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  18 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Evangelization through calligraphy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Art and calligraphy can be a means of evangelization in Pakistan: Father Arthur Charles is convinced of this to the point that he has started placing banners with verses from the Bible, in beaut ...
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  18 February 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Jubilee Year: "time to relaunch the commitment and hope that comes from the social dimension of Christian life" Limon (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the authorities and the protagonists of society to unite "to find solutions to the suffering of many Costa Ricans, in particular in the fields of work, health, violence, especially ag ...
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  18 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The innocent seven of Kandhamal, witnesses of faith Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - They spoke of their experience and witnessed their faith in Christ before the Indian Bishops: the seven innocent men - involved in the story of the anti-Christian massacres that took place in ...
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  18 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Security of life and property can no longer be guaranteed in Nigeria" denounces the Bishop of Awka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Human beings are being slaughtered regularly by terrorists who are suspected to have targeted the Christians. Security of life and property can no longer be guaranteed in Nigeria", said His Exc. ...
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  18 February 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Church of Congo in the hurricane of History Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the results produced by the three peaceful marches organized by the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC), from December 2017 to February 2018, "it seems to me that the most lasting and useful ...
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  18 February 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Stop stealing in the north": Salta area plundered of wealth and the inhabitants abandoned in misery Salta (Agenzia Fides) - "Stop stealing in the north" was the heartfelt request expressed by the rector of the Virgen de la Peña shrine, Father Fray Rubén Sica, OFM, in his homily last Sunday, February 16, referring to ...
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  17 February 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - From the sanctuary of Guadalupe, Archbishop Dal Toso starts the preparation for the continental missionary event, CAM 6 Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - With the solemn Mass presided yesterday in the Shrine of Santa Maria di Guadalupe, so important for the evangelization of the entire American continent, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, Presi ...
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  17 February 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Ballot boxes almost completely deserted by voters", report observers of "Justice and Peace" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Peaceful elections but almost entirely deserted by voters. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Abraham Kome, Bishop of Bafang, Apostolic Administrator of Bafia and President of the National Episcopal Co ...
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  17 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Apostolic Nuncio: "To announce the Gospel of mercy in daily life" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The first mission of Bishops and faithful in India is "to announce and live the Gospel in situations of daily life": said Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal ...
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  17 February 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - At least 24 dead in the attack against an evangelical church Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Unidentified armed individuals attacked the Evangelical church in the village of Pansi, located not far from Sebba, in the province of Yahgha, in northern Burkina Faso, yesterday, Sunday 16 ...
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  17 February 2020
  VATICAN - The Pope asks for a year of missionary commitment to the priests candidates for the diplomatic service of the Holy See Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has asked to integrate a year of missionary commitment in a diocese of particular Churches in the training curriculums of the priests candidates for the diplomatic s ...
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  17 February 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishop of Matagalpa presents an "ethical decalogue" for politicians; the release of all prisoners is still awaited Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The passage of the Gospel proclaimed during Masses last Sunday, the "discourse of the mountain" (Mt 5.17-37) which deals with the subject of the fulfillment of the law, gave the cue to Msgr. R ...
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  15 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Father Pier Luigi Maccali: the thorns and flowers of a kidnapping Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "No information, no sign that will help us give a real name to what has happened and to glimpse the path to follow", writes Father Ceferino Cainelli, Provincial Superior of the Society for Africa ...
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  15 February 2020
  VATICAN - The prayer of children is what pleases the Lord: Cardinal Tagle visits Bambino Gesù Hospital Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The first official commitment of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in Rome, after the appointment as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was the visit to the children h ...
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  15 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are sure that he is alive, and since the incident, steps have been taken to ensure that Rev. Fr. Nicholas Oboh is released without any harm", said Fr. Osi Odenore, Chancellor of the Diocese of ...