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  22 May 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Recession, inflation, poverty: population exhausted Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Anger and frustration, as well as poverty, circulate in Sudanese society. The fear is that in this impasse a strong man will break through, as so many times in the history of the country", a m ...
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  22 May 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - It is not necessary to change the Constitution to define the country as Christian: the Bishops on the proposal of possible amendments Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not consider it appropriate to make changes to the Constitution to expressly say that Papua New Guinea is a 'Christian nation'". The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Papua New ...
• 22 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the national "Holy Family" major Seminary and appointment of the Rector Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 16, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, erected the national "Holy Family" major Seminary in the district of Mwe ...
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  21 May 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - New meeting between government and protesters, as Covid 19 increases Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday for the third time, the representatives of the Colombian government met with those of the National Strike Committee (CNP), to begin negotiations (see Fides, 18/5/2021). "We want guarant ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Fear and concern for the vaccination campaign that has not yet started: increase in Covid cases Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - The news that comes from the Camillian Social Center in Prachinburi is not good (see Agenzia Fides May 7, 2021). Father Ferdinando Pistore, a fidei donum priest who works in Chiang Mai, write ...
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  21 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed and another kidnapped in northern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A priest killed and another kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault perpertrated by unidentified armed men against the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the State of Katsina, in no ...
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  21 May 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Laudato Sì Week: symbolic embrace of solidarity with the population mobilized for open pit mining projects Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the activities promoted for the "Laudato Sì Week", the National Commission for Justice and Peace is promoting for today, May 21, at 6 pm, a symbolic embrace to thousands of peop ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops: sanctions against Damascus "to be removed", Palestinians victims of "brutal aggression". And they thank the Pope Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The economic sanctions of Western countries against Assad's Syria, culminating in the so-called "Caesar Act" issued by the US Administration led by Donald Trump, are unjust and must be removed, a ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: a new live Catholic channel on the web to offer spiritual support to the faithful Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord also writes straight on the crooked lines of life": with this spirit the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, Mgr. Olivier Schmitthauesler, speaks to Fides about the work of the Catholic ...
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  20 May 2021
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A life given for the mission: young people remember the martyrdom of Sister Irene McCormack Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Her example of a life devoted to the Gospel continues to inspire young people today: 30 years after the martyrdom of Sister Irene McCormack, missionary of the Sisters of Saint Joseph executed in ...
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  20 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - New oil spill causes damage to communities and the environment: indigenous peoples ignored Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - A new oil spill has been reported in the Corrientes river, near the district of Trompeteros, in the province of Loreto, in the Peruvian Amazon. The leak originated from the plant managed by PlusP ...
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  20 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sustaining the quality of life in minor Seminaries: the commitment of a Catholic organization Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Caring for and managing the collective funding programs to support minor Seminaries in Indonesia: this is the mission of "GOTAUS", an initiative born within the Indonesian Catholic community to ...
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  20 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - The global Catholic climate movement celebrates significant progress on the path of ecological conversion Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will celebrate the Laudato Si anniversary to show how much things have changed for the good", says the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) Program Manager for Africa Fr. Benedict Ayodi a ...
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  20 May 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Online dissemination workshop for parish communicators of the Archdiocese of La Serena La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the World Day of Social Communications, the pastoral agents who regularly collaborate in the dissemination of the activities of their communities in the Archdiocese of ...
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  20 May 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - On-line Conference of Missionaries: Strengthening the Diocese-Mission link Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Mission representatives of the Spanish dioceses and diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies came together for a three-day conference under the motto "Pontifical Mission Societies, ...