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• 20 August 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Death of Iman Ustas Aladji Bubacar Djalo: "His commitment to dialogue will not be forgotten" Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, August 19, Imam Ustas Aladji Bubacar Djalo from Mansoa died completely unexpectedly. This is a great loss for Islam in Guinea-Bissau, but also for the Catholic Church, because throug ...
• 20 August 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Ethiopia is experiencing the most dramatic phase in recent history" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - While the world's eyes are on Afghanistan, a silent drama is unfolding in the Horn of Africa. The war that broke out in the Tigray region in November 2020 has long since spread beyond the bo ...
• 20 August 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - After Burkina Faso, now also Mali: At least 15 soldiers die in a jihadist attack Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Jihadist groups are again attacking soldiers from the regular armed forces in the Sahel. After the most recent incident on August 18 in Burkina Faso (see Fides 19/8/2021) it is Mali's turn, where ...
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  19 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - National Youth Day in November: Young people as prophets Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people, stand up! You are the prophets of the bicentenary" is the motto of the first National Youth Day, which Peru will celebrate from November 19-21. The event is dedicated to the celebrat ...
• 19 August 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic priest, victim of an act of violence Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was violently killed in Uganda yesterday, August 18. Fr. Joshephat Kasambula from the diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana was murdered in cold blood yesterday evening. It is believed th ...
• 19 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Sisters killed; President Kiir: "The groups that did not sign the peace are responsible for their death" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The groups that did not sign the peace agreement are, according to the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, responsible for the deaths of the two nuns of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jes ...
• 19 August 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Almost 50 dead in an Islamist attack in the north of the country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Forty-seven people, including thirty civilians, fourteen soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed yesterday August 18 in an attack by suspected jihadists on a military convoy in nort ...
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  18 August 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people become catechists by choice: a gift for the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Many young Catholics in Indonesia are committed to a special training and study program to become catechists. Those who come from families with much greater financial possibilities will go to un ...
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  18 August 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Highest number of US Border Patrol interventions at the border in more than two decades Texas (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Border Patrol reported nearly 200,000 encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the highest monthly total in more than two decades. The number of monthly encounters ...
• 18 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Two nuns killed in an ambush; "Murdered cold bloodedly" denounce the sisters Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Our sisters were killed cold bloodedly", says Sister Christine John Amaa, of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, providing details of the murder of Sister Mary Daniel Abut, and Sister R ...
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  18 August 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Prayer and sharing for the Mission, in the footsteps of St. John Paul II and Pauline Jaricot Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - "The Missionary Month of October and World Mission Day offer the baptized two extraordinary means for the success of the mission: prayers and sharing. I wish everyone a good World Missionary M ...
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  17 August 2021
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "One year for God": initiative for the Orionine Vocation Year Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - From June 23, 2021 to June 23, 2022, the Orionine Family is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the founder, Don Luigi Orione, considered the “Father of Vocations”, with an Orioni ...
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  17 August 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Protests, social tension, Covid, the Bishops launch the appeal for dialogue Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala have once again raised their voices in the face of the serious social and political situation that the Central American country is experiencing regarding the dram ...
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  17 August 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Grandparents and the elderly, a precious presence in society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grandparents and the elderly are a valuable part of Korean society, they are the origin and memory, they are an example and an important resource for young people: with this conviction, the Cathol ...
• 17 August 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Why should criminals be rewarded": Nobel laureate criticizes the president's appointment of a former rebel leader Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should criminals be rewarded in this way?" Asks the Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, doctor and human rights activist, Dr. Denis Mukwegue, in connection with the appointment of a form ...