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• 15 April 2021
  EUROPE/HOLLAND - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Vincent Goulmy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Vincent Goulmy, of the diocese of Roermond National Director ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/KYRGYZTAN - "God loves the little ones": Young woman receives the sacrament of baptism in the Kyrgyz Church Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "With the beginning of Easter, which lasts from April 4 to Pentecost, our lives are by these two aspects: the first is Christ's victory over death through the cross; the second is the resurrecti ...
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  14 April 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Church of Benin celebrates 160 years of evangelization Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary work was the seed from which the Beninese clergy and entire generations of convinced Christians germinated, whose vision and action have contributed to making our Church in Benin ...
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  14 April 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - In the face of kidnappings, common prayer and "national strike" of Catholic activities Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask Catholic schools, religious schools, universities and all other Catholic institutions to observe the interruption of activities on April 15. We ask priests, religious, pastoral wo ...
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  14 April 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The service of Catholic education in society: a contribution to the common good Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The service of the Church in the field of public education, both in schools and in universities: this is the central theme of the CVIII Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Church joins the fund to donate the anti-Covid vaccine to poor countries Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has launched an appeal to the faithful to join the special fund, created in the Vatican, to give the anti Covid-19 vaccine to people who live in poor countries or who have ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The government of the autonomous region creates a Committee to counter illegal expropriations of property in Iraqi Kurdistan Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Council of Ministers issued an order to form a Committee to solve the phenomenon of illegal expropriation of properties - houses and land that are mostl ...
• 14 April 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No to the forced return of refugees to their countries of origin"; the Bishops oppose the closure of the Kakuma and Daadab camps Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Government should reconsider their position and treat all refugees with care and concern especially during this period of Covid-19 pandemic when humanity is faced with serious economic and ...
• 13 April 2021
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi, Archbishop of Tunis, National D ...
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  13 April 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Word of God at the center of the General Assembly of Bishops Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With the Mass celebrated by Mgr. Joel Portella Amado, Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro and Secretary General of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), in the chapel of the CNBB headquarter ...
• 13 April 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: "The Church works for peace and justice" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, founded by Christ, the Prince of Peace, cannot escape its mission of bringing harmony to the societies in which it lives. Talks began in Yaoundé a year ago that should have led to ...
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  13 April 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Solidarity of Catholics towards the Church and the people of Myanmar Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "With pain and sadness we have followed the recent episodes of the seizure of power by the military and the inhuman atrocities on the peaceful demonstrations of citizens who are demanding democrac ...
• 13 April 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Are the jihadists who conquered Palma part of a larger network? Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 12 beheaded bodies have been found in Palma, the city in northern Mozambique, attacked on March 24 by a group of jihadists, who have declared to belong to the Islamic State (see Fides, ...
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  13 April 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Principles and values of the social teaching of the Church in view of a new Constitution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean Episcopal Conference (CEC) has published a document that collects the main teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in social matters, in order to offer before the May 20 ...
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  13 April 2021
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: Baptism is the beginning of a journey of faith Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Baptism is the beginning of a journey of faith". Parents, who raise their children in proper upbringing, food, education, good manners, are also called to cultivate the gift of faith "and train th ...