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  25 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dialogue and fraternity: the legacy of the Abu Dhabi Declaration in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue without prejudice, the culture of encounter, the fraternal relationship with others, beyond the differences of culture, religion or ethnicity, language or social class, material and spir ...
• 25 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three Christians who wanted to build a chapel have been injured Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Three Pakistani Christian men who were working on the construction of a chapel in Sahiwal, in the Pakistani province of Punjab, were injured in an attack by people who wanted to stop the project. ...
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  25 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Land grabbing, the Bishops: "We need a legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly denounce the land grabbing and forced expropriation of land in all its forms. The consequences are incalculable: Loss of cultural and ancestral heritage, displacement, unemployment, ...
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  25 February 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi parliamentarians of the Christian component: we will not vote for confidence in the Allawi government Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament is preparing to vote on Thursday 27 February for the confidence in the government designated by Prime Minister Mohammed Allawi, but the members of the parliamentary assembly ...
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  25 February 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Día de Hispanoamérica": in communion with the Spanish missionaries in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Remembering the Spanish missionaries in Latin America and collaborating with them: this is the purpose of the "Día de Hispanoamérica" which is celebrated next Sunday, March 1st. This year the m ...
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  24 February 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil society: need to fight Internet ban in two states Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - Over 100 civil society organizations in Myanmar urge the federal government to restore services in Rakhine and Chin states. On February 3, the government shut down Internet access in Buthidaun ...
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  24 February 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops for Lent: "breaking the chain of corruption" Nakuru (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption kills the moral of society", said Fr. Moses Omollo, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Kisumu, on the occasion of the launch of the 2020 Lent Campaign. Addressing the Christian faith ...
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  24 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas and civil institutions in partnership for children with disabilities Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Collaborative relationships between the municipal administration of Almaty, one of the main cities of Kazakhstan, and national Caritas, are intensifying, for the realization of projects dedicated ...
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  24 February 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church recalls the urgency of a law for national reconciliation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of El Salvador notes and confirms the need for a specific national reconciliation law that guarantees justice to the victims of the armed conflict that bloodied the nati ...
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  24 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholics To Protest National Insecurity In Black Attire on Ash Wednesday Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics across Nigeria will don black attires on Ash Wednesday 26 February 2020, as a sign of mourning and solidarity with the victims of kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country. This ...
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  24 February 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Demonstrative" protest of thousands of Israeli settlers on the lands of the Latin Patriarchate. Silence on behalf of the political authorities Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, February 21, 2020, thousands of Israeli settlers entered with no permission and gathered on the land lot belonging to the Latin Patriarchate in Tayasir, near Tubas in northern West ...
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  22 February 2020
  EUROPE /ITALY - The Comboni Missionaries: "In communion with the whole Church, to proclaim, witness and live the Gospel" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have taken note that in the epochal change we are experiencing, mission is called to take on a new paradigm to continue its mandate in a reality that presents strong discontinuities with the pa ...
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  22 February 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - "Emotional literacy" for students, to overcome the wounds of the war Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – To help people, especially young people and students, deal with their emotions effectively, appropriately and productively. To develope positive social interactions with other people in societ ...
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  22 February 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Art at the service of ecumenical dialogue Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - The community of Catholic faithful of Uzbekistan is deeply involved in the path of dialogue with other Christian denominations. The Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan, the Franciscan Fr. Jer ...
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  22 February 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - South Sudan, peace is near Peace is at hand. South Sudan is experiencing a crucial phase in its history: the path to end the civil conflict that has been going on for six years is open. The president, Salva Kiir, has announced an agreement with re ...