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  12 November 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian priest and his father killed in Deir ez Zor. Archbishop Marayati: "for us they are martyrs. And the war is not over" Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of the Armenian Catholic priest Hovsep Hanna Petoyan and his father Hanna Petoyan took place this morning in Qamishli, killed on Monday 11 Novembe. The two were attacked by unidenti ...
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  12 November 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "Join the campaign against corruption" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are joining forces to fight corruption in the Country". Thus the Bishops of Kenya ask all Kenyans to support the campaign entitled "Let us Break the Chains of Corruption" launched by them on ...
• 11 November 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and succession of Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 November 2019, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Abuja (Nigeria), presented by His Eminence Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan. He i ...
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  11 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - After the resignation of the President, appeal for non-violence and a peaceful constitutional solution La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets a few hours ago in La Paz to celebrate the resignation of Bolivian president Evo Morales, at the end of the protests and disputes over the results of the O ...
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  11 November 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: three days of fasting to call for peace to return in Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - From Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 November "the sons and daughters" of the Chaldean Church are called to fast and pray God for the gift of peace and for the return to stability in Iraq. This was as ...
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  11 November 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Archbishop Dal Toso at the closing of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: Africa is a big hope for the Church Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - With the hope that the missionary seeds planted during the Extraordinary Missionary Month continue to germinate and bear fruits in missionary apostolate, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, Pr ...
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  11 November 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Strong participation in the closing Mass of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2000 faithful participated in the closing Mass of the Extraordinary Missionary Month in Tanzania held yesterday, Sunday 10 November, at the Msimbazi Center in the archdiocese of ...
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  11 November 2019
  AFRICA - Undermining mission means undermining the very nature of the Church: No to "invisible Shepherds" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The challenge of mission must be a priority for our churches in Africa. Often the many challenges that we Churchmen face are weakening the will to open up and involve the risk of a bureaucratic pa ...
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  11 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Looted and desecrated places of worship, the Bishops ask to apply the law and rebuild the social fabric Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity with the Apostolic Administrator Mgr. Celestino Aós and all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Santiago after the looting and desecration of the parish of the Assumption of Mary, wa ...
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  9 November 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The "School of Peace" expands, while 3.7 million children are without school Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The "Tangi Kalay - School of Peace", was established with the efforts of Italian Barnabite missionary, Father Giuseppe Moretti in Afghanistan and is one of the few "oases in the desert" for the li ...
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  9 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops' message: "to make a more missionary and merciful Church a reality" Luque (Agenzia Fides) - "We Pastors, together with consecrated persons, priests, seminarians and consecrated lay people, want to make a more missionary and merciful Church become a reality": say the Bishops of Paraguay i ...
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  9 November 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Evangelization and missionary activity: nuns at the forefront of women's education Bondoukou (Agenzia Fides) - "We have become what we are thanks to them. Until they arrived in our country, education for girls was very complicated", said one of the first students of the Catholic College of Transua in t ...
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  9 November 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic priest: violent fanaticism and occultism increase atheism and religious indifference among young people Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Only 33% of Egyptian youth consider the relationship with God really important, while the possibility of giving reasons with persuasive arguments of one’s own religious faith is shared only by 6 ...
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  9 November 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Bishops: "We need political leaders who work coherently and for the people" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "The disadvantage of the country, from violence in the streets to government crisis, show the situation in which we live ... despite the situation we have the opportunity to build the country w ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Renewal and future projects of Caritas, at the service of the most vulnerable Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "It is autumn, but these days in Kazakhstan there is a beautiful air of spring, of rebirth. And we can really feel that something new is happening for the Caritas of our country": as Agenzia Fide ...