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  8 November 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - The alarm of Catholic Patriarchs and bishops: let us resist the designs of those who want to annihilate Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the designs pursued by those who want to cancel the singular and unparalleled physiognomy of Lebanon from the Middle Eastern scenario, the only effective response remains that of retur ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA - Conflicts in Asia: Afghanistan and Myanmar the most serious cases Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Seven countries in Asia experienced active armed conflicts in 2020 and 2021. There were three in South Asia: Afghanistan, civil war (major internationalized civil war), India (high-intensity, inter ...
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  6 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Violence in Tigray, the Apostolic Vicar of Hosanna: it is urgent to seek peace and security Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I am deeply saddened by everything that is happening in the Tigray region and in the regions alongside Amhara and Afar, even though unrest has been occurring throughout the country for at l ...
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  6 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious congregations welcome Afghan refugees Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Being able to welcome two Afghan refugee families represents for us the greatest gift we could receive: it is like having Jesus here. We are welcoming him, we are taking care of him, he is our gue ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Different signals from the Turkish authorities towards schools and foundations of non-Muslim minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Apparently contradictory and difficult to decipher signals are coming from the different levels of Turkish power regarding the state of difficulty in which foundations and schools linked to minor ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poorest Filipinos are "non-citizens": undocumented and without identity Manila (Agenzi Fides) - "There are many Filipinos, among the poorest, who are undocumented in our country. They are people without identity, without rights. It is a terrible situation": Bishop Pablo Virgilio David told A ...
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  5 November 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Violence and instability increase in Kivu: a missionary's warning Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the northeastern regions, the situation is dramatic, even worse than a few months ago. The news that is arriving is very bad and we do not see any change. Since May, the state of siege has ...
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  5 November 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - More than 120 Catholic religious who died of Covid in 2021: "They did not hold back" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 consecrated Catholics (including friars and nuns) died from January to September 2021 because of Covid-19 in Indonesia. They were infected in the exercise of their mission of pasto ...
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  5 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - An Atlas on wars, to understand the roots of peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There are still over thirty wars in the world. But this reality is even greater if we take into account low-intensity conflicts, political violence, street clashes or the repression of those who pr ...
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  5 November 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Different and convergent approaches to mission: the course for Ad Gentes missionaries Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - To offer specific missionary formation to missionaries sent on Mission Ad Gentes, inside and outside Brazil: this is the general objective of the Ad Gentes Course promoted by the Missionary Cu ...
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  5 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Inter-ritual” football tournament between the parishes in Baghdad. The Chaldeans win on penalties Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The final of the "Pope Francis Tournament", the sporting event that competed 12 teams, representing local Armenian, Chaldean, Syriac, Latin and Coptic ecclesial communities, ended on penalties. ...
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  5 November 2021
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Message and spiritual legacy of the monks of Tibhirine, 25 years after their tragic death Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Marian prayer of the Regina Coeli on Sunday May 26, 1996, the Holy Father John Paul II expressed himself as follows: "Today's celebration of the solemnity of Pentecost is saddened by the tr ...
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  5 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The era of conquest, extraction, and exploitation has given way to cooperation and community": the petition of religious leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We envision a world transformed, in which humanity in all its diversity has developed a shared reverence for life on planet Earth. Together, we are building resilient, caring communities and ec ...
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  4 November 2021
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: hope is the beginning of a process of dialogue and democratization Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Sometimes I meet people who ask me: after so many years, how can you still hope that the situation in Somalia will change?" And I reply that something has been moving in recent months, but, a ...
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  4 November 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A Protestant Bishop: it is urgent to set up an interfaith teaching program in schools to fight intolerance Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I ask the Ministry of Education to include in the school curriculum a subject that touches on different religions, in the name of dialogue and harmony. This will help to put an end to religious v ...