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  3 September 2020
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - "Pandemic and general elections": the pastoral letter of Archbishop González Nieves highlights "the pandemic of corruption" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Mgr. Roberto Octavio González Nieves, OFM, published a pastoral letter entitled "Puerto Rico: Pandemic and general elections, a call for reflection a ...
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  3 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New priests in Pakistan: hope for the Church in the midst of the pandemic Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "A young priest is always a gift for the People of God, chosen as the prophets and apostles to bring people closer to God. It is the priest's responsibility to serve people and accompany them to ...
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  3 September 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "Constructive dialogue" says President Nyusi after meeting with the Bishop of Pemba Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is experiencing a moment in which there is a need to speak, to dialogue. It is necessary to understand what the other sees and what the other knows. Being religious, this Bishop of o ...
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  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo" Regional Seminary of Sambalpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 May 2020, Card. Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Lancy Rodrigues, SVD (Society of the Divine Word), as Rector of the ...
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  3 September 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Freedom and democracy: young Thais take to the streets Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of Thailand give life to a new season of street demonstrations and freely express their aspirations for freedom and democracy. The new movement that animates Thai society calls ...
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  3 September 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "God is always ready to forgive": Day of penance and prayer celebrated Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Symbolic objects to indicate peace and mutual forgiveness, such as banknotes attached to a twig; leaves of a specific tree planted as a sign of recovered trust; Areca nuts exchanged to repa ...
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  3 September 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops call on government to shut down abortion clinics Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - " We cannot claim God is in our midst when in fact we are allowing the evil of some individuals who may have killed their conscience to legislate for the killing of our unborn children", say the ...
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  2 September 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Álvarez Cano: "Society must ask its rulers to make proper use of public resources" Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - "The population has the task of demanding its leaders the correct use of public resources, so that while fighting corruption, public employees are truly committed and dedicated to the common goo ...
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  2 September 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Fight against Covid-19: thanks to the Church, a partnership between Italian and Kazakh hospitals has begun Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan is committed to the common good of the country and tries to support the national health system in the fight against Covid-19. In response to the spread of the co ...
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  2 September 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "The peace agreement is good, but all the armed groups must join it" says the Archbishop of Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not know if we can call this agreement comprehensive because some other armed forces in Sudan are still out and I hear they haven’t accepted to sign. A peace agreement becomes comprehen ...
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  2 September 2020
  AFRICA/BENIN - The training of seminarians of the Centro de Brésillac of Calavì during the Coronavirus period Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Confinement for everyone, external commitments interrupted, house closed to parish groups and ecclesial movements that spent their days of retreat and formation there. In Benin, the number of co ...
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  2 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops to the faithful, put to the test by the pandemic: "Let's not lose hope. The crisis can bring out the best in us" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The current crisis linked to Covid-19 can bring out the best in us all. The fear and suffering, anxiety and uncertainty we experience today are caused not only by the new coronavirus, but also b ...
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  1 September 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - A missionary from the diocese of Sokodé: "Again confined even if it is impossible to comply with health measures" Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "Curfew from 6.30 pm to 5 am and again the closure of places of worship. The cities of Adjengré, Sokodé, Tchamba are again in confinement", writes to Fides Father Silvano Galli, priest of th ...
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  1 September 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Bishops denounce uncontrollable violence: "An attack on life, justice and peace" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the Catholic Bishops of Haiti, strongly condemn the assassination of Monferrier Dorval, President of the Bar of Port-au-Prince, as well as all the latest assassinations with firearms ...
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  1 September 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Card. Bo’s appeal for the elections: "Active participation is essential. Vote for true federalism" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "These are difficult times. My prayer accompanies each of you as you face the challenge of the pandemic. God will protect our nation. Now we are approaching another election in November. This cal ...