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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 ...
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  24 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas and civil institutions in partnership for children with disabilities Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Collaborative relationships between the municipal administration of Almaty, one of the main cities of Kazakhstan, and national Caritas, are intensifying, for the realization of projects dedicated ...
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  24 February 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church recalls the urgency of a law for national reconciliation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of El Salvador notes and confirms the need for a specific national reconciliation law that guarantees justice to the victims of the armed conflict that bloodied the nati ...
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  24 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholics To Protest National Insecurity In Black Attire on Ash Wednesday Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics across Nigeria will don black attires on Ash Wednesday 26 February 2020, as a sign of mourning and solidarity with the victims of kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country. This ...
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  24 February 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Demonstrative" protest of thousands of Israeli settlers on the lands of the Latin Patriarchate. Silence on behalf of the political authorities Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, February 21, 2020, thousands of Israeli settlers entered with no permission and gathered on the land lot belonging to the Latin Patriarchate in Tayasir, near Tubas in northern West ...
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  22 February 2020
  EUROPE /ITALY - The Comboni Missionaries: "In communion with the whole Church, to proclaim, witness and live the Gospel" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have taken note that in the epochal change we are experiencing, mission is called to take on a new paradigm to continue its mandate in a reality that presents strong discontinuities with the pa ...
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  22 February 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - "Emotional literacy" for students, to overcome the wounds of the war Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – To help people, especially young people and students, deal with their emotions effectively, appropriately and productively. To develope positive social interactions with other people in societ ...
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  22 February 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Art at the service of ecumenical dialogue Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - The community of Catholic faithful of Uzbekistan is deeply involved in the path of dialogue with other Christian denominations. The Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan, the Franciscan Fr. Jer ...
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  22 February 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - South Sudan, peace is near Peace is at hand. South Sudan is experiencing a crucial phase in its history: the path to end the civil conflict that has been going on for six years is open. The president, Salva Kiir, has announced an agreement with re ...
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  21 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A microcredit project to help unemployed women Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "In villages, even a few kilometers from big cities, situations where there are no jobs are widespread, particularly affecting women. While men usually manage to collect money to buy a car and co ...
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  21 February 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - The population in prayer for a peaceful outcome of the presidential election Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) – May tomorrow’s elections, February 22, have a peaceful outcome, and take place in transparency, according to the search for the common good of the nation: with this intention, the Christia ...
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  21 February 2020
  VATICAN - Growing in faith, also from a vocational perspective: the proposal of Missionary Childhood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - What contribution do the many groups and activities of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence make today to awaken the missionary vocation of the youngest? This is the question posed by Siste ...
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  21 February 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Civil society: the country needs unity and cohesion Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Unity and cohesion: this is what the representatives of Afghan civil society are asking for in the face of political divisions following the announcement of the results of the presidential electio ...
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  21 February 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Anglophone crisis: Bishops from all over the world ask President Biya to participate in peace talks Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - " We, the undersigned Roman Catholic bishops from across the globe, write to respectfully urge your government to participate in proposed Swiss-led peace talks aimed at ending the violence in C ...
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  21 February 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Assyrian Patriarch Mar Gewargis III withdraws from the patriarchal office Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, has announced his withdrawal from the patriarchal office for health reasons, while convening the Assyrian Bishops at the patri ...