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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 ...
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  19 June 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Covid-19: after the death of a fifth religious a convent has been turned into a COVID-19 quarantine facility Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The convent of the Congregation of the Precious Blood Sisters in South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Umtata has been turned into a COVID-19 quarantine facility after a fifth member of the ...
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  19 June 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Koranic education in Punjab universities compulsory: Christians disapprove Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "I ask the governor of Punjab, Chaudhry Sarwar, to review this decision and to work for inclusive, truly valuable education that promotes human rights and can be offered to students of all religi ...
• 19 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Rabaul and appointment of the new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, presented by Archbishop Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B. The Pope has appointed ...
• 19 June 2020
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mandeville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Bishop of the diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica, the Reverend John Derek Persaud, of the clergy of Georgetown, currently vicar general, vicar for the clergy an ...
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  18 June 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - A second group of Bolivians return to their country thanks to the intervention of the Church Copiapó (Agenzia Fides) - This time 42 Bolivian citizens returned to their country on the night of Tuesday 16 June. The journey was made possible thanks to the commitment of the Bishopric of Copiapó (Chile) and to two ...
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  18 June 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Despite the pandemic, Haitians celebrate Our Lady of Perpetual Help, invoking her to get out of the crisis Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haiti experiences the worst historical moment of recent times, for economic and social stability, to which is added the health emergency, which affects not only the poorest country in Ame ...
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  18 June 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Vocational Month: towards a new time of evangelization Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, June is Vocational Month in the Church in Uruguay and Mgr. Luis Eduardo González, Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo and at the head of the Vocations and Ministries Department of ...
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  18 June 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The accusation of #CoronaJihad rekindles hostility towards Muslim minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In early June, over 2,200 foreign members of the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) Islamic missionary organization that visited India and took part in religious meetings, were included in a list of people ...
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  18 June 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ: Chaldean patriarch to Christian politicians: it is a difficult time for us, let's meet to face our fears and our future together Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - An "extraordinary" meeting of the Chaldean Patriarch with the Parties and civil organizations in which Iraqi Christians militate, to face together in a global way all the difficulties and social ...
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  18 June 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops appeal to the government: private schools must be supported, which render a service to the nation Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the Philippines many private schools, including numerous Catholic schools, risk the definitive closure due to lockdown, the suspension of teaching and the lack of enrollees amid the pandemic. ...
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  18 June 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Violence, pandemic, foreign interference: the nation without peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - An armed group has taken up arms again in the Central African Republic and is bringing back tension in the Bozoum region in the west of the Country. The emergency is added to the spread of the co ...
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  18 June 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Attacks on farmers are likely to lead us to hunger" denounces the Bishop of Awka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Attacks by herdsmen against farmers are a severe threat capable of increasing hunger in the country" said His Exc. Mgr. Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor, Bishop of Awka. "We all know the economic i ...
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  17 June 2020
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Bishops praise the non-prescription proposal for crimes of abuse Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister of Justice of Quebec, Sonia LeBel, has recently presented a bill to modify the civil code and, in particular, to ensure that civil actions in the field of sexual violence, child abus ...
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  17 June 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We are all Amazon": Mgr. Ojea calls for anti-Covid emergency measures also for the inhabitants of the Amazon Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of San Isidro and president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, Mgr. Oscar Vicente Ojea, participated in a virtual meeting in which, together with the specialists, talked abou ...