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• 27 May 2021
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Matjaz Kriznar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 5, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Matjaz Kriznar, of the archdiocesan clergy of Ljubljana as Nation ...
• 27 May 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Escalation of violence by young rebels, despite appeals for peace Pibor (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 1,736 homes have been attacked, of which about 700 have ended up reduced to ashes, nearly 44,962 head of cattle looted, 112 women and 84 children kidnapped, 128 men and 28 women kill ...
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  27 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The responsibility of Christians to build a truly democratic and participatory society Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - "In the current context, we are all invited to become aware of the responsibility of citizens to build a truly democratic and participatory society. Christians in particular have the mandate ...
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  27 May 2021
  VATICAN - A life for the mission: Fr. Miguel Angel San Roman Perez, O.P. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Miguel Angel San Roman Perez, O.P. died in Rome on May 7 after a long illness. He was a missionary in Taiwan and Hong Kong, where he exercised for forty years an intense pastoral and educationa ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo appeals after church bombs: it is a humanitarian tragedy, stop the attacks Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with immense pain that we express our concern over the attack on innocent civilians who took refuge in the Church of the Sacred Heart on the night of May 23", said Cardinal Charles Maung B ...
• 26 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Coup within the coup: old practices that starve African peoples Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - What happened yesterday, May 25, 2021, has been described as a "coup within the coup" by the military against the leaders of the transitional executive as well as the colonels who carried out th ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/PALESTINE - After the bombings, Patriarch Pizzaballa launches an aid appeal for the Christian community of Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – An aid appeal to meet the urgent needs "of our brothers and sisters in Christ especially in Gaza and in places severely affected" during the latest armed conflict which for eleven days again ...
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  26 May 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Caritas Spain: despite alarmism, Europe appears to be compromised in a limited way in African emigration Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Africa Day celebrated yesterday gave Caritas Spain an opportunity, after the latest events related to African migrants in Ceuta and Melilla, to reflect on the migratory situation on this continen ...
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  26 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Ahead of the presidential election: Bishops comment on “difficult moments” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - According to Peruvian custom, the Peruvian Bishops' Conference has invited the two candidates in the run-off election for the presidency to a "fraternal meeting" on June 6th. The meeting with Keiko ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Interreligious prayer in the Italian Church for peace and brotherhood Milan (Agenzia Fides) – To put an end to the violence, tension and war in Myanmar, and pray so that the Burmese population can return to live in an atmosphere of peace and brotherhood: with this spirit, on Saturday May ...
• 26 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "A transparent process for the October 2022 vote immediately" ask the religious leaders of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) continues to suffer from a serious case of leadership and credibility crisis", says the Dialogue Reference Group of the main religious ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Farewell to Krikor Bedros Ghabroyan, Patriarch of the Catholic Armenians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Tuesday May 25, Krikor Bedros XX Ghabroyan, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Catholic Armenians passed away due to illness in a clinic in Beirut. Born in Aleppo (then under French pr ...
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  25 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - "No more terrorism. No more violence in Peru": strong condemnation of the Bishops for the massacre of 16 people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "No more terrorism. No more violence in Peru", says His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte OFM, Archbishop of Trujillo and president of the Bishops' Conference of Peru (CEP) in condemning the cruel ...
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  25 May 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Biden administration grants Haitian immigrants the Temporary Protected Status Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the United States welcomes the announcement by the Biden administration that it has included immigrant citizens from Haiti under the protection of the "Temporary Protec ...
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  25 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Catholic Girls Arise": girls from the diocese of Mangochi committed to living Christian charity Mangochi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of about 200 young women from all over Malawi have chosen to live their lives reaching out to others, in response to the Catholic faith and oriented to change the world. They are the yo ...