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  20 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - About 300 detainees of the prison in Kangbayi on the run: "The people are afraid" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 detainees escaped today, when a group of armed men attacked Kangbayi Central Prison in Beni, north of Kivu, in eastern DRC at 4 a.m. As a representative of the Center for Studies ...
• 20 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - World Mission Sunday 2020: Diocese of Yopougon sends lay persons on a mission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians and ambassadors, we are the voice of Jesus Christ in our respective environment", said Fr. Harold Kouakou on Sunday 18 October, in his homily on the occasion of the official celeb ...
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  20 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of legally recognized Christian churches rises to 1738 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian government recently issued a new decree in which it recognizes the full compliance of another 45 churches and 55 adjoining buildings, with the provisions governing the construction of ...
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  20 October 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Family, freedom, dignity and social justice: the pillars on which to build the country Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Rolando José Álvarez, Bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa, in his homily on Sunday, October 18, indicated four fundamental elements which must contribute to the "moral" construction of ...
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  20 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Campaign for the release of the Jesuit accused of sedition on the basis of manipulated evidence New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will be relentless until Father Stan Swamy and all human rights defenders who are falsely imprisoned are released unconditionally. We are alongside those who dedicate their lives to the m ...
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  19 October 2020
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The Church in Algeria: "a jug full of fresh water", a mission of proximity Oran (Agenzia Fides) - "I symbolize the mission in Algeria which I have been experiencing for more than 10 years, like a jug full of fresh water representing the love of God with which we are filled and the way in which ...
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  19 October 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: "the country calls for a change of attitude of all political leaders" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the virtual meeting of the Episcopal Commissions, held last week, the Bishops of Venezuela presented their Pastoral Exhortation "On the social, economic, moral and political situat ...
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  19 October 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Great participation and respect for all in yesterday's poll La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Congratulations to the Bolivian people for the electoral day lived in peace and respect for all, with great participation, freely expressing their sovereign will for the future of Bolivia": with ...
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  19 October 2020
  VATICAN - India, Panama and Honduras recipients of aid from the PMS Fund for the Covid emergency Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Church in India has reached and provided assistance to several million people, especially the poorest and those in vulnerable conditions. Indian C ...
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  19 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer for the Missions as part of a Eucharistic Adoration organized by the "Jesus Youth" movement Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of the pandemic, this call to the evangelizing mission is always more important. The Jesus Youth movement (JY) observed the 'Jesus Youth International Mission Week', from 10 Octobe ...
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  19 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Request from the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans to the Head of State for the proclamation of Christmas as a public holiday for all Iraqis Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A bill to have Christmas Day officially recognized as a public holiday throughout Iraq is the concrete request that the Babylonian Patriarch of the Chaldeans Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, present ...
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  19 October 2020
  VATICAN - After the Angelus, Pope Francis recalls the missionaries "who sow the Gospel in the great field of the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian Angelus prayer, the Holy Father yesterday recalled the celebration of Mission Sunday with these words: "Today we celebrate World Mission Day, which has the theme “Here I ...
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  19 October 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Joint projects for interreligious dialogue within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between Vatican-Kazakhstan Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Kazakh Center for the Development of Interfaith and Inter-civil Dialogue 'Nursultan Nazarbayev' (NJSC) have signed a Memorandum of Under ...
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  19 October 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Tense presidential election results Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The results of the first round of the presidential election on October 18th is expected, in an atmosphere of tension. The two main candidates are outgoing President Alpha Condé, and Cellou Dale ...
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  17 October 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Missionaries: give hope amid conflicts, pandemics, poverty, natural disasters Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The peace process continues, but very slowly. The appointment of the regional governors, after the formation of the national transitional government, was a very significant step forward that can b ...