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  9 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The feast of the Black Nazarene attracts thousands of faithful in prayer in Manila Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The pandemic and health protocols have not discouraged Catholics from meeting today, January 9, to pray and worship the "Black Nazarene", which is one of the most heartfelt devotions in the count ...
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  9 January 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Testimony of a missionary: "In times of pandemic, the first evangelization remains our starting point" Ebimpé (Agenzia Fides) - "The first evangelization always remains our starting point. We are also particularly involved in matters relating to justice and peace". Thus reports, in an interview with Agenzia Fides, Fath ...
• 9 January 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appeal of the Episcopate for the impartiality of the police in the face of an incandescent political and social crisis Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We hereby condemn in the strongest terms possible the killing of two citizens by the police who acted against their key mandate of safeguarding the lives of Zambians, irrespective of their polit ...
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  8 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches and civil society groups: in the new year a common commitment to eliminate hatred and promote peace Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Christian churches and civil society groups are united and will work together in the new year to combat hatred and violence in Indonesia. This is what is said in the aftermath of the Christmas h ...
• 8 January 2021
  OCEANIA/PACIFIC ISLANDS - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 June 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Sr. Mariana Maramanicava SM as National Director of the Pontifical ...
• 8 January 2021
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 September 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Brian Joseph Lucas as National Director of the Pontifical ...
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  8 January 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Testimony of a Franciscan after the violence on the Capitol Building, there is need to start afresh from the search for peace and the common good New York (Agenzi Fides) - "The violent insurrection on the Capitol Building in Washington, DC marks a dark moment in American history. It has shocked and disturbed the vast majority of Americans who believe in free speec ...
• 8 January 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Cardinal Souraphiel asks for respect for life and aid for the displaced Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "The government should guarantee people's right to life, respect for the supremacy of the Constitution and ensure that peace reigns", urges His Eminence Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraph ...
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  8 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Lasallian religious killed during an attempted theft Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Víctor Hugo Basabe, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, mourns in communion with the clergy of the Archdiocese and unites with all the pilgrims of God in our ...
• 8 January 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 44 people killed between New Year and the first days of January in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A real carnage was carried out between 19 and 21, local time, on Monday 4 January 2021. It caused the massacre of at least 22 civilians, including 6 members of the same family, not to mention ...
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  8 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Call to the UN for the release of the Jesuit accused of sedition New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits of India, along with an international network of civil society organizations, appealed to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to obtain the ...
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  8 January 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Refusal of the word persecution to qualify the situation in Egypt on the part of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "When I meet the leaders of the world, they always ask me questions about the persecution that is affecting us in Egypt, and I answer that there is no persecution, clearly rejecting this expressio ...
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  7 January 2021
  ASIA - The Federation of Asian Bishops launches online courses for pastoral communicators Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Veritas Asia Institute of Social Communication (VAISCOM), established by the Office for Social Communications of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), launched three online cou ...
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  7 January 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians welcome the new government initiative to protect religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the government's renewed commitment to the protection of religious minorities in Pakistan, especially for the protection of those falsely accused and for the protection of innocent ...
• 7 January 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 10 August 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the position of Fr. Edwin Mulandu as National Director of the Pon ...