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Mother, Hermine Nzotto, and her separated siamese twin daughters, surrounded by hospital staff, 7 July 2020

11/08/2020

Pope baptizes Siamese twins, mother thanks him

Pope Francis greets Supreme Knight Carl Anderson in February 2020

11/08/2020

Pope expresses gratitude to Knights of Columbus for 'creativity of charity'

11/08/2020

Fifth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy postponed to 2021

People clean up St George Maronite Church in Beirut center, 5 August

11/08/2020

Lebanon: ‘message of fraternity – east and west’

Oil spill off Mauritius after bulk carrier ship Wakashio hit the coral reefs

11/08/2020

Mauritius: fear of major ecological crisis

People lay flowers where a protester died in Minsk, Belarus

11/08/2020

Belarus opposition leader flees to Lithuania amid crackdown

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10/08/2020

Irish prelate delivers message for Nagasaki Day

Eamon Martin, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, delivered a message on the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in 1945, saying that the ...

Damage remains after last week's explosion

11/08/2020

Lebanon’s government quits over deadly explosion

Nigerian faithful in a peaceful march against killings in the country, March 2020

10/08/2020

Nigerian Bishops: "Stop the killing"

2018.12.17 Pena di Morte, esecuzione capitale, death penalty

10/08/2020

Philippines Bishops explain opposition to death penalty

In a statement issued at the beginning of August, the Bishops of the Philippines reiterate their opposition to the reintroduction of the death penalty in their country.

A protest by Dalit Muslims and Christians in India.

10/08/2020

“Black Day” protest against discrimination of India's Dalit Christians

The Indian Constitution grants social benefits and privileges to Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits for their uplift but denies them to Muslim and Christian Dalits. The August 10 "Black Day" protest by ...

A Huitoto indigenous man on a boat in Colombia.

09/08/2020

UN: indigenous peoples must be included in strategies against pandemic

The United Nations marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on August 9. The UN chief has released a message for this year’s observance, whose theme is, “COVID-19 and indigenous ...