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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 ...
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  9 September 2020
  ASIA / PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to death for "blasphemy"; the Church calls for a government campaign for minority rights Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Lahore, capital of the Punjab province of Pakistan, sentenced a Christian man to death for committing "blasphemy": Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in prison since 2013 on charges of having ...
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  8 September 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic hospitals treat patients with ventilators donated by the Holy See Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis has sent a ventilator for the intensive care unit as a gift. It is a blessing for us. It will be very useful for assisting coronavirus patients": says to Agenzia Fides Father Kamal C ...
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  8 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In the Week of Peace, new complaints on the violation of human rights in Chocó Quibdò (Agenzia Fides) - The department of Chocó is one of the Colombian territories most affected by the scourge of violence (see Fides, 10/6/2020; 13/1/2020). The Bishops of the dioceses of Quibdó, Istmina-Tadó and ...
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  8 September 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops call on social media to preach hope Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Malawi seriously believes that in compliance with the severe containment measures of Covid-19, including social distancing, Christians must continue to evangelize also t ...
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  8 September 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - One month of the presidential elections, a conference on "prevention and peaceful management of conflicts" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Prevention and peaceful management of conflicts", is the theme of the conference held on 6 September at Notre Dame de la Tendresse de la Riviera Golf parish in the archdiocese of Abidjan, orga ...
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  8 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christians and Muslims united to celebrate and act in the "Season of Creation" Puerto Princesa (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of building the common good together, Christian and Muslim volunteers come together to celebrate and live the "Season of Creation", announced by Pope Francis, which began o ...
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  8 September 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Protests by Bishops and Caritas for violence against humanitarian workers Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela and Caritas Venezuela "firmly reject the violation of the rights and deprivation of freedom of humanitarian ...
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  8 September 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The National Director of the PMS: "The recognition of the legal personality of the Church is a step forward for a fruitful collaboration" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy because the Church has seen its legal personality recognized", says to Agenzia Fides Don Isidore Sola Nombrè, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Burki ...
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  7 September 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Kidnapped nuns freed, the Bishop: "We ask for peace" Mocímboa da Praia (Agenzia Fides) - The two sisters of the congregation of St. Joseph of Chambery kidnapped on 12 August in Mocímboa da Praia (Mozambique) have been freed. This was announced yesterday, September 6, by ...
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  7 September 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Independence Day: "seeing the many riches that exist in our differences" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Independence Day should not be experienced as a simple holiday, but as a moment to celebrate the belief that all Brazilians, each with their own difference, depend on each other. A better, mor ...
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  7 September 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Towards World Mission Day: "face-to-face" activities resumed Lomé (Agenzia Fides) – To prepare the pastoral activities of missionary animation in view of missionary October and World Mission Sunday, October 18: with this aim in recent days, the National Director and the diocesa ...
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  7 September 2020
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga for the Month of the Homeland: "Power is service and search for the common good" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, in his homily during yesterday's mass, referred to the Month of the Homeland that has just begun and to the political ...
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  7 September 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Armed groups control almost 80% of the territory and threaten our future", denounce the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "There are signs of hope, but the continued presence of armed groups threatens the future of the country". This is how the cry of alarm of the Bishops of the Central African Republic contained in ...
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  7 September 2020
  ASIA - Covid-19 and educational emergency: collaboration between governments and the private sector is urgently needed to support families Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on education systems globally. According to UNICEF, the effects of the pandemic have affected more than 1.5 billion students globally, and 1 billion ...