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  24 October 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: psychological support offered by the eight Episcopal Conferences of East Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Spiritual support is a necessity amidst the pandemic", says Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo, Pastoral Coordinator of AMECEA (Association of Members of Episcopal Conferences in East Africa), speaking of t ...
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  24 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Denial of bail to Jesuit accused of "sedition" Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - A special court of the National Investigation Agency yesterday, October 23, rejected the request for bail for Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, (commonly known as Fr. Stan Swamy) activist for ...
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  24 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Presidential elections: meeting of women of all political tendencies to contribute to a peaceful vote Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the presidential elections in Ivory Coast, on October 31, when the tensions in the Country are becoming increasingly felt, UN-Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equali ...
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  24 October 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Social tensions, strikes, corruption and the risk of food emergencies Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in our country is the subject of many concerns because of the continual violations of rights and the extreme poverty which concerns more and more people. It is estimated that by th ...
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  24 October 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Testimony of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the need to "give impetus and vitality to the mission, in particular through the action of the laity" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary to build a larger and stronger network between the faithful and lay missionary communities in order to promote the mission of the Church, thanks also to mutual personal involvem ...
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  23 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Parliamentary election: Coptic Bishops declare “equidistance” and want high voter turnout Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A few hours before the start the Egyptian parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for Saturday, October 24th and Sunday, October 25th, various Coptic Orthodox Bishops affirm the “equidistan ...
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  23 October 2020
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops in view of the election: "It should be peaceful, inclusive and democratic" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The next elections should be peaceful, inclusive and democratic in the spirit of the National Conference of February 1990", said the Bishops of Benin in the statement published at the end of th ...
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  23 October 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - More than 360 Catholic schools involved in the special Missionary Childhood Day Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Day for children was celebrated by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia (Catholic Mission) with the initiative "Socktober Day": the initiative, which combines the term "soc ...
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  23 October 2020
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishops' delegation visits flood victims Hue (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation from the Vietnamese Bishops' Conference visited the areas of central Vietnam affected by the recent floods. Expressing solidarity and solidarity with the flood victims, giving consolati ...
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  23 October 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Civil War creates lost generation Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Anglophone regions of Cameroon, where 20% of the country's population live, have been experiencing a social and humanitarian crisis since 2016. The crisis signals a historic gap between the ...
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  23 October 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Thanks from the PMS to all those who participated in World Mission Day "in times of pandemic" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Day 2020 on October 18th was marked by the pandemic, but this year too, thanks to the creativity of dioceses, parishes and schools, it was possible to carry out the initiatives. Fr. ...
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  23 October 2020
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Political crisis resolved with centralization of powers: people's expectations have been disappointed Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "The protests that followed the parliamentary elections on October 4th in Kyrgyzstan are against the obvious buying of votes, this time more than in the past: in the days leading up to the elect ...
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  23 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After 10 years, a new phase of the inter-congregational missionary Project in Haiti Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The project for missionary cooperation between the Churches in Brazil and Haiti started 10 years ago: the "Inter-congregational Project for Solidarity" was born from the collaboration of the Na ...
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  22 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic girl abducted and converted to Islam: the kidnapper's false statements Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Arzoo Raja, the young Catholic girl kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and forced into an Islamic wedding by a 44-year-old Muslim (see Fides, 21/10/2020), is 13 years old and not 18, as fals ...
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  22 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops complain of a "standstill" in the Country and death threats against confreres in the episcopate Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened that our politicians are showing revolting indifference while the country is on the verge of bankruptcy", said the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a messa ...