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  23 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Parliamentary election: Coptic Bishops declare “equidistance” and want high voter turnout Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A few hours before the start the Egyptian parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for Saturday, October 24th and Sunday, October 25th, various Coptic Orthodox Bishops affirm the “equidistan ...
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  22 October 2020
  VATICAN - Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China regarding the appointment of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 22 October 2020, the Press Office of the Holy See has released the following "Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic ...
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  22 October 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A priest killed during a robbery Cojedes (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela, Mgr. Polito Rodríguez Méndez, as well as the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians), issued a statement to i ...
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  22 October 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: "The poor and the little ones evangelize us" Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here to build the common good, to build an inclusive society and bring the joy of life in Christ, everywhere, to every man and woman. As believers in the Resurrection, as men and wome ...
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  22 October 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Youth protest, the result of a mixture of poverty and indignation according to the testimony of a Nigerian friar Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - It is poverty that drives Nigerians to protest, not just outrage at police violence. Young people overwhelmed by misery and frustrated by unemployment take to the streets to protest and demand eco ...
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  22 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops' Conference supports the fight against fake news in view of the elections Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB) will be ambassador of the #EuVotoSemFakecampanha "campaign, launched by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The aim of the initiative is to ensure that ...
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  22 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The third National Eucharistic Congress will take place in 2021 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Congolese society is facing various challenges, namely the rebirth of paganism with its consequences, the spread of sects, and esoteric movements, and in particular the crisis that is shak ...
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  22 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - The annual Synod of Maronite Bishops begins in the sign of silence and conversion Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synod of the Maronite Bishops began under the sign of silence and "metanoia", i.e. personal and community repentance and conversion. On Wednesday 21 October, the Maronite Bishops gath ...
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  22 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops complain of a "standstill" in the Country and death threats against confreres in the episcopate Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened that our politicians are showing revolting indifference while the country is on the verge of bankruptcy", said the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a messa ...
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  22 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic girl abducted and converted to Islam: the kidnapper's false statements Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Arzoo Raja, the young Catholic girl kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and forced into an Islamic wedding by a 44-year-old Muslim (see Fides, 21/10/2020), is 13 years old and not 18, as fals ...
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  21 October 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Floods: Catholic communities and humanitarian aid organizations help flood victims Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic communities in Cambodia and humanitarian organizations have stepped up their efforts to help those affected by heavy rains and floods across the country. With the help of the Apostol ...
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  21 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Call for firm government action after 13-year-old Catholic girl is kidnapped and converted to Islam Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Arzoo Raja, a 13-year-old Catholic from Karachi, was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and then forced to marry a 44-year-old Muslim man, named Ali Azhar, who kidnapped her on the morning o ...
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  21 October 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - No pilgrimages for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe: it will be celebrated in communities and families Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - There will be no liturgical celebration in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on 11 and 12 December of this year, and not even the traditional artistic events in front of the Basilica. This ...
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  21 October 2020
  VATICAN - Testimony of the Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood on the involvement of children and young people in proclaiming Christ during the missionary month Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Children and young people are protagonists of the missionary month and of missionary animation in the whole world. They are the young missionary disciples who evangelize, through prayer an ...
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  21 October 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Land, housing, work and encyclical "Fratelli Tutti" in times of pandemic: virtual meeting of popular movements Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A little more than six months ago, Pope Francis wrote a letter to the popular movements around the world at a time "of so much anguish and difficulties" following the impact of the Covid-19 ...