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  27 October 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Health assistance for indigenous communities settled along the Guainia River from the Vicariate of Inírida Inirida (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida continues, in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, its work of assistance and proximity to some indigenous communities in the Department of Guainía. As of Nov ...
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  27 October 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionary Month, a circle of friendship, closeness and support: "Do not be afraid to say yes to God" Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary world has always attracted me from an early age, I was passionate about browsing through and reading missionary magazines. I remember the Missionary Month lived in the parish and ...
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  27 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A Missiological Formation Space for the 2020-2021 academic year Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PUM), within the Pontifical Mission Societies, has launched paths of collaboration with the Episcopal Conferences, on the one h ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The work of a missionary for street children in Manila, in times of pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Giving back a future to the street children of Manila: this is the commitment of the "ANAK-Tnk" Foundation, a Catholic organization led by Fr. Matthieu Dauchez, French missionari, which seeks, ac ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Violence and tensions in Chin and Rakhine States: food emergency and elections at risk Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – More than 60,000 civilians in the Burmese State of Chin are currently facing a severe food shortage due to the ongoing fighting between the national army and the Arakan Army rebels. This is wha ...
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  27 October 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - After the referendum: the Bishops call for dialogue in view of the drafting of the new Constitution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - After the majority of the citizens in the referendum last Sunday, October 25th, approved the proposal to amend the constitution, the Standing Committee of the Bishops' Conference of Chile also ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate denies rumors of the Pope's “opening” to marriage for homosexual couples Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - It is completely false to say that Pope Francis expressed his approval for same-sex marriage, modifying the doctrine of the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Patriarchate, led by the Patriarch Cardi ...
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  27 October 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA - At least 21 dead in post-election clashes Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - According to official figures, a total of 21 people died in clashes that took place in the Republic of Guinea on October 18, following the announcement of the preliminary results of the preside ...
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  26 October 2020
  VATICAN - The Pope announces a Consistory for the creation of 13 new Cardinals, 2 of whom come from territories under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At yesterday's Angelus, Sunday 25 October, the Holy Father Francis announced a Consistory for the creation of 13 new Cardinals to be held on 28 November, on the eve of the first Sunday of A ...
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  26 October 2020
  ASIA - Asian Bishops' appeal for the release of the Indian Jesuit accused of sedition Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great shock and great anguish that the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) learned of the arrest of Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy SI, 83, and his incarceration. We are su ...
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  26 October 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Towards the beatification of the "Doctor of the Poor" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Today, October 26, the process of the exhumation of the mortal remains of Doctor José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, known as "the Doctor of the Poor", will begin: the Venezuelan doctor born in ...
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  26 October 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - The first Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon begins Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The First Plenary Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) begins today, 26 October, which coincides with the first anniversary of the closing of the Special Assembly ...
• 26 October 2020
  AMERICA/FRENCH GUYANA - Resignation of the Bishop of Cayenne Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Cayenne (French Guyana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Emmanuel Lafont. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 26/10/2020) ...
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  26 October 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian Missionaries: 125 years at the service of migrants, a very current charism Piacenza (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo, also known as "Scalabrinians", are celebrating their 125th anniversary. Since that 25 October 1895 they have been the "migrant nuns". "This wil ...
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  26 October 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Youth night of prayer for health workers and victims of Covid-19 Sabah (Agenzia Fides) - Offer full empathy and solidarity and all the material, human and spiritual support to doctors, operators and health professionals who are at the forefront of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the alarmin ...