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  5 March 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas meeting of the Bolivarian area Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The identity of Caritas is seen in our service, it is within us", said Ricardo Calle, Pastoral Councilor of Caritas Peru, on the occasion of the meeting of the Bolivarian area held from 2 to 4 Mar ...
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  5 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of religious leaders to the State and the international community: to guarantee justice for the murder of Saleem Masih Lahore (Agenia Fides) - Outrage and condemnation for "a barbaric, inhuman and atrocious crime"; request to provincial and federal governments to "punish the killers firmly"; appeal to international organizations to promo ...
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  4 March 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Yes to women, Yes to life": a great prayer for life on 8 March announced by the Bishops Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebration of International Women's Day, March 8, and on the occasion of the legislative discussion of the project to legalize abortion, the Executive Commission of the Arge ...
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  4 March 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops lead a peaceful protest march in Abuja: "No more massacres of innocent civilians" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are protesting against the brutal killings of innocent Nigerians by Boko Haram and terrorist herdsmen who are invading peoples farm lands forcefully. We have embarked on a peaceful protest on ...
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  4 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Formation course on the social doctrine of the Church for 50 pastoral operators Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the Ivory Coast through its national subcommittee Justice and Peace organized from 3 to 6 March a training formation on the social doctrine of the Church, destin ...
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  4 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: one out of three migrants is a child, a sign that the international crisis is becoming stronger and stronger Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A third of migrants stranded in Greece are children. "It is the sign of how the international crisis is becoming stronger, and how often families allow their most precious things to leave, their ch ...
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  4 March 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Christians pray for peace and healing in the country Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Malaysia "offer fasts, penances and invoke intercessions for the country, for the government, for the common good": this is what is said by Catholic Archbishop Simon Poh, at the he ...
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  4 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: justice for Saleem Masih Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The barbaric murder of Saleem Masih, a young Christian from the Kasur district, who was beaten, kicked, chained and tortured with electric cables and a red-hot iron bar and died due to his injur ...
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  4 March 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Protesters disrupt Fr. Ernesto Cardenal’s funeral mass Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Followers of the ruling Sandinista Front of Nicaragua desecrated with insults, robberies and aggressions the mass in honor of the late poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal, who died on Sunday 1st Ma ...
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  3 March 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabite, Fr. Moretti: "A step forward towards peace, but uncertainties remain" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank God because a step has been taken towards a future of peace for Afghanistan. However, we must be aware that this is a small step, which should not be exaggerated, but must be treated with ...
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  3 March 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - One country, two presidents: instability and tensions are feared Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Guinea-Bissau is likely to get worse. Umaro Cissoko Embalò's surprise move, who emerged victorious from the December 29 ballot, to proclaim himself president without waiting for th ...
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  3 March 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops and religious together reflect on the ecological challenges in the country Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Joint Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) and the Conference of Religious of Paraguay took place yesterday, March 2 to reflect together on the theme "The ecological chal ...
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  3 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic doctors: an online facility to respond to the coronavirus crisis Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - An online facility for anyone stressed about coronavirus (COVID-19) to talk to someone, was launched at the campus of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) in Hyderabad. As Agenzia F ...
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  3 March 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "What is the aim of the ruling coalition?" ask the Bishops a year after the presidential election Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A year after the presidential election, several crises have arisen that cause concern for the long-awaited social change", write the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in th ...
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  3 March 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - To cancel the word "hunger": the commitment of the Franciscan lay missionaries of the Immaculate Conception Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the rains have been regular in our area and the corn for polenta, the daily bread of the entire population, is now ripe. In some fields it is already drying up and I cannot wait to p ...