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Malawi: third church attacked by bandits in 2 months – Vatican News
Following an attack by armed bandits on Nsanama community, Bishop Montfort Stima of Mangochi calls on the Malawian government to protect its citizens and the Catholic Church.
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UN chief announces major push to transform harmful food systems
The UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems on Monday - coinciding with the start of World Food Week - which will…
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Herd immunity, an ‘unethical’ COVID-19 strategy, Tedros warns policymakers
Using the principle of so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and “not an option” countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the UN health agency chief…
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Greater equality a ‘prerequisite’ for overcoming global crises: Bachelet
In reviewing, assessing and acknowledging the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, enslavement and colonialism, the groundbreaking Durban World Conference of 2001, represented a “milestone” in the common fight against…
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Nuns lend their building to Pope for refugees – Vatican News
The Sisters Servants of Divine Providence of Catania have offered to the Office of Papal Charities their building in Rome to accommodate refugees who arrive in Italy.
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India’s Catholic Church protests arrest of elderly Jesuit priest – Vatican News
Father Stan Swamy, 83, was arrested on October 8 in Ranchi, Jharkhand State. He has been accused of links with Maoist rebels who are said to be behind a riot…
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Vatican: Four Swiss Guards test positive for Covid-19 – Vatican News
Four members of the Swiss Guard are in isolation with symptoms of the Covid-19 virus. The Governorate of the Vatican City State instituted preventive measures last week stipulating that every…
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Covid 19: Italy, UK set to introduce new measures as cases increase – Vatican News
Governments in Italy, the UK, and other regions consider new precautionary measures as coronavirus cases see an uptick in recent weeks.
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‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years, new disaster research shows
The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN researchers said on Monday, while also maintaining that “almost all nations” have failed to prevent a “wave of death and illness”…
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On the street among the poor of São Paulo whom “we will not abandon”
During his Sunday Angelus the Pope used Fr Julio Renao Lancellotti as an example of service to the poor. He is an Italian missionary in Brazil who dedicated his life…