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  30 September 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico is the main destination for Central American migrants Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico's border with Guatemala, which had been closed due to the pandemic, was reopened a few days ago, and the number of migrants arriving in Mexico is already increasing. The note sent to Fi ...
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  30 September 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In Saint Laurent parish of Yopougon Kouté, a committee on social cohesion, for peaceful elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "After the unfortunate experiences of the past in 2010 and especially the recent events after the speech of the President of the Republic on August 6th, the Catholic parish has decided to set up ...
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  29 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel have been extended for another year Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines (1521-2021) has been extended for another year due to the coronavirus pandemic. As Agenzia Fides learns, a ...
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  29 September 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Church promotes interreligious initiatives during the pandemic Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Singapore promotes cohesion and collaboration with other religious communities, in order to contribute to peace and social harmony, during the time marked by the Covid-1 ...
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  29 September 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - A missionary: "With the separation between State and religion, the Country gives space to plurality" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The agreement on the separation between State and religion, signed by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the leadership of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) is certainly goo ...
• 29 September 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Gambella Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B., titular of Ambia, and until now vicar apostolic of Awasa, as vicar apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 29 ...
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  29 September 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Towards Mission Sunday - The National Director of the PMS: "The proclamation of the Gospel is a gift to be shared" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians, followers of Jesus, our lifestyle must reflect our faith, it questions us deeply about who we are and what we live for. We are not alone: Christ is the silent listener of every c ...
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  29 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mother of Sister Gloria, kidnapped in Mali in 2017, died awaiting her return Pasto (Agenzia Fides) - The mother of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, the Colombian nun kidnapped while on a mission in Mali on 7 February 2017, died in Pasto. Ms. Rosita Argoty de Narváez was 87 years old, and she did ...
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  29 September 2020
  AMERICA/ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - First mission opened in Belle Vue: the work of the Redemptorists celebrates its first year Kingstown (Agenzia Fides) - About a year ago, the Redemptorist missionaries accepted the task of opening a mission in the south of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), a nation in the southern part of the Caribbean, for ...
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  29 September 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A "Statute" for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - An easily understandable and uniform instrument for regulating the "internal affairs" of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, is intended to bring the administration of the various institution ...
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  29 September 2020
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Cardinal Maradiaga: politicians must fulfil what they promise in the electoral campaign Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "A politician is not applauded for his good intentions or for his promises in time of elections, but when he fulfils what he said": this is what Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, ...
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  28 September 2020
  EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Towards World Mission Day - Let's try to be the messengers of the missions and their best ambassadors Sarajevo (Agenzia Fides) - "As Pope Francis highlighted in his message for Mission Sunday 2020, I would like first of all to thank the Creator for the gift of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019, which the ...
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  28 September 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - The Catholic community on the front line to limit the spread of Covid-19 Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - With a project that will involve 6 thousand inhabitants of the town of Qubodiyon and 12 thousand people - including inmates and prison guards - in the penitentiary of the same district, the Taj ...
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  28 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year of Youth in Pakistan: the Church presents the translation of the Bible in Urdu of the "Youcat" youth Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we are happy to have put the Bible in the hands of our young people; I hope that this gift will help our young people to draw closer, in a relationship with Jesus Christ, who is the living ...
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  28 September 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Hate speech" in the Turkish press is rampant. Greeks, Armenians and Syrians targeted Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Also in 2019 the so-called "hate speech", speeches that express denigration and incitement to contempt towards individuals and human groups identified on a national, ethnic or religious basis, ...