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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “Reconciliation is closer” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Reconciliation in Sri Lanka is closer. We are confident, the social and political atmosphere bodes well. The sides are determined to turn a new page and work together for peace and pro ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bethlehem church bells will chime for peace but Christmas this year will have less events Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – Next Saturday, 5 December at 7.30 pm local time, the bells of churches in Bethlehem will chime for peace and they call on churches all over the world to do the same. The announcement was mad ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - December 8 opening of Erbil Catholic University Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – December 8 is the date chosen for the opening of a new Catholic University, Erbil Campus, CUE in Iraq. The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil has warmly invited everyone to take part in the ...
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  1 December 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - "There is life beyond HIV": more than half of those eligible to treatment are still without care Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 45% of the 37 million people living with HIV are unaware of being infected with the virus. On the occasion of the World Day against HIV/AIDS, which is celebrated on December 1 each year, the NGO Do ...
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  1 December 2015
  VATICAN - Education and formation for the most vulnerable, among the predominantly Muslim populations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan and India, nuns carry out a great job among the population, almost entirely Muslim, in favor of education and the promotion of interreligious dialogue: this is what Sister Monic ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of the Bishop of Hoima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Vincent Kirabo, professor at St. Mary's National Major Seminary Ggaba, Kampala as Bishop of Hoima (Uganda). Rev. Vincent Kirabo was born ...
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  1 December 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Bishops ask for clarification on the results of the presidential elections Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference has called on the Haitian Provisional Electoral Council to clarify "what really happened" during the presidential elections on 25 October, whose results confirmed ...
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  1 December 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The beatification of three missionary martyrs: "Martyrs of faith and charity, witnesses of hope" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - "A land that was watered with the blood of martyrs, is called to generate new Christians in the example of the Gospel": says the Bishop of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Angelo Francisco Simon Piorno ...
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  1 December 2015
  VATICAN - XIX Plenary - Cep 2015: "The ability to evangelize is combined with the courage to bear witness" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The first report of the plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP), which opened yesterday (see Fides 27 and 30/11/2015), was held by Cardinal Tarcisio Ber ...
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  1 December 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni after his trip to Africa: "It is the faith of the poor that protected the Pope" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As for security, I will tell you my experience: it is true, there were UN peacekeepers, the local gendarmerie, security forces. But who really protected the Pope's visit, and would not all ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré elected Head of State in the first round Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was elected President of Burkina Faso in the first round of the presidential elections which were held on November 29 (see Fides 30/11/2015). Kaboré obtained 53. ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Pope Francis' visit will leave a deep mark in the hearts of Central Africans" says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a very nice atmosphere, something we hadn’t experienced for years". This is the impression Pope Francis left thanks to his visit to the Central African Republic, on 29 and 30 November, ...
• 1 December 2015
  VATICAN - XIX Plenary - CEP 2015: young Churches and proclamation of the Gospel, between growth and instability Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The young Churches today encounter factors that weaken evangelization. This is what Cardinal Peter Turkson said today on the second day of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the E ...
• 30 November 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni’s report: those who do not know Christ and the challenges for the Church increase Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who do not know Christ increase in number. Out of the 7 billion people who make up the world’s population, only 17.7%, or 1 billion 254 billion, are Catholic. Then again, the numbe ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - "When we are nourished by the Eucharist, we can nourish others": a program for the Jubilee Nagpur (Agenzia Fides) - "When we are nourished by the Eucharist we can nourish others" is the appeal launched by Abram Viruthakulangara, Archbishop of Nagpur, for the Jubilee Year of Mercy. As reported to Fides, in the ...