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  11 November 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The (Muslim) Minister of religious endowments: together to protect churches and mosques from attacks Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There is no difference between those who die to protect a church or a mosque from attacks, said Egyptian Minister for Religious Endowments, Mohammed Mukhtar Juma, as part of an initiative forum fo ...
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  11 November 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Faith during the pandemic: anti-Covid confessionals in the Catholic Cathedral of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Cathedral in Seoul guarantees the faithful access to the sacrament of confession even during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, the Catholic Cathedral of Seoul has equipped conf ...
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  11 November 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "The well-being of the population must have priority in politics" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The well-being of the population must prevail over all other political considerations. No political compromise should call into question the need for the government to do everything it can to ...
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  11 November 2020
  VATICAN - Family: Domestic Church, Missionary Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The latest issue of the Bulletin of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) is dedicated to the Christian family in the world today. Citing various documents of the Magisterium ...
• 11 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Merauke Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C., currently Bishop of the Diocese of Amboina, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Merauke (In ...
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  10 November 2020
  ASIA - Uncertain path of "front-wheel drive" democracy in Central Asia Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - There is a cultural, social and economic political component, that is a common characteristic in the Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the ...
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  10 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians in Pakistan: caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and offenses against religions sow hatred in the world Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Disseminating caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, the Prophet of Islam, creates disharmony among nations, countries and religions in the world and has a negative influence on world peace". Thi ...
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  10 November 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting between the Pope and the recently released Italian missionary in Mali, Father Pierluigi Maccalli, SMA Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a moment of great emotion. I never thought I would one day find myself face to face with the Pope, to be able to shake his hand", Father Gigi Maccalli told Agenzia Fides immediately after m ...
• 10 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, the Reverend Noel Saw Naw Aye, of the clergy of Yangon, until now Procurator of the Archdiocese of Y ...
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  10 November 2020
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Controversial ceasefire agreement for Nagorno-Karabakh: "For many Armenians this is a surrender" Stepanakert (Agenzia Fides) - "When weapons are silent there is always hope. But for many Armenians, the ceasefire agreement represents only a surrender. Evidently, there was currently no other viable solution for the Ar ...
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  10 November 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Dehumanization and violence in society: "Why has life lost its value?" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent weeks, worrying facts have come to light: the discovery of the bodies of two dismembered children in the historic center of Mexico City; classmates bullying against a high school ...
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  10 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Conflict in the Tigray region: the first Ethiopian displaced persons seek refuge in Sudan Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The first Ethiopian refugees and soldiers crossed the Sudanese border on November 9th and fled from the ongoing fighting in the Tigray region. As reported in the Sudanese press, the Ethiopi ...
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  10 November 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Time of hope, time of concern, but "it's always time of God" Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (CEU) met from 3 to 7 November in Florida. In the press release published at the end of the work, sent to Fides, they inform that they started ...
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  9 November 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Hurricane Eta causes great damage in Central America: Bishops ask for help Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Inspired by the parable of the Good Samaritan, we Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala would like to convey a similar message of solidarity and closeness to the regions of th ...
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  9 November 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The PMS for Ethiopia: opportunity for education to help break the vicious cycle of poverty Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Support and promote the educational path of children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Ethiopia, an African country where interethnic tensions threaten a new civil war: this is the initiative of ...