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  13 June 2020
  VATICAN - PMS National Directors, collaborators of the Holy Spirit: the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies celebrated online Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Spirit is the true protagonist of the mission of the Church: the Spirit helps to discern in a new and creative way how to be animators of the mission in local churches, in the fiv ...
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  12 June 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops: "do not confuse religious practice with any recreational activity" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The public celebration of Corpus Christi (Corpus Domini) is a very popular feast in Bolivia. In some communities this celebration is so important that the organization is not managed by the paris ...
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  12 June 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a Christian family: new episode of discrimination on a religious basis Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Muslim neighbors have threatened us to leave our home within 24 hours; listening to this threat I dialed the police helpline, but before the police arrived, they started beating me and, ho ...
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  12 June 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - New Prime Minister al Kadhimi visits Mosul and the Nineveh Plain: "Christians, one of the most authentic members of the Country" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians represent one of the most authentic components of Iraq, and it saddens us to see them leave the Country". With these words, new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi, on behalf of th ...
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  12 June 2020
  AFRICA - Youth Lives Matter: religious and political forces united to defend young people from the thriving drug trafficking Kara (Agenzia Fides) - If on one hand the international activist movement 'Black lives matter' continues to protest against racist violence on the streets of the United States and other areas of the world, in Africa the ...
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  12 June 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Death of President Nkurunziza: Bishops' message of condolences Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sincere condolences for the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza, especially to his family and the government he led. We know that there is no one else who can comfort them, ex ...
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  12 June 2020
  AFRICA - "Africa and Europe united to revive multilateral cooperation", hope the Bishops of the two continents Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are firmly convinced that Africa and Europe could become the engines for the revitalization of multilateral cooperation", say the Bishops of Africa and Europe in a declaration signed by Cardina ...
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  12 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Covid-19: now more than ever, urgent need to protect children and adolescents from child labor" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Brazil joins the World Day against the exploitation of Child Labor, which is celebrated throughout the world today, June 12th. As Pope Francis recalled at the end of the general a ...
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  12 June 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Day of the Ecuadorian Missionary Ad Gentes Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "On June 12 we celebrate the Ecuadorian missionary Ad Gentes, we want to congratulate all the Ecuadorian missionaries who have left their home to go to other lands bringing the good news of the Go ...
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  10 June 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Chikungunya alert: precautions against Covid-19 increase Kassala (Agenzia Fides) - The spreading of Chikungunya, the pandemic fever that caused the death of so many people in the country just a couple of years ago (see Fides, 15/11/2015) is causing concern in the State of Kass ...
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  10 June 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In addition to the pandemic: the historical virus of violence and the abandonment of the state and corruption increases Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to the pandemic, the Department of Chocò is suffering from the growth of the historical virus of violence, abandonment of the state and corruption", is what we read in the first lin ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Pandemic and Pancasila: the Charter of the five principles, the "guiding beacon" for care, cooperation and brotherhood Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - " Pancasila establishes how to behave towards others. With humanity, and consent in the national interest, which must be placed before our individual interest; finally it wants to see us engaged ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA - Asian Churches promote hope and compassion in the time of the pandemic Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches in Asia are authentic lighthouses of hope and compassion in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. "Churches live and play a crucial role in accompanying suffering people and co ...
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  10 June 2020
  VATICAN - Secretary General of POSPA: "Prayer and charity, even in times of pandemic, are the channels for carrying out the mission of evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In general, the Covid-19 pandemic can be considered to have caused fewer victims in Africa. Faced with this disease, many people in sub-Saharan Africa keep calm. They are in fact accustome ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Egyptian Fatwa" against those who want to re-transform Ayasofya in Mosque. The pronouncement of the Council of State is awaited Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Council of State, in a session put on the agenda for next Thursday 2 July, will consider opening the monumental complex of Ayasofya to Islamic worship again, reversing the decision ...