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  16 September 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 50 dead in the gold mine collapse in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are those who wonder why a person should work for 3 euros an hour, or harvest tomatoes for one euro per box, or like young people from Kamituga (Kivu, eastern Congo) dig makeshift mines w ...
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  15 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cathedral in Manila reopens, cemeteries close to commemorate the dead Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, in the heart of the area of Intramuros, reopens to the public and to worship on Wednesday 16 September after six months of closure due to the ...
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  15 September 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Month of September: "the Word of God at the center of our evangelization" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - With the motto "The Word of God ... which is now at work in you who believe" (1 Thes 2, 13), the Church in Uruguay, like many other nations of Latin America, celebrates the Month of the Word of ...
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  15 September 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Two years after the kidnapping of Fr. Gigi Maccalli: "There is always, somewhere, someone who betrays friends" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "It was night when they took you away and since then two years of darkness have passed, only interrupted by a short video message on 24 March, the first and for now the only sign of life. There h ...
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  15 September 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - A priest entirely dedicated to the marginalized has been killed Como (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning Don Roberto Malgesini was murdered in Como by a homeless man with mental problems": this was announced by the diocese of Como, where the priest, 51 years old, originally from Valtelli ...
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  15 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new Emergency Department at the Catholic hospital in Hyderabad Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new Emergency Department, equipped with cutting-edge technologies, has been inaugurated at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Hyderabad, a Catholic health facility managed by the diocese, with 150 ...
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  15 September 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Meeting between two Bishops and President Kiir: "Let's work together for peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "A very productive and successful meeting". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, defined the meeting together with His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Amenyu, Archb ...
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  15 September 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Grand Imam of al Azhar: Islam and Christianity have never been at the root of wars Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe with certainty that Islam and Christianity have never been the origin of wars and conflicts, but rather religious faiths represent the opposite of conflicts and wars in which they are ...
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  15 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A call to social friendship from the Archbishop of Bogotà: "We cannot remain indifferent" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Friendship is a strong motivation to work, true friendship helps us to overcome frustrations, friendship gives us wisdom. Today in Bogota and Colombia, in the neighborhoods and on the streets, w ...
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  14 September 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Arana: "It is urgent to build a culture of reconciliation, politicians must avoid clashes in this pre-electoral period" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "An urgency for our time, especially for us Bolivians, is to work to build a culture of reconciliation, where forgiveness, listening and respect allow us to live together, despite our differences ...
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  14 September 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Towards Mission Sunday - "Here I am send me": the poor and simple in Foya understand Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "Our small presence, with Fr. Walter Maccalli (Fr. Pierluigi’s brother, kidnapped in Niger two years ago) in the parish of Foya, is important in order to accompany the whole Lofa county in faith" ...
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  14 September 2020
  AFRICA/ERITREA - The Italian School of Asmara, a precious educational center, closes Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian school of Asmara has closed its doors. Born in 1903, it survived the period of colonialism, the British protectorate, the period of the Negus, that of the communist dictatorship and c ...
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  14 September 2020
  ASIA - Asia is the continent most exposed to climate change and risks Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Earth's climate is changing after more than 10,000 years of relative stability, and Asia is the continent most exposed to sudden changes that are fraught with consequences for human commun ...
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  14 September 2020
  AMERICA - Red Clamor calls on Europe for a humanitarian corridor after the fire at Moria camp Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Red Clamor, the organization that brings together men and women committed to accompanying, defending, promoting and including displaced persons, migrants and refugees who are in the region of Lat ...
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  14 September 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plain celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross Teleskof (Agenzia Fides) - The persistent difficulties following the jihadist invasion of 2014 and the new problems linked to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have not prevented Christians of the Nineveh Plain from ce ...