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  29 March 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Suicide attack on a Catholic church in Sulawesi: security measures strengthened for Holy Week Makassar (Agenzia Fides) - Outrage and fear in the Indonesian Catholic community, which embraces the community of Makassar, in the south of the island of Sulawesi, hit by a suicide attack on the Catholic Cathedral of the ...
• 29 March 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “Let's pray for our brothers in Palma” where the situation is dramatic Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 7 victims are among the people who fled from the Amerula Hotel in a convoy that was attacked, in an ambush, by armed terrorists. This was announced by a spokesman for the Mozambican army ...
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  29 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Franciscan appeal: "Now is the time for the international community to act in order to restore peace and democracy" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We express deep sadness and grave concern with the ongoing repression of millions of citizens in Myanmar following a military coup": the Franciscans say in a letter sent to UN Secretary General ...
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  27 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A missionary: "The Church accompanies the peoples of the Amazon on their path of joy and authenticity" Santarém (Agenzia Fides) - "The wounds inflicted on the environment in the Amazon are not only a serious ecological, social and political problem, but they directly involve the Church because the defense of human life i ...
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  27 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: "Together towards the Risen Christ, light in the night of the pandemic" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "From the current situation, marked by suffering, anguish and death, as a consequence of the pandemic, let us reflect together on two fundamental points of these holy days: the cross and the resurr ...
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  27 March 2021
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - African migrants in detention centers: victims of exploitation and exposed to Covid London (Agenzia Fides) - In Saudi Arabia, the coronavirus pandemic and the economic difficulties caused by the collapse of the oil price have affected migrant workers, especially those from Africa. In the midst of the he ...
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  27 March 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Life imprisonment for former intelligence chiefs for the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The trial for complicity in the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, a leading figure in the local Armenian community, killed by a hitman in 2007 in central Istanbul, in front of the headq ...
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  27 March 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic Care for Children: protecting children and safeguarding their capacities Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to the challenges that our religious have had to face in the past, we are looking for a safe and formal way to carry out the apostolate, especially in the field of pastoral care for childre ...
• 27 March 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - At least 180 people took refuge in a hotel besieged by jihadists Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - About 180 people, including several foreigners, took refuge in a hotel in Palma, where they have been besieged since the night of March 24 by a jihadist group that has attacked the city in the pr ...
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  27 March 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Message of fraternity and solidarity of the Thai Church to the people of Myanmar Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with deep sadness and great regret that we follow recent events in Myanmar. We see too much hatred, too much violence, too much bloodshed, and too much suffering. We see the pain inflicte ...
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  27 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Churches, schools and a new village open to host families fleeing Boko Haram Yola (Agenzia Fides) - "Since 2014 we have welcomed in our diocese thousands of people fleeing from neighboring areas occupied or destroyed by Boko Haram, we have welcomed in the spaces of our Cathedral of Saint Teresa, ...
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  26 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The gratitude of the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies to the Church in Spain for its support for the missions despite the pandemic Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), thanked Cardinal Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona and President of the Episcopal Conference of ...
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  26 March 2021
  ASIA/JAPAN - Solidarity and prayer for Myanmar on the part of the “sister Church” in Japan Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "Having developed a special condition of "sister Church" with the Church of Myanmar, we are very worried about the current situation and the impact it is having on people". This is stated in a let ...
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  26 March 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Faith in Christ during military service, with the help of new technologies Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Technology to support faith, not only to respond to the pandemic emergency: this is the experience of many young Catholics in Vietnam who, called to fulfill their military service, find themselves ...
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  26 March 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Proposal for dialogue on the part of the Bishops to the Head of State in the face of the worsening health, economic and social situation Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Paraguay had provided exemplary support for the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and even constituted a model for managing this health crisis for other countries in South America. However, a ...