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  30 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Networking and cultivating new migration strategies: the Scalabrinians in the hottest border areas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment to support migration is a "great light" that allows us to pursue new challenges and strategies for dialogue and comparison among peoples. The opportunity to take stock of migration a ...
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  30 June 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Wars, violence, famines, ebola and now coronavirus: Congolese children increasingly at risk; the testimony of a missionary Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The ruthless picture that portrays the condition of Congolese children, making it emerge as one of the most worrying in the world, comes from UNICEF. The decades of war and political instabilit ...
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  30 June 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul during the pandemic Nehuentue (Agenzia Fides) - Since fishermen, divers and their families are already part of the tradition of the coastal sector of La Araucanía, together with the community of San Roque de Nehuentue, de la Costa de Trovo ...
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  30 June 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Help from the bishops to the poor population after the earthquake Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of Mexico have spoken out to help those affected by the latest earthquake in the southern state of Oaxaca which caused the death of at least five people. "We put ourselves under the ...
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  30 June 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Congratulations to the new President; we hope he will keep his election promises" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "We wish to extend our hearty congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President-Elect of the Republic of Malawi and Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, Vice President-Elect of th ...
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  30 June 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Bizzeti's proposal: to dedicate a road in Iskenderun to Luigi Padovese Iskenderun (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Luigi Padovese, Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia, killed in Iskenderun on June 3, 2010, "contributed with many of his initiatives and theological conferences organized by him to make the sp ...
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  27 June 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message from the Bishops to the police: "If you want peace, work for justice" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the wake of the recent deaths of African Americans in police custody and the national discussion on police reform and racial justice, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman ...
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  27 June 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Covid-19: one of the many emergencies that mark the life of Rohingya refugees Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - “Rohingya people living in Bangladeshi refugee camps are victims of the violent and traumatic uprooting from their homeland in Myanmar; victims of the health emergencies such as dysentery ...
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  27 June 2020
  VATICAN - Assistance thanks to the PMS Fund for the Covid-19 emergency in Chad and Kenya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Doba, in Chad, has also seen schools, churches, public places and other gathering centers closed following the provisions issued to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. An importan ...
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  27 June 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Ethiopian domestic workers, victims of Covid-19 and the economic crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - They are women who have lost everything: home, work, salary. Not knowing where to go, they camped in front of their consulate in Beirut, Lebanon. Ethiopian domestic workers are victims of the cor ...
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  27 June 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - The traditional ecumenical celebrations of 29 June at "St. Peter's Grotto" in Antioch will not be held due to Covid-19 Antakya (Agenzia Fides) - This year, in the city of Antakya - the ancient Antioch on the Orontes, currently in Turkish territory - baptized Catholics, Orthodox and apostolic Armenians will not be able to live together th ...
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  27 June 2020
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The PMS National Director: "Tracing new paths in the wake of the mission" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the emergency of Covid-19 this year prevented us from meeting the Holy Father in person in the annual General Assembly dedicated to the Pontifical Mission Societies, it was equally very ...
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  27 June 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Initiative of a religious order to help families in difficulty due to Covid-19 Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since there is lockdown and limited movements, most people are staying at home and are not able to do casual jobs for their economic sustainability. So, we have people coming to our Convent ...
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  27 June 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Laudato Sì year, opportunity for pastoral and missionary renewal in Latin America Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The special year dedicated to the encyclical "Laudato Sì" will be a fruitful opportunity for pastoral renewal and evangelization in Latin America. Exponents of the Churches who have accepte ...
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  26 June 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Alarm for the health situation and social indiscipline in Chocò Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the patronal feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Patroness of the diocese of Quibdó, Mgr. Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto, strongly denounced the precariousness of the health system an ...