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  25 November 2019
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Pope to Japanese Catholics: to recognize God’s gift means to free ourselves from perfectionism Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - In Japanese society, which suffers from disintegration processes also due to excessive competition in the pursuit of profit and efficiency, the Catholic Church can become "prophetic leaven" to fos ...
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  22 November 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - A missionary: "The Pope invites the Thai faithful to move from the Gospel to life and from life to the Gospel" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Thai Catholics have a profound religious sense, they live faith very intensely and sometimes travel more than 50 kilometers to attend mass. Sometimes, however, here in Indochina, sacredness can ...
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  22 November 2019
  AMERICA - Presidency of CELAM: "Peace in Nicaragua!" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly urge the authorities of Managua to immediately order the end of assaults and violations of fundamental rights, and we urge all those responsible for these acts to change their behav ...
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  22 November 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - No sacrifice is "too big" to achieve peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the coup d'état in 1999, the post-election crisis of 2011 and the bloody armed rebellion of 2002, the Country continues to chase this priceless gift of God that is peace", says to Agenzi ...
• 22 November 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Christ the King" interdiocesan theological Seminary in Karachi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 September 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Kamran Taj, of the clergy of the diocese of Faisalabad, as Recto ...
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  22 November 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Burkina Faso is being targeted because so far it has been an example of coexistence among different religious communities Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A further sign of the progressive deterioration of security conditions in Burkina Faso (see Fides, 20/11/2019) is given by the recall back home of the children of US diplomats accredited to ...
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  22 November 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Women's promotion in the Church and society: Asian Ecumenical Women’s Assembly Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) - All the Churches in Asia must work for equal opportunities and for the promotion of gender equality: this was underlined by the first Asian Ecumenical Women’s Assembly (AEWA) which opened yest ...
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  21 November 2019
  AMERICA - CELAM: "Walking together for the peace of our peoples" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Proximity to the Latin American peoples who are experiencing serious instability, solidarity with the Churches of individual nations that bear witness to their faith, rejection of all forms of v ...
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  21 November 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Congress of Africa and Madagascar on Divine Mercy is "a blessing for the Country" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Congress is a divine mercy for our time", said Siméon Sawadogo, Minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Social Cohesion of Burkina Faso, who represents the Head o ...
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  21 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Christian community awaits the visit of Pope Francis to relaunch reconciliation Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the visit of Pope Francis to South Sudan will be a joint mission, a joint visit together with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Archbishop of the Presbyterian Church ...
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  21 November 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Proclaiming the Gospel in a "creative way" on social networks Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Proclaiming the Gospel in a "creative way", also on social networks: is the appeal of Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara, at the head of the diocese of Pasig, President of the Commission for social commu ...
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  21 November 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Today national strike; violence in Cauca and Chocò does not stop Cauca (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "Paro Civico" takes place today, 21 November in Colombia: Colombian trade unions, natives, students and social sectors have called a day of protest. The national strike and the natio ...
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  21 November 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - Pope Francis: a missionary is not a "mercenary of the faith" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - A missionary "is not a mercenary of the faith or a producer of proselytes". He is rather a humble mendicant who feels the absence of brothers, sisters and mothers, "with whom to share the irrev ...
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  20 November 2019
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Bible and Koran together to educate for peace and coexistence Penang (Agenzia Fides) - Teaching school students the Bible and the Koran at the same time helps foster mutual respect between religions, acceptance and coexistence in Malaysia: this is what was said by Norlela Ariffin, ...
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  20 November 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The challenge of "freedom of speech" in Africa and the need for new prophets Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Freedom of speech in the African continent is a great challenge both in the political and the religious fields. "Speaking freely is far from being granted" - said to Agenzia Fides Father Donald ...