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  3 December 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Tisoy: Philippine churches open their doors to displaced people Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Numerous parish churches in various Philippine dioceses have given shelter to the displaced after the arrival of the tropical typhoon "Tisoy" (Kammuri), which hit the Philippines. This was congfi ...
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  3 December 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Collection of signatures for the construction of a new Catholic church Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Uzbekistan has launched a collection of signatures to ask the government to register, and therefore authorize, to open a new church. The Franciscan Friar Apostolic of ...
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  3 December 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops of Kivu suspend ecclesial activities for a day to protest civilian massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A day of "mourning and prayer" and a strike of all ecclesial and social services, including Catholic schools and universities, was held yesterday, Monday, December 2, as a sign of "communion an ...
• 3 December 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Bishop of Phan Thiêt Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng, currently tit. of Liberalia and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville, as Bishop of ...
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  3 December 2019
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Initiatives to revitalize the Aramaic language and identity continue Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Initiatives and mobilizations supported by Israeli cultural entities that aim at revitalizing the Aramaic language and identity continue. On Sunday 1 December, representatives and scholars fro ...
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  3 December 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishops: "it is unacceptable that some live in arrogant and scandalous opulence and the majority languish in shameful poverty" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - As preparation for the Christmas celebration, the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti have published a message asking the authorities and opposition leaders to be self-critical a ...
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  2 December 2019
  AMERICA - Bishops of SEDAC: "Let us walk together with the Lord as witnesses of hope" Heredia (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly reaffirm that migrants and refugees are our brothers who deserve respect, care, protection and security because they have the right to do so. We will continue to offer them shelter, ...
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  2 December 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes: "The episcopate does not exist to please the aspirations of personalities, but to guide the flock" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "We must not satisfy the desires of personalities" declared Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, after the midday mass celebrated in the cathedral, thus responding to the words prono ...
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  2 December 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Il Cardinale Bo al governo: "Stop alla violenza, occorre prendersi cura dei poveri" ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo to the government: "Stop violence, taking care of the poor is what is needed" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) Myanmar - "I launch an appeal to the leaders of Myanmar to abandon arms and violence for di ...
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  2 December 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Celebration of Missionary Childhood Week 2020: a choral competition and a missionary piggy bank has been launched Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year, the Pontifical Mission Societies celebrate World Missionary Childhood Day at Epiphany so that children within the Church feel part of the Church and missionaries. In order to prep ...
• 2 December 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Moshi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Hios Exc. Mgr. Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS, currently Bishop of Kahama, as Bishop of the Diocese of Moshi (Tanzania). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 2/12/2019) ...
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  2 December 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - At least 14 dead in an attack on a Protestant church Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 14 people were killed during Sunday service in a Protestant church in Hantoukoura, in the eastern part of Burkina Faso. According to local authorities, an armed group entered the ch ...
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  2 December 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - New requests from the Armenian community to cancel the process for the election of the new Patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The provision preventing potential candidates residing abroad from taking part in the election of the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople continues to cause malaise and negative reactions ...
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  30 November 2019
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Father Zerai's appeal: "An international plan to save African immigrants from detention centers" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - In Libyan detention centers the living conditions of hundreds of Africans are inhumane. Many lives are at risk if there is no plan or international intervention to save poor and unarmed prisoner ...
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  30 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Comboni Missionaries: "To accompany the population towards a path of peace and reconciliation" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "South Sudanese leaders have a moral obligation towards their citizens to promote real prospects for peace, development and democracy in the country". This is what Father Daniele Moschetti, a Combo ...