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  14 October 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Reflections of the Bishops of Amazonia on the Encyclical Fratelli tutti Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - "The text of the new Encyclical Fratelli tutti fits perfectly with the Encyclical Laudato Sì (2015), appealing to the whole world to take care of the Common Home. Now the Pope calls u ...
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  14 October 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From Korea on mission ad gentes: Korean priests sent to Asia and Latin America Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – With the Solemn "Mass of the missionary mandate", the Archdiocese of Seoul celebrated, in this month of October, traditionally dedicated to missionary work, the sending of six new Korean mission ...
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  14 October 2020
  VATICAN - Interview with the Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith on the eve of World Mission Day Vatican City - "The Pontifical Mission Societies are entirely dependent on God's Providence, through the free offerings of the faithful. We help the life of the local Churches of mission territories, dependent on the Con ...
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  14 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: Negotiations over sea borders do not represent "normalization" of bilateral relations with Israel Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The negotiations between Lebanese and Israeli delegates to determine the sea borders between Lebanon and Israel cannot necessarily be interpreted as the beginning of the normalization of relati ...
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  14 October 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - A Church program to tackle teenage pregnancies in one of the poorest areas of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - There were 100 girls from the villages of Kipanga-ajeni, Burangi, Pokea Mwana and Masheheni, mobilized by teachers in the area, for the launch of the program to tackle teenage pregnancies in the ...
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  13 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Towards Mission Sunday - "The mission of the Church continues beyond the suffering of the pandemic" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In this year marked by the suffering and the challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the missionary journey of the whole Church continues": this is the passage of Pope Francis' Message for Worl ...
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  13 October 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops' appeal: a "frank, transparent and fruitful" dialogue to overcome social tensions San José (Agenzia Fides) - We want to reaffirm once again the appeal to the President for a frank, direct, transparent, multisectoral dialogue that leads to concrete results. It must be a fruitful dialogue for the benef ...
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  13 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Archbishop of Bukavu: "People want to know the truth" Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - Ten years have passed since the publication of the Mapping Report, recalls the Archbishop of Bukavu, Mgr. François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo, but also "20 years since the death of Mgr. Emmanuel Katal ...
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  13 October 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic nun dedicated to the sick dies of coronavirus Natore (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic sister Mary Arpita of the female institute "Associates of Mary Queen of the Apostles" (SMRA) died of Covid-19. Sister Arpita was responsible for the “St. Mary's” Dispensary and Mater ...
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  13 October 2020
  VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Mission belongs to every baptized person: lay people and missionary families are on the rise" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The profound meaning of World Mission Day (WMD) is to keep the meaning of mission in all the baptized alive. In this historical moment, the element of the universality of the Church, which ...
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  13 October 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Police brutality: Archbishop of Lagos calls for clarification Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - "Recently there have been reports and videos documenting that members of the Nigerian police, in particular SARS operatives, have been involved in various acts of brutality and extortion against i ...
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  13 October 2020
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop to farmers: land is sacred and cannot be sold Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us not be tempted to sell our inheritance, our land, because we live on it and it is sacred; we must not allow speculators to invade your fields and you should turn down offers from those wh ...
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  13 October 2020
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prince Hassan Bin Talal: the encyclical “Fratelli tutti” also applies to the Middle East Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Today, especially in the Middle East, the cradle of the three Abrahamic religions, one feels the need for a new "Social Charter" that supports the vulnerable and shows everyone the path to univers ...
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  12 October 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Catholics of Concepcion: "Let us pray for the release of our kidnapped brothers" Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - Decisive repudiation of the criminal acts committed by the the group known as the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) and the request for an immediate release was expressed by the Catholic commun ...
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  12 October 2020
  EUROPE FRANCE - Towards Mission Sunday - the Superior of the MEP: Pauline Jaricot and Therese of Lisieux, examples of missionary life Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The figure of Venerable Pauline Jaricot "will be able to help the baptized to grow stronger in the missionary path through the network of sharing material offerings and sharing prayer. Today each o ...