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  7 October 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Laws must be at the service of the dignity of every human being Nuevo Casas Grandes (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the current situation in our country, we see the serious risk that another initiative will further divide and polarize society and destroy the most important institution ...
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  7 October 2020
  ASIA - Geopolitical Atlas documents the effects of the pandemic: the virus does not stop wars Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "On January 23, 2020, the Chinese city of Wuhan was shut down. Then it was the turn of Huanggang and then of Ezhou. According to WHO, the isolation of a city as large as Wuhan is unprecedented in p ...
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  7 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Christian acquitted after seven years: Justice is now being sought for the violence committed at Joseph Colony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistani Christian Sawan Masih, who was falsely accused of blasphemy in 2013, was acquitted yesterday, 6 October 2020, by the Lahore Court of Appeal. After seven years in prison and a first-degr ...
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  7 October 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 28 years after the peace accords, several areas of Mozambique are living in the anxiety of war Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-eight years after the historic signing of the peace accords that put an end to the civil war in Mozambique, fear of war has flared up again in various areas of the Country. This was stated ...
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  7 October 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem thanks the Order of the Holy Sepulcher for its support. Debts for the University of Madaba have been fully repaid Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - With heartfelt thanks for "the concrete and tangible sign of divine providence" for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, addres ...
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  7 October 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The UN: 60% of the Central African population needs humanitarian protection Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, there are 2.8 million Central Africans in need of humanitarian assistance and protection – nearly 60% of the Country’s population... Increasing violations by armed groups are creating ...
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  6 October 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - World Mission Month opens in Meyrin opened: "Everyone can be part of the chain of communication of the Gospel" Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Month was inaugurated in Switzerland on Sunday 4th October in the parish of The Visitation in Meyrin. Under the motto "Here I am, send me!" the Catholics of Switzerland are invited ...
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  6 October 2020
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Protesters demand the cancellation of the elections-social and political chaos Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is very tense: the opposition has occupied the White House, the seat of government and the politicians now have to decide what to do. On the other hand, the results of the October ...
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  6 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "We must use our resources responsibly in times of pandemic" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Each of us is called to use resources responsibly in the midst of the pandemic. The global health crisis offers us the opportunity to review our lifestyle, without abusing or wasting human and n ...
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  6 October 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Pastoral plan 2021: Congregations should participate in processes of missionary renewal Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the fundamental challenges the Church and society are facing in this time of health and economic crisis, the Dominican Bishops' Conference (CED), in collaboration with the Natio ...
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  6 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ad hoc commission to investigate illegal expropriation of Christian lands in Iraqi Kurdistan Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Office of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan instructed the regional government to create an ad hoc Commission to examine, document and prosecute the systematic illegal expr ...
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  6 October 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19: WHO explains the factors that have led to the low number of cases in Africa Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of COVID-19 in Africa has been marked by a relatively low number of infections, which have decreased in the past two months due to various socio-ecological factors and early publ ...
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  6 October 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Towards Mission Day: the prayer of the missionary Rosary in all dioceses Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesian Catholics are living the national "Missionary Rosary Prayer" in the month of October. As Fides has learned, in all 37 dioceses of the nation, the Bishops lead the prayer and invite al ...
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  6 October 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops: "may this new period of national life be an opportunity to build a different Guatemala" Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of October, the Bishops of Guatemala published a message "of hope and a call to commitment from Catholics and society" entitled "I saw a new heaven and a new earth" (Ap 21-1). ...
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  6 October 2020
  AFRICA - The CRS: "Economic inequalities and not ethnic tensions are the causes of violence and instability in the Sahel" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Deeply rooted economic inequalities and not ethnic tensions are the causes of violence and instability in the Sahel. This is what the study, entitled "Steps Towards Peace" recently released by Cath ...