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  17 December 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - The new Armenian Patriarch: the issue of the Armenian Genocide exploited for economic-political strategies Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "It hurts us to see the events that happened to the Armenians 100 years ago on these lands, transformed into instruments of economic, political or strategic pressure by the Parliaments of other ...
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  17 December 2019
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Life is sacred": Bishops outraged by the rules on the decriminalization of abortion San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Net refusal and indignation" for the signing of the so-called "technical regulation" on the decriminalization of abortion by President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, was expressed by the Episcopal ...
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  16 December 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Prayer and solidarity for the earthquake victims in Mindanao Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A special prayer of the Rosary and a campaign of solidarity for the victims of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that affected the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines on Sunday, December 15 ...
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  16 December 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Let us pray and fast for peace in Niger" urges the Archbishop of Niamey after the massacre of 70 soldiers Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "After the massacre of over 70 Nigerian soldiers in Inatés on 10 December, near the border with Mali, the government ordered three days of national mourning. On Friday 13 December, the day of pr ...
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  16 December 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Children of today, our guardians of tomorrow Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "Children, what would you like to do today? It was fun to ask this question to our students of the Jesus Good Shepherd Primary school just after the flag-raising and prayer, to celebrate the rig ...
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  16 December 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' message: "We look forward to building a united Bolivia, in the God of life, above differences" Tarija (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their Extraordinary Assembly, held in Tarija on 11 and 12 December, the Bishops of Bolivia sent a message of peace to the Bolivian people for Christmas. The Bishops say they find mo ...
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  16 December 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai on the Lebanese crisis: "politicians have not listened to the voice of God" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "If politicians were truly inspired by the divine will and prayed, Lebanon would not find itself today in a desperate economic and financial situation, with paralyzed institutions. The people wou ...
• 16 December 2019
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the Bishop of Laï Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 December the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Laï, Chad, the Reverend Nicolas Nadju Bab, of the clergy of Laï, currently diocesan administrator of the same diocese. ...
• 16 December 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of Bishop of Kericho, Kenya, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kericho, Kenya, presented by Bishop Emmanuel Okombo Wandera, at the same time appointing Bishop Alfred ...
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  14 December 2019
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A missionary: "Seventy years of mission in Sierra Leone are our hard work, but also our joy" Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - This year marks the 70th anniversary of the presence of the Xaverian Missionaries in Sierra Leone (see Fides, 10/12/2019). For the occasion Fr. Gerardo Caglioni, a Xaverian missionary with a long ...
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  14 December 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistan Christians Parliamentarian Forum at the start Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistan Christians Parliamentarian Forum has been launched in Pakistan, a body in which Christian parliamentarians from different parties gather to discuss, confront each other and find solu ...
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  14 December 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Orissa united in faith and call for peace and reconciliation Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Orissa (or "Odisha"), in Southeast India, "the Church is close to the poor and marginalized, recognizing and working for their human dignity. There are also spontaneou ...
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  14 December 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Reconciliation and peace first of all: the post-referendum expectations on Bougainville Bougainville (Agenzia Fides) - On December 7, the referendum on independence of the autonomous region of Bougainville from Papua New Guinea concluded. 98 percent of the citizens of the islands that make it up voted in fa ...
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  14 December 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Archbishop Pizzaballa visits the Christian community in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Meetings with the parishioners, blessing of a new chapel, participation in a Christmas play with young people and children, administration of the sacraments: First Communion and Confirmation, celeb ...
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  13 December 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops: the right to freedom of expression does not cancel respect for people and their values Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Bishops Conference of Brazil (CNBB) rejects the recent events that, in the name of freedom of expression and artistic creativity, deeply attack the Christian faith. To ridicule th ...