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  7 December 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Orionine in the year of Youth: "Live every encounter in the sign of charity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to deepen the journey of faith and the sense of belonging to the Orionine Family, live moments of strong spirituality, listen to the call of the Lord who calls to follow, witness the enthu ...
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  7 December 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Missionaries Ad Gentes prepare to go to America, Africa and Europe Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - There were about thirty participants, among religious, priests, seminarians and lay people, in the Ad gentes course that ended yesterday, addressed to the missionaries who are preparing to go ...
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  7 December 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Jesuit Bartomeu Melià, great expert in language and culture of the Guaraní indigenous people, has died Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 6, Jesuit father Bartomeu Melià died in Asunción. Born in Porreras, on the island of Majorca, in 1932, he arrived in Paraguay in 1954, and since then he began studying th ...
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  7 December 2019
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Farmers expelled from their lands, attacked and threatened: support from organizations and the Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The farmers of El Seibo arrived in the capital more than two months ago asking for a definitive intervention by the authorities to resolve their situation. "We are talking about 240 peas ...
• 7 December 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Koupéla and appointment of new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of of the Archdiocese of Koupéla (Burkina Faso), presented by his Exc. Mgr. Séraphin François Rouamba. At the same tim ...
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  7 December 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Cardinal Parolin: the end of the restoration of the Nativity in Bethlehem is a "call to peace, fruit of justice" Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Baby Jesus, born in Bethlehem, is "the Prince of Peace", and for this reason the completion of the restoration work on the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem "also becomes a call to peace, ...
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  7 December 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders. "Let us not quarrel over the report of the Building Bridges Initiative commission" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Having taken time to review and understand the report by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce, we have recognized that there are many recommendations that have potential to transform ...
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  6 December 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Beatification of Bishop Fulton Sheen postponed Peoria (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep regret, Bishop Daniel Jenky, C.S.C, Bishop of Peoria, announces that he has been informed by the Holy See that the beatification of Fulton Sheen will be postponed", this is the stateme ...
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  6 December 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian religious apostles mission in the United States Phoenix (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Indonesian Catholic community crosses the Ocean and arrives in the United States, through the work of two apostles: Franciscan Father Samuel Nadasa Himawan OFM of Jakarta, and ...
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  6 December 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Sixteen million Argentines are poor, the Church calls for a social pact to assist them Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Commission for social pastoral care, presided over by Mgr. Jorge Rubén Lugones, SJ, Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, on Wednesday, December 4 received the representatives of the "Me ...
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  6 December 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - A campaign to call for support for the Catholic Auditor General of the Republic of Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - A campaign to call for support for the Catholic Auditor General of the Republic of Ghana Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo is underway, who is the subject of a series of investigations by the Economic and O ...
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  6 December 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Seminar on Dialogue: "Religious difference adds color to the service of humanity" Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "Diversity is part of the universe. We people of different religions are like a bunch of flowers and planets in the universe. Diversity adds colors to the beauty of the universe. This difference ...
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  6 December 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We are a family of God's people": first diocesan Synod in the history of the Country Nzara (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a family of God’s people, in participatory service to the Church". This is the theme of the first Diocesan Synod organised by the Diocese of Tombura-Yambio in South Sudan, from November ...
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  5 December 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Complaints and hopes of young Paraguayans at the end of the Youth Triennium: "Yes to life, yes to Jesus" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot remain ignorant to the different realities that influence the lives of many Paraguayans, for this reason, as young people we denounce: the corrupt attitude of many political leaders ...
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  5 December 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian leaders visiting Islamic institutions: prayer and common commitment for peace Multan (Agenzia Fides) - Visiting a madrasa (Koranic school) and the department of Islamic studies of a university faculty in Multan: this is the special mission accomplished in recent days by Mgr. Sebastian Shaw, Cathol ...