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  13 November 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Student protests: Parliament sets up "committee of experts" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Although there are no longer protest marches in the squares of the capital Bangkok and other Thai cities, the situation in the country remains tense after nine months of public demonstrations, m ...
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  13 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Arrest warrant for the Muslim religious who celebrated the Islamic wedding of Catholic minor Arzoo Raja Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the decision of the Karachi Court to arrest the Islamic religious involved in forced conversion and in the religious celebration of illegal marriages, with minors belonging to religi ...
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  13 November 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Death of former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Former President of the Republic of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings died at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on November 12 after a short illness. 73-year-old JJ Rawlings fell ill after his mother' ...
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  13 November 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Appeal for the release of a kidnapped Scheut missionary Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - According to local press reports, Father Sylvain Ronald of the Scheut Missionaries (CICM) was kidnapped by armed men on November 10th in Delmas, Haiti. The Haitian Religious Conference im ...
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  13 November 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Sokoto: "Protests are an opportunity for the Church to guide young people to the path of dialogue" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - This is a great opportunity for the Church to guide its youth so as to guarantee a firm moral foundation for politics in the country. To this effect, the principles enunciated in the Holy Father� ...
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  13 November 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Conflict in Nagorno Karabakh: solidarity from the Catholic Patriarchs in Lebanon towards "Armenian brothers and sisters, wounded in their dignity" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon declare their solidarity with "the Armenian brothers and sisters in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, whose dignity has been wounded and who are affected by the co ...
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  13 November 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops publish message for autumn assembly: "Crisis can strengthen community" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Mexican Bishops address the pilgrim People of God in Mexico in the midst of a profound crisis which is exacerbated by the unexpected Covid-19 pandemic". The message that the Bishops' Co ...
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  13 November 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Devastating drought for the communities of Tarvita Chuquisaca (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of a devastating drought which affects half of the communities in Tarvita in the Chuquisaca department (Bolivia), the residents have set out for the mountains to ask God for rain, ...
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  12 November 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Appeal of the Bishops on the need to listen to the population and to act while thinking of Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to continue and promote the fight against all faces of corruption which has revealed a social cancer that must be definitively cured. Therefore, we must not stop. The commitment and r ...
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  12 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New missionary Bishop in Papua, Apostle of peace in a troubled region Merauke (Agenzia Fides) - Msgr. Petrus Canisius Mandagi, religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC), is the new Archbishop of Merauke in Papua, a peripheral region of Indonesia, located in the western part o ...
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  12 November 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "We want to be signs of unity, communion and hope for all, even more so in this time of pandemic" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ecuador reaffirm their commitment to "announce, dream and accompany" the pilgrim people in Ecuador, being a sign of unity, communion and hope for all men and women of good will. Thi ...
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  12 November 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas extends project for children with Down syndrome to people with other disabilities Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Caritas project to promote the social and professional reintegration of children with Down syndrome in Kazakhstan will be expanded to include people with other disabilities. Fr. Guido Trezzan ...
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  12 November 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Another 200 families of Christian displaced persons return to Mosul and the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - There are about two hundred families of Christian displaced people who in recent weeks and in the near future have already returned or are preparing to return to their areas of origin, in the neig ...
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  12 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Over 10,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan; the Prime Minister claims victory in Tigray, but at the moment there are no confirmations Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 Ethiopians fleeing the ongoing fighting in the Tigray region have fled to Sudan in the last two days. This is what humanitarian agencies report, according to which hundreds ...
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  12 November 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: the Covid emergency does not stop the tragedies in the Mediterranean Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The umpteenth tragedy in the Mediterranean, which caused the death of 6 migrants, is the umpteenth signal given to the Governments in Europe and the world that the world's crises have not stopped ...