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  15 July 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ayasofya, Erdogan’s Party responds to criticism: religious freedom has increased with our governments Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - "Our silent revolutions in the field of religious freedom" is the title of the dossier prepared in record time by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Party as a response to the negative re ...
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  15 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Thanks for the good seeds that you have sown during your life": the Church remembers the late Prime Minister Coulibaly Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Brothers and sisters, when we are no longer in this world, what we will leave are the seeds that we have sown in the hearts of men. All the rest is vanity", said His Exc. Mgr. Alexis Touably Yo ...
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  15 July 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - On the journey with the Virgin of Carmen, united to build a more just and supportive society Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The precariousness and fragility, in addition to the pandemic, forces all of us, in particular the authorities, representatives and leaders of society, to put aside personal and sectoral inter ...
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  15 July 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The faithful pray for the prompt release of Fr. Amadasun Idahosa, victim of kidnapping for extortion Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Catholic faithful yesterday trooped down to churches across Edo State to offer special prayers for the release of Rev. Amadasun Idahosa who was kidnapped a few days ago along the Beni ...
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  14 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Ministers of the Sick celebrate their founder: "The pandemic we are going through is not a divine scourge" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In a situation that makes us aware that we are all potentially sick, for us, animated by the charisma of Camillo de Lellis, the announcement of Christian hope becomes even more urgent and perhaps ...
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  14 July 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A group of Bishops has asked President Moreno for the resignation of the Minister of Health Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of 10 cities in Ecuador have sent a public letter to President Lenín Moreno asking for the resignation of the Minister of Health, Juan Carlos Zevallos. The Prelates ask President Leni ...
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  14 July 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Towards the Youth Missionary Congress and Missionary month of October, despite the crisis Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We live immersed in general chaos present at all levels of social and personal life: often non-existent basic public services, political actions separated from the common good and development, ...
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  14 July 2020
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Covid-19; The Bishops of Senegal postpone the opening of the churches Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite our common thirst to find our way back to our churches, we, your Bishops, urge you to be patient in faith and in Hope", say the Bishops of Senegal in announcing the decision to keep churc ...
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  14 July 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The issue of migrants has a strong impact on freedom of press and expression Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The management of the relationship with migrants in Malaysia, characterized in recent months by deportations and arrests, has raised concerns on behalf of organizations defending human righ ...
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  14 July 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: churches re-open for worship next Sunday Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Churches in Nairobi are set to reopen on July 19 in strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols from the Government.. "I urge you to take these guidelines seriously so that we may adequately ...
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  14 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Sisi starts development projects in the area of St. Catherine's Monastery Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - While Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reopens the former Byzantine basilica of Hagia Sophia for Islamic worship, in Egypt President Abdel Fattah al Sisi launches development projects aimed ...
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  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of the Rector of the St. Paul Inter-diocesan Major Seminary of Juba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 May 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Baptist Karim Bazawi Michel Moura, of the diocesan clergy of Tomb ...
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  14 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches re-open and pastoral activities begin again; St. Nino parish burns in church fire Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We have resumed celebrating masses, with due caution and respecting the measures indicated by the government. We have seen some people cry and were moved in taking part in the Eucharist, after ...
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  13 July 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Nuncio: "In order to achieve reconciliation, one must have the intention and I believe that a large part of Colombia wants it" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "To achieve reconciliation, one must have the intention and I believe that a large part of Colombia wants it, especially in the regions most affected by the war. But it cannot be achieved overnig ...
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  13 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal to political and religious leaders: seize the opportunity for peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of important national elections and the 21st century Panglong Conference, we appeal directly to all Myanmar leaders and religious leaders to listen to each other and decide to seek the g ...