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Still from CRTN production on Iraq

Advent Calendar 2020: 24 days of waiting, 24 stories of faith

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Stories of heroism, dedication and suffering of the faithful in countries like Israel, Venezuela, Pakistan, Nicaragua, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Egypt, Indonesia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Prince Dr. Asfa Wossen Asserate (© Asfa-Wossen-Asserate

Ethiopia: ‘we can live in peaceful coexistence’

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"It is imperative that this apartheid constitution is replaced by a new one, which finally will turn Ethiopia into the country that most Ethiopians have wanted for at least 50 years: a democratic federalist state."
Refugees in a camp in Pemba

During war in Mozambique, ‘those who suffer most are the poor’

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"We cannot be indifferent to the suffering, the pain, the death of so many of our brothers and sisters.”
A Marian procession in Bosnia Herzegovina

Bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina condemn mistreatment of Catholics

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it would have been the duty of “native and foreign officials” to create a general “political, legal and material” framework that would have made it possible for the Catholic minority to remain in the country, but this did not happen.
Mass in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the time of the pandemic, Mass stipends fill a special need

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"Mass stipends were of great use for me to continue with my daily life. Once again I thank you for your generosity in helping our diocesan priests and I hope you will continue to do the same in the near future.”
Edmond

Christmas in sight, gifts are earmarked for children in Syria

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25,000 warm anoraks are now being cut and stitched together in the dressmaking and tailoring workshops of local craftsmen and craftswomen in Aleppo.
Father Agwan

Nigeria: danger of stigmatization of Fulani

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"there are always accusations and counter accusations either between the Fulani and the local groups, between Christians and Muslims, or between farmers and herdsmen, so much so that the facts are beclouded."

In one Lebanon hospital, ‘we have to rise again…’

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"We gave all our time and devotion to caring for all the patients, even during the most difficult times, when there was no bread or other food available for several months.”
Eternal flame at holocaust memorial, Yerevan, Armenia

Armenia feels forgotten, betrayed by international community

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"The Armenian people have always come back again from the midst of indescribable calamities, and they have done so in peace, without vengeance or bitterness."
BIshop Audo

‘The Syrian people have been brutally driven into poverty’

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"the war is not over yet, particularly not in Idlib, around Aleppo or in the Jazira region of north-eastern Syria."
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