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  16 January 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Syriac Orthodox monk accused of complicity with the PKK has been released Mardin (Agenzia Fides) – Although released from prison, Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen, arrested last January 9 by Turkish security forces on charges of offering help and coverage to PKK militants, the Kurdish wor ...
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  15 January 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The baptized have grown by 50% in the past 20 years Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Catholics in South Korea has steadily increased over the past two decades: according to the report issued by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea and sent to Agenzia Fides, the n ...
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  15 January 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops' message for 2020: Migrants, protection of minors, violence, religious freedom Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "There are several challenges that we faced in 2019 and that, as a Catholic Church, we faced with due urgency and responsibility. We continue to pray for the special situations we are experi ...
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  15 January 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of the diocese of Floresta: we want to show the missionary face of the Church Floresta (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to show the face of a Church that wants to be missionary. This is why the missions have contributed greatly in our diocese. You too are taking on the missionary nature of the Church", ...
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  15 January 2020
  AFRICA/BENIN - "Too much alcohol among young people" denounce the Bishops Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops’ Conference of Benin is concerned about the excessive consumption of alcohol by a large segment of the youth in our Country" said His Exc. Mgr. Eugène Cyrille Houndékon, Bishop ...
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  15 January 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - Journalistic investigation: "the 2 Bishops of Aleppo who disappeared in 2013 martyred". But the incident is still shrouded in mystery Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - They died as martyrs, killed in December 2016 by a gang of militiamen who had held them hostage for years. This is apparently the fate of the two Archbishops of Aleppo, the Greek Orthodox Boulos ...
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  14 January 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Despite the maximum commitment of Caritas, the number of people in poverty is always high Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our model is Christ, who came to serve with simplicity and humility" said Mgr. Carlos Tissera, Bishop of Quilmes, president of Caritas Argentina, recalling at the beginning of the year tha ...
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  14 January 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - The mission of the "House of Angels" for the integration of disabled children with their families Nonthaburi (Agenzia Fides) - The "House of Angels" is situated in the parish of Our Lady of Mercy, in Nonthaburi, in the diocese of Bangkok, on the northern outskirts of the capital. Disabled children and their mothers a ...
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  14 January 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "after 125 years of evangelization we are urged to put an end to the crisis" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "After 125 years of evangelization, we thank God for his work of salvation in the life of the Central African people through the commitment of men and women of faith. We pay tribute to all missio ...
• 14 January 2020
  AFRICA - Passage of Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions of the North Africa Region Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has decided to pass the Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions of the North Africa Region - Alger, Constantine, Oran, Tunis - from the Congregation for Bishops to the Congregation ...
• 14 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Supreme Court rejects homosexual marriage: the Philippine Church approves Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Filipino Church have welcomed the ruling by the Supreme Court which confirmed its previous decision to reject the petition that aimed to legalize same-sex marriage in the count ...
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  14 January 2020
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni's farewell from "Propaganda Fide": "It is time for inter gentes mission" Vatican City (Agenzi Fides) - "Today there is a need for a renewed proclamation of the Gospel around the world, not only in the traditional 'mission territories' but also in the continents of ancient evangelization. From ...
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  14 January 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Thousands of pilgrims at the big feast of "El Niño Dios" in Sotaquí pray for Chile Sotaquí (Agenzia Fides) - The scorching sun did not discourage thousands of pilgrims and devotees of "El Niño Dios" in Sotaquí, who on Sunday 12 January gave birth to the "Fiesta Grande 2020", one of the most importan ...
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  13 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Prayer intensifies while a "volcanic tsunami" is at risk Manila (Agenzia Fides) - While Manila and many adjacent provinces are preparing for the eruption of the second most active volcano in the country, the Taal, near Manila, Catholic faithful intensify prayers for the safety ...
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  13 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - There is still no news of 4 seminarians kidnapped in Kaduna Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – There is still no news of the four seminarians kidnapped on the evening of January 8 in the "Good Shepherd d Kakau" Major Seminary along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The village is located near Kad ...