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  17 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Associations write to the UN: investigation into the murder of a Catholic catechist by the military Timika (Agenzi Fides) - A group of Indonesian Catholic and lay associations sent a letter to the United Nations to involve the UN Commissions in charge of human rights and extrajudicial executions in the case of the murd ...
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  17 November 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Solidarity with Venezuelan migrants: reasons, suffering and proposals in a report by RED CLAMOR, UNHCR and CELAM San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Let’s overcome the barrier of indifference, let’s create awareness of the precious contribution that Venezuelan refugees and migrants give to the Country that welcomes them. Let us learn ...
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  17 November 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Celebration of National Day of Peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that we have managed to avoid the worst, but the management of the current period is essential" said Madeleine Yao, President of PLCRD, the platform of religious leaders for peace, reco ...
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  17 November 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The work of " Boys' Town": The growth of young people to build a better society Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "Boys' Town", managed by the Catholic youth pastoral movement "YouthReach", activated by the Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore for needy and vulnerable young people and children, has celebrate ...
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  17 November 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishop's task is to "continue to bring healing and hope to the people of our time" shaken by crises Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Admitting that people’s faith in God “has been shaken” by the pandemic and related economic turmoil, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez called on his fellow bishops to take the news ...
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  17 November 2020
  ASIA/JORDAN - Elections, seats reserved for Christians assigned to nine men. The number of women in Parliament decreases Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The nine newly elected within the framework of parliamentary seats reserved for Christians are all men and they belong to different Churches and ecclesial communities. The official and definitive ...
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  17 November 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops condemn secessionist disturbances in Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Recent political disturbances in the Volta Region of Ghana have caused many to wonder if Ghana is truly a peaceful nation. The Volta Region which was once part of Togo in the colonial era has been ...
• 17 November 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as vicar apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador, with episcopal character, the Reverend Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés, of the clergy of the diocese of Loja, until no ...
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  16 November 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Merino resigns after protests with dead and injured: Bishops are calling for deep and comprehensive dialogue Lima (Agenzia Fides) - After taking office following the dismissal of President Vizcarra on November 10th (see Fides, 11/11/2020), the President of Parliament Manuel Merino resigned from office yesterday, Sunday, Novembe ...
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  16 November 2020
  ASIA - Jesuit Refugee Service celebrates its 40th anniversary: In times of the pandemic, refugee work is particularly important Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Although much has changed in the last 40 years, our mission to accompany, serve and defend refugees and displaced persons remains the same and remains a necessary and precious service in Asia, wh ...
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  16 November 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - November campaign: "It is time to take care of Evangelization" St. Paul (Agenzia Fides) - "In this period of the year we are all called to support evangelization with a concrete gesture. So that it can be carried out everywhere, in all our dioceses, but also in those places where it ...
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  16 November 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Kidnapped Scheut missionary released Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Sylvain Ronald, Scheut Missionaries (CICM), kidnapped last November 10th, was released in the late evening of November 13th at the Champ de Mars, a few meters from the National Pal ...
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  16 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Electoral victory of the National League for Democracy, which opens up to ethnic parties Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - After the electoral victory in Myanmar, the National League for Democracy (NLD), which received 396 seats in Parliament (six more than in 2015), opens to ethnic parties (i.e. representatives of e ...
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  16 November 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Journalists of a Catholic radio station forced to hide in the forest to escape jihadists Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - A dozen journalists of a Catholic radio station are forced to hide in the forest in northern Mozambique, denounces the National Community Radio Forum (FORCOM), according to which the entire edito ...
• 16 November 2020
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Rundu and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu (Namibia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I. The Holy Fa ...