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  25 June 2020
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - The Church in Lesotho, despite the conditions imposed by Covid-19, its evangelizing mission continues Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - "To date Lesotho has seen just seventeen confirmed cases of COVID-19 making it the lowest country in the Southern African Region. So far, only 2130 persons have been tested in a national populati ...
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  25 June 2020
  AFRICA - The appeal to ceasefire for the Covid-19 crisis has not been received in Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The clarion call for a ceasefire amid COVID-19 crisis in areas of armed conflicts by world leaders including the Holy Father and the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, have been di ...
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  24 June 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Archbishop Vargas: "A policy of indecision generates a debt with many wounds and painful consequences, not only for the indigenous world" Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Héctor Vargas Bastidas, Bishop of Temuco and President of the Indigenous Pastoral Care of the Chilean Episcopal Conference (CECh), in an interview published in the Diario Austral of the cit ...
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  24 June 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Mission of the Brothers of the Holy Cross in the field of education: a contribution to the common good Dhaka (Agenza Fides) - In Bangladesh, the Brothers of the Holy Cross manage some of the best educational institutes and are very popular among people of non-Christian faith. The population has the utmost respect for thei ...
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  24 June 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops appeal to authorities for the violation of human rights in the community of San Mateo del Mar Tehuantepec (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep concern" Mgr. Crispín Ojeda Martínez, Bishop of the diocese of Tehuantepéc, and Mgr. Arturo Lona Reyes, Bishop Emeritus and President of the Human Rights Center "Tepeyac" AC, a ...
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  24 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Municipal elections: "Good politics is at the service of life and peace" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In this year 2020, if there are no changes in the electoral calendar, elections will be held to choose mayors and councilors in the 5570 Brazilian municipalities. South Region 2 of the National ...
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  24 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - New evangelization: "Kerygma Program" presented Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "We must strengthen our Catholic faith and prepare lay people, priests and religious to be new evangelizers", said Father Victor Roche svd, Secretary of the Commission for New Evangelizatio ...
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  24 June 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Rape is repulsive, reprehensible and dehumanizing" says Mgr. Kaigama in the face of the increase in sexual crimes Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The increasing cases of the heinous crime of rape are frightening. The rape culture is as repulsive and reprehensible as it is dehumanizing", Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Abuja said Sunday ...
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  24 June 2020
  AFRICA/MALI - Cardinal Zerbo: Catholic sentinels and mediators among violence and conflict Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of this difficult situation, we religious are sentinels and act as mediators to encourage dialogue and a return to calm". In the chaos in Mali, overwhelmed by post-election politica ...
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  24 June 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Covid-19, Phase 2: registration of the faithful online to participate in Masses Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has been working very closely with government authorities throughout this COVID-19 situation. "After the announcement of Phase 2 of the reopening of the c ...
• 24 June 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of the Bishop of Lashio and successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Lashio (Myanmar), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Philip Lasap Za Hawng. He is succeeded by His Exc. Mgr ...
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  23 June 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr. Olivera hopes to "Regain true credibility in justice, without ideologies" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Santiago Olivera, published a letter in La Nación newspaper on Saturday 20 June, when Flag Day and the anniversary of the death of General Manuel Belgrano, an important person because ...
• 23 June 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan theological seminary of Conakry Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 March 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Francois Sylla, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Conakry as R ...
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  23 June 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Saving young people from drugs instead of blaming each other on dirty money Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Jesús Castro Marte, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, criticized the parties' attitude towards the proposals they present to the electorate, asking that they in ...
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  23 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pastoral care and evangelization in the current situation: cycle of online theological dialogues Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - "Christian spirituality in a time of pandemic" was the topic of reflection by Portuguese Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Archivist and Librarian of the Vatican Apostolic Archive, w ...