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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priests and religious: "It is time to resist against a dangerous and unjust law" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "I was here, in these same streets with a crowd of people on February 24 and 25, 1986, 34 years ago, when I was still a young seminarian. Today I have returned here as a sign of protest. Despite ...
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  20 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Rumors about an alleged contagion from Covid-19 for Coptic Patriarch Tawadros denied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - No coronavirus infection for Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. It is the same Pope Tawadros who confirmed this, with a dry denial in which he de ...
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  20 July 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Fr. Walter Maccalli: the pastoral activities of our churches are slowly resuming Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "In Liberia we are in the middle of the rainy season and our people are engaged in rural work. During this period, malaria makes itself felt as every year and affects everyone, men, women and espec ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Anti-terrorism law, from the Bishops a "call to conscience" Manila (Agenzi Fides) - "In the midst of this desolate political landscape, we find consolation from the groups of lawyers and ordinary citizens who have filed petitions before the Supreme Court, questioning the constitu ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Covid-19, outbreak in the Catholic Church of Medan, the Archbishop in hospital Medan (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Catholic community is in prayer and is living a time of waiting and fear for the outbreak of Covid-19 which broke out in the Church of Medan, capital of the province of North Sumatr ...
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  20 July 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Peace talks between government and separatists in the bishop's residence: the Church promotes dialogue and reconciliation Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes for peace in Cameroon are rekindled. In the first week of July, meetings were held between official representatives of the government and separatists from the English-speaking regions of C ...
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  20 July 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the Day of Charity the news of the death of Archbishop Soares da Costa for Covid-19 Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - While the Day of Charity was being celebrated in Brazil yesterday (see Fides, 18/7/2020), news of the death of Mgr. Henrique Soares da Costa, Bishop of Palmares, state of Pernambuco, was ...
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  18 July 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The work issue in Sulawesi reopens the wound of discrimination against Chinese minorities Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Protests against Chinese workers employed by some companies in the south-east of the island are not abating in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The protests, which began in March, are tied to an atmosphere ...
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  18 July 2020
  ASIA - Abuses of human rights, xenophobia and religious intolerance in Asia: the denunciation of "Franciscan International" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of respect for human rights in East Asia and the Pacific area is precarious due to phenomena such as xenophobia, religious intolerance and the impact of climate change: these eleme ...
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  18 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Grand Mufti Shawki Allam: "There is no objection to building churches with Muslim money" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Islamic law does not contain any legal objection to the possibility of building churches using money belonging to Muslims. This relevant observation, full of possible applications with respect to ...
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  18 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Each of us has a reason to continue to remain united with Fr. Gigi Maccalli" Padua (Agenzia Fides) - There are always many people who continue to pray and hope for the release of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions, kidnapped in Niger on 17 September 2018. There are a ...
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  18 July 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Covid-19 crisis aggravated by the strike of nurses, exacerbated by low wages and corruption Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We noted with concern that the current state of the health sector characterized by the failure by the government to amicably resolve the protracted strike by medical personnel, did not augur wel ...
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  18 July 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - "Still too many infections" due to Covid-19, the Bishops postpone the opening of churches for worship Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - Last week the government of Guinea Bissau authorized the reopening of churches, mosques, places of worship and traditional rites, subject to compliance with a series of measures, including the ma ...
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  18 July 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops in the face of the current situation: "We are committed to life and human dignity" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware that the year 2020 will leave a sign in the history of the world and Mexico due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has caused pain in countless homes and has seriously damaged the ...
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  18 July 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - National Day of Charity, "in harmony with the heart of God" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Day of Charity is celebrated in Brazil on Sunday 19 July. "Charity, together with Bread, the Word and missionary Action, is one of the four pillars that constitute the life of the ecclesial m ...