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  29 October 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Parishes in a critical economic situation, but they do not stop aid to the poorest Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the pandemic, the economic situation in Nicaragua has become increasingly serious for many families and especially for the poorest, but also for parishes that live from the offerings of t ...
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  29 October 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - All Saints' Day: Eucharistic Adoration and Concert "for a missionary Church" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The youth Pastoral care and vocational support of the Franciscan Angeline Sisters in Santa Cruz has been inviting young Catholics to the "CristoWin" initiative on October 31 for more than six ...
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  29 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A court approves the kidnapping of the Catholic minor: vibrant protests by the Church and civil society Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the authorities of the Sindh government, police officers and the judiciary for justice and a fair trial, as well as severe measures to be taken to stop the growing wave of kidnapping ...
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  29 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Women peacemakers": African Union initiative in view of the presidential elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We wanted this great gathering to demonstrate that women are a force and that they can become peacemakers. Everyone can be messengers of peace in their environment", said Joséphine Charlotte M ...
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  29 October 2020
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Jesuit study center: "We are worried about the rapid deterioration of the economy" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned about the rapid weakening of the economy in our country, which is jeopardizing the economic and social life of ordinary citizens, in particular the poor, the marginalized ...
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  29 October 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bethlehem: Christians and Muslims together against Mohammed cartoons Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - "Bethlehem deplores the cartoons which in France offend Mohammed and Islam". This is what a group of Christians and Muslims from the Holy Land wrote on their placards and banners, gathered yes ...
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  28 October 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Testimony of a missionary, "True happiness is found only in God" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Her overflowing joy has led many souls, especially young people, to discover that true happiness is found only in God. The coherence of her life and her total dedication to the various apostolate ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - "New" mandate for a President in power for about thirty years and without opposition Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "Following the Tajik presidential elections on 11 October, President Emomali Rahmon was elected for the sixth time with more than 90% of the votes, which means that in this Central Asian countr ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Servants of the Poor: restoring dignity to the destitute who "hide out of shame" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In San Pedro, where our house was built, there was a mountain of garbage, but around the landfill there were the houses where the poor who work with garbage live. They are the 'scavengers', the ...
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  28 October 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Reopening of the churches from November 2: the Bishops recall that Mass "is not a simple meeting" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Peru informed the national community about the "gradual opening of churches to gradually return to the normality of liturgical and sacramental life" in November. After 7 months of cl ...
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  28 October 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A parish priest in Vicuña Mackenna killed, probably for theft Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brothers: I wish to communicate that, following a robbery, Father Coqui Vaudagna was killed. Let us pray for his eternal rest, so that God may console his family": thus Msgr. Adolfo Urion ...
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  28 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Faith-based media united to launch appeals for peace in view of the October 31 elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "After praying for peace on Wednesday, October 14, side by side, we are initiating common broadcasts to arouse in the members of different faith communities and in all Ivorians, liberating energ ...
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  28 October 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Brazzaville Manifesto Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - On October 26, the Basilica of Sant'Anna in Congo hosted the Mass for the launch of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the "Declaration of Brazzaville-Capital of Free France". The ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul, young Muslims restore the church of Mar Toma. But the "return" of Christians remains weak Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Young volunteers, who mostly belong to the Muslim community in Mosul, have been supporting the cleaning and restoration work of the Syrian Catholic church of Mar Toma (St. Thomas) over the past fe ...
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  28 October 2020
  VATICAN - Pope recalls violence in Cameroon: "May the guns fall silent and the safety of all be guaranteed" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, Pope Francis recalled the recent violence in Cameroon (see Fides, 26/10/2020). "I participate in the suffering of the families of the young students ...