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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: the proposal on "Lebanese neutrality" is not aimed "against" Hezbollah Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal to reaffirm the so-called "Lebanese neutrality", indicated in recent months on several occasions by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai as a way out of the crisis in Lebanon, shou ...
• 11 September 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops for Independence Day: "let us celebrate our freedom as a gift and as a commitment" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "You have been called to freedom" (Gal 5:13): this is the biblical verse that opens the Message of the Bishops of Guatemala, published with the date of September 8, on the occasion of the ...
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  10 September 2020
  EUROPE/GREECE - "Europe should not be blind and deaf": appeals after the fire at Moria refugee camp Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The fire at Moria refugee camp, in Lesbos, confirms once again that the States of all of Europe cannot be blind to a crisis dictated by wanting to turn their backs on those who ask for help. We ca ...
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  10 September 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Feast of the Virgin of Caacupé: Mgr. Valenzuela complains about the violence and "the great absence of God in our life" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people, at different times, participated in the liturgical celebrations in honor of the Virgin of the Miracles of Caacupé, on the day of the feast of her birth, 8 September, alway ...
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  10 September 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - First religious profession in the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the nativity of the Virgin Mary on 8 September, the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) welcomed 14 new members in Kinshasa. After a year of novitiate, these ...
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  10 September 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The odyssey of Eritrean refugees, forced to starve, rejected, victims of traffickers Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia run the risk of being repatriated. The government of Addis Ababa no longer considers them in need of humanitarian protection. At the same time, Ethiopia no long ...
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  10 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The young Indian Catholic at the UN: Laudato Sì is a source of inspiration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Sì is a precious source of inspiration for the commitment in defense of mother earth and in the fight against the climate crisis. I regularly draw inspirat ...
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  10 September 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards World Mission Day: the witness of the elderly and the sick is an indispensable force for missionary work Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil have published the brochures for the animation of the activities of the Elderly and Sick Missionaries - IEM. The aim is to animate, train and ac ...
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  10 September 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal by the Archdiocese of Abuja to the government: "Enough violence, we need to help the poor caused by Covid-19" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the Nigerian government to guarantee adequate security for people and their property. Where there is no peace, development cannot arise", said Fr. Benedict Ahamojie, in presenting the fina ...
• 10 September 2020
  AFRICA/SEYCHELLES - Resignation of the Bishop of Port Victoria and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Port Victoria or Seychelles, (Seychelles), presented by Bishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. The Pope has appoi ...
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  9 September 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Despite the adversity, we will not leave!" video message of hope from missionaries around the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, the missionary Church shows its unanimous will to remain on mission, among the people. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain are launc ...
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  9 September 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Pandemic and violence in Cape Delgado: the solidarity of the Bishops of southern Africa Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The violence, loss of life and the reality of displaced persons currently unfolding in the Province of Cabo Delgado in the North of Mozambique concerns us deeply", say the Members of the Standin ...
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  9 September 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - For the first time the media have broadcast the religious feast of the Virgin of Charity Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cuban television broadcast the solemn Eucharist in honor of the Virgin of Charity, Patroness of Cuba, celebrated yesterday morning, September 8, in her sanctuary in El Cobre, a town near the city ...
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  9 September 2020
  AFRICA - "No to violence and yes to peace": appeal by African Bishops a year after Pope Francis' visit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, Hope and Reconciliation. These are the key words of the visit made by Pope Francis a year ago in Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius, from 4 to 10 September 2019 (see Fides, 4/9/2019), reca ...
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  9 September 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A Bishop in the National Unity Plan Committee, "to build harmony and the common good" Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - "I live this appointment as a service to the common good to help the government promote peace, harmony, understanding, solidarity and work for development": as Agenzia Fides learns, with these w ...