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  8 November 2019
  VATICAN - The "red missionary thread" that links children and young people of the Holy Childhood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this edition "we would like to speak especially about them, the adolescents, an age that the Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) does not seem to be engaged with in any evident manner, ...
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  8 November 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Solidarity for West Papua: young people mobilize the Church and government authorities Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "How can we define ourselves as a Christian nation if we do not pay attention and help our neighbors?": Is the question raised during the debate on "Freedom for West Papua" by the students ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "misleading representations" of the initiatives of the Chaldean Patriarch regarding the protests in the streets have been rejected Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The recent meetings of Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako with the participants in the protest demonstrations taking place in Baghdad in no way expressed an "antagonistic" position of the lea ...
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  8 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Set aside sectoral interests: Bishops and UN representative call for an end to violence Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, and the Archbishop of Cochabamba, Oscar Omar Aparicio, together with their Auxiliaries, have invited to establish a sincere dialogue betwe ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Youth and new evangelization: the "Youcat" International Congress Iloilo (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization in the contemporary world: new roads, new forms, new potentials: with this spirit hundreds of "young missionaries" from different countries are attending the 2nd International "YO ...
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  7 November 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops: "Need to overcome the various forms of violence and build social friendship" Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask God to help us so that the democratic path is translated into a dignified life, integral development, work for all, access to health and quality education": this is what the Bishops of Arg ...
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  7 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops are "Pastors and administrators of God's delicate vineyard" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan we consider the protection of minors a priority and we are committed to working for the prevention of all forms of abuse, atrocities and violence against childr ...
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  7 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishops: to actualize the Abu Dhabi Document to improve dialogue with Islam Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - "Human fraternity for a peaceful Indonesia" is the theme of the Assembly of Indonesian Bishops, underway in Bandung (4-11 November), with the aim of "understanding the Abu Dhabi Document on huma ...
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  7 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Archbishop of Asunción: increasing the salaries of politicians instead of supporting the poorest is "immoral" Luque (Agenzia Fides) - The request to increase the salaries of politicians instead of allocating money to create and strengthen health, education and housing programs for the most vulnerable sectors of the population is ...
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  7 November 2019
  ASIA/NEPAL - Claretian Missionaries: care and education for earthquake victims Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Claretian missionaries are committed to building the future of orphan and poor children, victims of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, providing them with assistance and education. "We visited ...
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  6 November 2019
  AFRICA/TOGO - Faith and prayer at the conclusion of the Month of the Rosary and Missionary Month in the small community of Kolowaré Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "One had to be present to be immersed in the prayerful atmosphere, imbued with faith, of that moment. The Missionary Month and Rosary Month of October 2019 represented a time of intense prayer ...
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  6 November 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No to corruption": Bishops launch six-month anti-corruption campaign Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption is a rot of the heart". The Bishops of Kenya launch their six-month anti-corruption companion. As part of the fight against corruption, among other things, the Kenya Conference of C ...
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  6 November 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI: the natives can no longer move safely in their territories Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), with indignation and sadness, accuses and blames the State and the Brazilian government for the cowardly assassination of Paulo Paulino Guajajara, whi ...
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  6 November 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops: "listening, respect and dialogue are needed to build the homeland" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to citizens and authorities so that "mutual respect, attentive listening, dialogue, wisdom and tolerance prevail as ways to find national consensus on such a delicate and important ...
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  6 November 2019
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The nun who walks death row inmates to the gallow Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing mercy and compassion and the love of Christ among the prisoners on death row: this is the mission of Sister Gerarda Fernandez, 81, who worked with the prisons in Singapore as a death- ...