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  22 June 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: need to include migrants and displaced persons in the response to the Covid-19 crisis Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Migrants and displaced people in Myanmar and throughout Asia face increasingly difficult situations: "They are often on the run, crowded together, and with inadequate health care", said Cardinal ...
• 22 June 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Paul Trairong Multree Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 18 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Paul Trairong Multree, of the Ratchaburi diocesan clergy, a me ...
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  22 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sister Maria Laura Mainetti, educator of young people, killed while forgiving her murderers will be blessed Como (Agenzia Fides) - On June 19 the Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decree concerning the martyrdom of the Servant of God Sister Maria Laura Mainetti of the Congregati ...
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  22 June 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An ancient Christian cross discovered in the mountains of Northern Pakistan Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The stone cross found in the mountains of Skardu-Baltistan indicates the presence of Christianity in northern Pakistan, already ten centuries ago. It is an important historical discovery and ...
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  22 June 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Turkish raids on Iraqi villages. Chaldean Patriarch Sako: "What does Erdogan want?" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Between Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June Turkish planes bombed the area near Zakho, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan on the border with Turkey, historically characterized by the strong roots of Chaldean, ...
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  22 June 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - "We are custodians of our brothers and sisters: Children’s right and black lives matter" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, there is increase in gender based-violence, sexual violence, early pregnancies, forced labor, child trafficking, early marriages and increased cases of Female Genital Mutilation, and ...
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  22 June 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church involved in the "crusade for life", to help vulnerable and migrant families Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 21 June, from the minor Basilica of San Lorenzo Mártir, Cathedral of the archdiocese of Santa Cruz (Bolivia), Mgr Sergio Gualberti presided over the Mass concelebrated by Mgr. Re ...
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  22 June 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - "Something evil can lead to a good thing" says a Congolese priest who describes the religious and social situation caused by Covid-19 Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Something evil can lead to a good thing" writes to Fides Don Armand Brice Ibombo, priest and teacher in the Republic of Congo, in describing the consequences of the pandemic due to Covid-19 ...
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  20 June 2020
  VATICAN - "Forced like Jesus Christ to flee": living with dignity as refugees in the time of the coronavirus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Victims of violence, fear and above all of an unfair system, in 2019, 33.4 million people in 145 countries were forced to leave their homes in addition to the hundreds of millions of refuge ...
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  20 June 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops: a look at those who have lost their bread, their roof and their jobs, even if they are migrants Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Migrants and Itinerant People (CEMI) has expressed its desire to make visible the vulnerable situation of refugees and migrants, in a message for World Refugee ...
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  20 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian Missionaries: unprecedented numbers of forced displacements, and there are still no answers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today there are 70.8 million people in the world forced to flee, victims of conflicts, persecutions, violence or natural disasters. Of these 25.9 million are recognized refugees. Numbers whose comp ...
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  20 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Is the freedom of movement of goods worth more than that of people? Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Brazil celebrates World Refugee Day with a series of programs and debates on the situation of people forced to leave their land and country that concludes the "Migrant's Week". " ...
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  20 June 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishop of Zomba: "The Church has a central role in dealing with the pandemic" Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - "When Covid 19 arrived in Malawi, we found ourselves unprepared and frightened. So far God has saved us from many deaths compared to Europe and other parts of the world. To date, there are over 50 ...
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  20 June 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Covid-19: the renewal of residence visas for Catholic missionaries is difficult Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary priests in Kazakhstan, as well as all foreigners present in the national territory, may experience problems to stay in the Central Asian country due to the new provisions on entry and ...
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  20 June 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "President, give us peace among Burundians": Archbishop of Gitega at the inauguration of the newly-elected Head of State Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been sworn in, in the presence of the country's civil and religious authorities. Before taking oath, the moderator of the ceremony, Brigadi ...