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  20 June 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops: a look at those who have lost their bread, their roof and their jobs, even if they are migrants Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Migrants and Itinerant People (CEMI) has expressed its desire to make visible the vulnerable situation of refugees and migrants, in a message for World Refugee ...
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  20 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian Missionaries: unprecedented numbers of forced displacements, and there are still no answers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today there are 70.8 million people in the world forced to flee, victims of conflicts, persecutions, violence or natural disasters. Of these 25.9 million are recognized refugees. Numbers whose comp ...
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  20 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Is the freedom of movement of goods worth more than that of people? Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Brazil celebrates World Refugee Day with a series of programs and debates on the situation of people forced to leave their land and country that concludes the "Migrant's Week". " ...
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  20 June 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishop of Zomba: "The Church has a central role in dealing with the pandemic" Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - "When Covid 19 arrived in Malawi, we found ourselves unprepared and frightened. So far God has saved us from many deaths compared to Europe and other parts of the world. To date, there are over 50 ...
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  20 June 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Covid-19: the renewal of residence visas for Catholic missionaries is difficult Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary priests in Kazakhstan, as well as all foreigners present in the national territory, may experience problems to stay in the Central Asian country due to the new provisions on entry and ...
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  20 June 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "President, give us peace among Burundians": Archbishop of Gitega at the inauguration of the newly-elected Head of State Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been sworn in, in the presence of the country's civil and religious authorities. Before taking oath, the moderator of the ceremony, Brigadi ...
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  20 June 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Pakistan: the Commission for minorities and respect for human rights Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Paris principles adopted in 1993 by the UN General Assembly stated that if any government institution is part of the Commission, it should be on an advisory position and not in the decision- ...
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  20 June 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Stop war: God is watching us and will hold us accountable for disrespecting and disregarding the sanctity of life" warn Christian leaders Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We the Church in South Sudan are deeply saddened by the escalation of violence in nearly all the States of our country. We strongly deplore the increase in loss of lives and destruction of propert ...
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  19 June 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The pandemic does not stop initiatives to promote pilgrimages along the "Way of the Holy Family" Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The pandemic crisis which is also hitting the Egyptian population does not stop the initiatives put in place by local and national political authorities to encourage the intensification of pilgrim ...
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  19 June 2020
  ASIA - The violent dispute between India and China puts the "Asian pax" at risk New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - High tension between India and China in Kashmir: the first violent clash between the two armies for almost 50 years has triggered a "red alert" in the confrontation between the two Asian power ...
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  19 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "Each Salesian must feel 'one' with the people": 40 years of religious presence Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Araimiri remains the place where the first missionaries planted the Salesian charism on Melanesian soil", writes Fr. Ambrose Pereira, SDB, Director of the Communications Office of the Epis ...
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  19 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Comboni Missionaries: let us contemplate the Heart of Jesus by opening our hearts to the mystery of his love Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This year we celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in a particular context marked by the Covid-19 pandemic which is still causing so much tragedy and pain in the whole world. With t ...
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  19 June 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - More than 80 prisoners receive food assistance thanks to the solidarity of the Church Coro (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Coro continues its social work adapting it to the reality of confinement and the economic crisis that the country is experiencing. Thanks to the support received by Adveniat and ...
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  19 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Humanitarian catastrophe" in Brazil for the pandemic: complaint by the Venezuelan ambassador to the UN Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Tension between Brazil and Venezuela grows after last Tuesday, June 16, the Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Samuel Moncada, denounced the government of Jair Bolsonaro "for crim ...
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  19 June 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishops’ appeal: "Put an end to the atrocity and violence in Cabo Delgado": Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Putting an end to "many atrocities" and "acts of real barbarism" perpetrated in the Cabo Delgado region: is the appeal of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) at the conclusion of its fir ...