (CICM), kidnapped last November 10th, was released in the late evening of November 13th at the Champ de Mars, a few meters from the National Pal ...
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  16 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Electoral victory of the National League for Democracy, which opens up to ethnic parties Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - After the electoral victory in Myanmar, the National League for Democracy (NLD), which received 396 seats in Parliament (six more than in 2015), opens to ethnic parties (i.e. representatives of e ...
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  16 November 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Journalists of a Catholic radio station forced to hide in the forest to escape jihadists Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - A dozen journalists of a Catholic radio station are forced to hide in the forest in northern Mozambique, denounces the National Community Radio Forum (FORCOM), according to which the entire edito ...
• 16 November 2020
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Rundu and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu (Namibia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I. The Holy Fa ...
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  16 November 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch wants social media to be used carefully Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It is certainly not social networks and social media that open the gates of Paradise to the men and women of today. This was underlined by Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church ...
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  16 November 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops' Conference: The success of Ghana's Election depends on Electoral Commission Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We commend the Electoral Commission for all the measures it has put in place to ensure peaceful, free, fair, transparent and credible elections. We call on Ghanaians to repose trust and confidenc ...
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  14 November 2020
  VATICAN - World Day of the Poor: in a true Christian community there are no members who give and others who receive. There are only "neighbors" who share Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to ensure that people who live in poverty can make an active contribution to building an inclusive and just society, a transforming Caritas and a welcoming Church", said the spirit ...
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  14 November 2020
  ASIA/YEMEN - Apostolic Vicar Hinder: "Poverty has increased with war: Christians give hope for a better life" Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Yemen is catastrophic. With the continuation of the conflict, the problem of poverty has worsened: there is hunger, there is a shortage of food, prices have risen due to the hig ...
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  14 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Eritrean refugees in Tigray need protection and help Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Eritrean refugees in Tigray, in the northern region of Ethiopia, must be granted a legal status that protects them. This is what Abba Mussie Zerai, a priest of the eparchy of Asmara, who has ...
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  14 November 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Coronavirus pandemic: Catholics should only celebrate Christmas and other church festivals on a small scale Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic Catholic parishes, communities and movements will have to celebrate Christmas gatherings on a small scale: the Archdiocese of Manila advises all local commun ...
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  14 November 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops appeal to the new government: "Respect for the constitution is fundamental" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray together that the elected will take on their responsibility and that this may have a positive impact on the progress of the country", said the Chairman of the Bolivian Bishops' Conferenc ...
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  14 November 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Court of Appeal accepts the appeal against the illegal expropriation of Christian lands in Iraqi Kurdistan Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - - The Dohuk Court of Appeal, in Iraqi Kurdistan, has reopened the judicial case related to the illegal appropriation of land and buildings belonging to Christian owners, in particular in the Nahla ...