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  1 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Church continues to pray for peace while the situation in Tigray remains uncertain Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - While the government of Addis Ababa announced that Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, had been taken by the Ethiopian army and declared victory over the Tigray People's Liberation Fr ...
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  1 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Bishops: it is urgent to eradicate terrorism and do justice, for the prosperity of the Country Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The bloody and violent attacks that took place in Poso are beyond our humanity and civilization and contradicts the values of humanity and religious teachings", said the Indonesian Bishops' Co ...
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  1 December 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga on the death of Kobine Lamaya: a "peacemaker" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a baobab that has fallen, because this man was a scholar, a man of wisdom, who spoke of unity and had respect and appreciation for his fellow men ", said His Eminence Cardinal Dieudonné N ...
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  1 December 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Patriarch Bartholomew: Christian unity is not an "ecumenical utopia", but the will of Christ himself Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The path to full Christian unity has not stopped and must be continued with tenacity, realism and "full trust in Providence" precisely because it is not based on a sterile "ecumenical utopia" b ...
• 30 November 2020
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 November 2020, the Holy Father appointed rev. Stephanus Han Jung Hyun, of the clergy of Daejeon, currently Parish priest of the Holy Family Parish, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese ...
• 30 November 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of El Beni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 November 2020, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M., titular bishop of Leges, currently Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of La Paz and Secretary General o ...
• 30 November 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Bishop of Homa Bay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 November 2020, the Holy Father appointed rev. Michael Otieno Odiwa, of the clergy of Homa Bay, currently a Fidei Donum priest in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide (Australia) a ...
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  30 November 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops join the protests: No to the bill on metalliferous development in the province of Chubut Chubut (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Argentine province of Chubut, in the north-southern part of the country, have once again rejected the bill "Sustainable metalliferous industrial development of the province of ...
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  30 November 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Biblical Year in Goa, impetus for Christian proclamation and mission Panaji (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Goa will experience a special "Biblical Year", dedicated to the deepening and proclamation of the Word of God: this is what Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said in a solem ...
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  30 November 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Strengthening hope, charity and mission in the context of the pandemic Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a time of many questions and it is up to us to listen to what the Spirit has to say to the Church in this context", say the Brazilian Bishops, inviting us to reflect on the presence ...
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  30 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dowry prohibition: a burden has been removed from the shoulders of the poor Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the federal government of Pakistan for taking the historic decision to ban the tradition of dowry in Pakistan. This provision will facilitate marriages, and goes in the direction ...
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  30 November 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - At least 110 dead in Nigeria after suspected Boko Haram attack; there is still no news of a kidnapped priest Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations has declared that over 110 farmers were killed by the rebels of Boko Haram on November 28, in the village of Zabarmari, a community of rice farmers in the Jere area of the State ...
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  30 November 2020
  VATICAN - Three webinars promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies on missionary charity and fundraising Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The formation activity promoted by the International Secretariats of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), through the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), does not stop in time of a pand ...
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  30 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Uncertain situation in Tigray, concern for the fate of 100,000 Eritrean refugees Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I launch a strong appeal to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia so that the situation of 100,000 Eritrean refugees is urgently addressed", said UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, ...
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  28 November 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - The protest of the "yellow ducks": democracy and fewer privileges to the Crown Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The student movement is launching yet another challenge to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha. The young demonstrators who, since last February, have been calling for the resignation of its govern ...