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  3 March 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two other social leaders killed in northern Colombia, while President Duque is visiting the country Antioquía (Agenzia Fides) - Once again the north of Colombia, in particular the department of Antioquia, was the scene of violence: last weekend, in the municipality of Campamento, the social leader Didian Arley Agudelo ...
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  2 March 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Let us walk together for the construction of a missionary and committed Church Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) has published the Guidance Document and pastoral guidelines for the period 2020-2024, encouraging the faithful and all pastoral sectors to welcome it, study ...
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  2 March 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Shahbaz Bhatti, God's gift for Pakistan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Pakistani Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti, carried out by terrorists on March 2, 2011, we publish the afterword to the book by Paolo Affa ...
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  2 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian killed for using water from a well: the Church calls for urgent measures to protect minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn the brutal killing of Saleem Masih: this act of discrimination and prejudice reveals the ignorance and the maximum level of intolerance of the people involved in the killing ...
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  2 March 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Pre and post-election crisis in Africa: every leader must take responsibility Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - If countries like Guinea-Bissau and Togo seem to get bogged down in post-election crises, just as many countries like Ivory Coast and Guinea Conakry go through chaotic pre-election moments. "One o ...
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  2 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commemorations of "martyr Shahbaz Bhatti, true patriot" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Shahbaz Bhatti was an authentic patriot, a true son of Pakistan. His memory honors our country. The reason is this: he gave his life to promote a Pakistan where law, justice, freedom and equ ...
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  29 February 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Servants of Maria Riparatrici: "For a hundred years in the Amazon at the service of God and humanity" Sena Madureira (Agenzia Fides) - "The Servant Sisters of Maria Riparatrici who operate in the Amazon region of Alto-Acre, Brazil, continue to offer pastoral service, the reception of girls who want to consecrate themselv ...
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  29 February 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The official opening of the 2020 Fraternity Campaign in the Shrine of Aparecida Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 1 March, first Sunday of Lent, the Archbishop of Belo Horizonte and President of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB), Mgr. Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, will preside over the ...
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  29 February 2020
  OCEANIA/SAMOA - V World Apostolic Congress on Mercy: an Ocean of Love that surrounds the whole world Apia (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a true "jubilee" of the small Catholic community of the Samoa islands, in the remote Pacific islands, which will give you the opportunity to be, for a week, the heart of the universal Ch ...
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  29 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Be ambassadors of reconciliation": appeal by Mgr. Ignace Dogbo Bessi to Ivorian Catholics for Lent Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic Christians in Ivory Coast are in a situation where reconciliation is essential", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignace Dogbo Bessi, Bishop of Katiola and President of the Ivorian Bishops’ Confer ...
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  29 February 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - More than half of Spanish missionaries work in 20 countries in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Latin American countries need God, like everyone else", underlines Fr. José María Calderón, secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Missions and Cooperation between the Churches of the ...
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  29 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas campaign: end hunger and poverty, promote sustainable agriculture New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Sustain Life: Sustainable Livelihood” is the theme for this year’s Lenten Campaign which invites everyone to join hands and come together to be a catalyst. This nation-wide campaign is ru ...
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  29 February 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Archbishop of Mombasa: "Immediate measures are needed against the Coronavirus" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Need to take precautionary measures to avoid contracting the Coronavirus", said His Exc. Mgr. Martin Kivuva Musonde, Archbishop of Mombasa, during the launch of the Lenten Campaign 2020 at the ...
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  28 February 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops: without a deep love for the homeland it is impossible to carry out the project of the founding fathers Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that, without a deep love for the homeland, it is impossible to carry out a nation project that reflects the dreams of our founding fathers. Without having a fixed gaze o ...
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  28 February 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Fraternity and prayer with the elderly and the sick Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "Last Sunday, in our church in Samarkand we celebrated Igor, one of our older parishioners, because, after spending all his life in Uzbekistan, he decided to return to his homeland, Poland. Aft ...