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  23 December 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Instability and tension on the eve of the vote: Christmas in uncertainty Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - In the Central African Republic tension and instability are increasing. The approach of presidential elections, scheduled for Sunday 27 December, has created tensions between the majority, led by ...
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  23 December 2020
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Proposals from the Bishops on how to truly proclaim the presence of God by our side after these months of pain Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Honduras, like St. Joseph "are in disarray but, as Pope Francis reminds us in his recent Apostolic Letter Patris Corde, Saint Joseph knows that God is good to all and that His ...
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  23 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archdiocese of Lahore supports former Christian prisoners for the creation of businesses Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We give thanks to God because today we are able to support our brothers so that they create their own entrepreneurial activity. They have suffered a lot over the past five years. We have taken t ...
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  23 December 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A Catholic priest and 13 other Ivorian personalities appointed "Ambassadors of the culture of peace" by the Presidency of UNESCO Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Éric Norbert Abekan, parish priest of the Sainte Famille parish of the Riviera, Abidjan Cocody and 13 other Ivorian personalities from the religious world, economic affairs, sports and heal ...
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  23 December 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Farewell to Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca, beloved pastor and man of fraternal charity Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzàlez OFM, Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul for Latin Rite Catholics, did not survive Covid-19 against which he had been fighting for the past few weeks in an ...
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  23 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic healthcare initiative: a new geo-tagging software in response to the Covid-19 crisis New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) has developed and introduced new geo-tagging software as part of the response to the Covid-19 health crisis. The new geo-tagging software, calle ...
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  23 December 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The traditional Christmas feast for children celebrated in Rancagua, in compliance with health measures Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - Between 21 and 22 December the Parish of Our Lady of Carmen in Rancagua celebrated the traditional Christmas feast with the little ones called “Navidad de los Príncipes”, Christmas of the ...
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  22 December 2020
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - African medical students committed to celebrating Christmas in solidarity Fès (Agenzia Fides) - An afternoon to 'offer a smile' to the many children of African immigrants with their mothers: this is the initiative proposed on the occasion of this Christmas by the Association of Sub-Saharan Me ...
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  22 December 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission: Christmas dedicated to modern slavery and victims of human trafficking Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic Mission", National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, invited the community of the faithful across the country to approach Christmas by reflecting on the issue ...
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  22 December 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Decision to suspend the celebrations in the presence of the faithful on the part of the Episcopate after a meeting with the government Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great sorrow that the Bishops of Uruguay accept the request that the government has addressed to the various religious communities to suspend the celebrations in the presence of t ...
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  22 December 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appeal of the Bishop of Pemba to "act on the root of the conflict, namely the control of natural resources" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The natural resources of the area are at stake in the conflict in northern Mozambique where, simultaneously with the start of the exploitation of gas and oil fields, a rebellion has emerged which ...
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  22 December 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Scalese Barnabite: "The country is under the protection of the Virgin Mary who weaves the threads of peace" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We Christians are called to look at the facts in a realistic way, but we must never allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by pessimism. We can learn to read signs of hope, even in the apparently insi ...
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  21 December 2020
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers: "the faithful still want their Christmas blessing" even in times of pandemic Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - It is with great regret that the leaders of the 63rd Campaign of the "Star Singers" ("Die Sternsinger") following the lockdown imposed by the German government from December 16 to January 10 to f ...
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  21 December 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Family Christmas at the Ark Village, but generosity does not decrease Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christmas we will experience at the Ark Village will be more intimate and more family-friendly than usual. In past years, the month of December represented a very eventful period, because ma ...
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  21 December 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico mourns the death of Father Pedro Pantoja, defender of the human rights of the poor, farmers and migrants Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Mexico mourns the death of Jesuit priest Pedro Pantoja Arreola, victim of the complications of Covid-19. Father Pantoja was a passionate defender of the human rights o ...