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  14 September 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A life for the mission: Fr. Richard Timm, "great soul" for 66 years at the service of Bangladesh Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - His life as a Catholic missionary in Bangladesh is considered legendary: Father Richard William Timm (1923-2020), American Catholic priest and religious of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (CSC) ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Marian pilgrimage "in digital form", but faith remains strong Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year we celebrate the feast of Mother Mary, on 8 September, by organizing a three-day national pilgrimage to Mariamabad, the 'city of Mary' in the Archdiocese of Lahore. The pilgrimage inv ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic priest found dead in his room, due to gunshots Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Nomer de Lumen, a Catholic priest of the diocese of Antipolo, suffragan of the archdiocese of Manila, was found dead due to gunshots in his room on 9 September. He was 32 years old. This is ...
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  11 September 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Excellent results with online teaching; now the challenge is to reopen face-to-face courses", says the Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University of Malawi Rev Dr. George Buleya during a seminar for academic staff, praised the faculty for their commitment to continue teaching, despite the cl ...
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  11 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards Missionary Day: "Cybermission, Gospel without borders" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, of the Benedict XVI Center for Theological Studies, organized "Cyber mission, Gospel without borders" course, which aims to offer the necessary ...
• 11 September 2020
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Nothing is too little": appeal by the Country's bishops to fight Covid and hunger Monze (Agenzia Fides) - "Brothers and sisters, nothing is too little", declared the bishop of Monze, Mgr. Moses Hamungole in reference to the precariousness of resources that plunges the country in the grip of the Covid1 ...
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  11 September 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Thirtieth anniversary of the basilica of Notre Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro: "it is a challenge to promote peace in the Country" according to the Apostolic Administrator Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - 10 September 1990 - 10 September 2020, 30 years ago, the Basilica of Notre Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro (in the center of the Country) was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in the presenc ...
• 11 September 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of the Bishop of Gweru Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Rudolf Nyandoro, currently Bishop of Gokwe, as Bishop of the Diocese of Gweru (Zimbabwe). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 11/9/2020) ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: the proposal on "Lebanese neutrality" is not aimed "against" Hezbollah Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal to reaffirm the so-called "Lebanese neutrality", indicated in recent months on several occasions by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai as a way out of the crisis in Lebanon, shou ...
• 11 September 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops for Independence Day: "let us celebrate our freedom as a gift and as a commitment" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "You have been called to freedom" (Gal 5:13): this is the biblical verse that opens the Message of the Bishops of Guatemala, published with the date of September 8, on the occasion of the ...
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  10 September 2020
  EUROPE/GREECE - "Europe should not be blind and deaf": appeals after the fire at Moria refugee camp Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The fire at Moria refugee camp, in Lesbos, confirms once again that the States of all of Europe cannot be blind to a crisis dictated by wanting to turn their backs on those who ask for help. We ca ...
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  10 September 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Feast of the Virgin of Caacupé: Mgr. Valenzuela complains about the violence and "the great absence of God in our life" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people, at different times, participated in the liturgical celebrations in honor of the Virgin of the Miracles of Caacupé, on the day of the feast of her birth, 8 September, alway ...
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  10 September 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - First religious profession in the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the nativity of the Virgin Mary on 8 September, the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) welcomed 14 new members in Kinshasa. After a year of novitiate, these ...
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  10 September 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The odyssey of Eritrean refugees, forced to starve, rejected, victims of traffickers Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia run the risk of being repatriated. The government of Addis Ababa no longer considers them in need of humanitarian protection. At the same time, Ethiopia no long ...
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  10 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The young Indian Catholic at the UN: Laudato Sì is a source of inspiration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Sì is a precious source of inspiration for the commitment in defense of mother earth and in the fight against the climate crisis. I regularly draw inspirat ...