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• 26 February 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Bernardino Ne Ne Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 December 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Bernardino Ne Ne, of the clergy of the diocese of Loikaw, ...
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  26 February 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Christian Leaders in Uganda call for prayers ahead of 2021 General Elections Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians, let us promote peace. Remember Jesus’ first word to his disciples after the resurrection was Shalom, which means peace", said His Exc. Mgr. Ssemogerere, Bishop of Kasana-Luweer ...
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  26 February 2020
  AFRICA - Peace, security and stability: the key points of Lent in Africa Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A new era for the African continent, tormented by evil and suffering: is the common hope of the Church of the Country for the time of Lent that begins today, February 26, for the universal Church ...
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  26 February 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Entry ban in Eritrea for a Catholic delegation on a visit for religious purposes Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - An Ethiopian Catholic delegation of the highest level was stopped for 16 hours at Asmara airport (in Eritrea) and then released, but forced to return to Addis Ababa. As Fides learns, the inc ...
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  25 February 2020
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Mexico and Paraguay: respect women, recognize their rights, promote their dignity Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by the violence against women, which has expressed itself in a new and aggressive way, so cruel as to generate confusion, pain, bitterness, sadness, tears, indignatio ...
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  25 February 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - The challenge of democracy in Africa: weak opposition Sokodè (Agenzia Fides) - According to the results released by the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI), Faure Gnassingbé has just been re-elected President of Togo for a fourth term with almost 72.36% ...
• 25 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Tura Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 24, 2020 the Holy Father, appointed Rev. Jose Chirackal, of the clergy of Tura, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Tura (India), currently parish priest of St. Luke's Church and ...
• 25 February 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of El Beni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 February 2020 the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (Bolivia), presented by His Exc. Mgr Julio María Elías Monto ...
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  25 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dialogue and fraternity: the legacy of the Abu Dhabi Declaration in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue without prejudice, the culture of encounter, the fraternal relationship with others, beyond the differences of culture, religion or ethnicity, language or social class, material and spir ...
• 25 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three Christians who wanted to build a chapel have been injured Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Three Pakistani Christian men who were working on the construction of a chapel in Sahiwal, in the Pakistani province of Punjab, were injured in an attack by people who wanted to stop the project. ...
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  25 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Land grabbing, the Bishops: "We need a legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly denounce the land grabbing and forced expropriation of land in all its forms. The consequences are incalculable: Loss of cultural and ancestral heritage, displacement, unemployment, ...
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  25 February 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi parliamentarians of the Christian component: we will not vote for confidence in the Allawi government Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament is preparing to vote on Thursday 27 February for the confidence in the government designated by Prime Minister Mohammed Allawi, but the members of the parliamentary assembly ...
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  25 February 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Día de Hispanoamérica": in communion with the Spanish missionaries in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Remembering the Spanish missionaries in Latin America and collaborating with them: this is the purpose of the "Día de Hispanoamérica" which is celebrated next Sunday, March 1st. This year the m ...
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  24 February 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil society: need to fight Internet ban in two states Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - Over 100 civil society organizations in Myanmar urge the federal government to restore services in Rakhine and Chin states. On February 3, the government shut down Internet access in Buthidaun ...
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  24 February 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops for Lent: "breaking the chain of corruption" Nakuru (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption kills the moral of society", said Fr. Moses Omollo, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Kisumu, on the occasion of the launch of the 2020 Lent Campaign. Addressing the Christian faith ...