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  15 November 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Strengthening of police and army controls on the activities of the Catholic Church Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - "The world sees and knows that there is no freedom of worship in Nicaragua!" says Father Edwin Roman, parish priest of San Miguel parish of Masaya, who cannot enter the church because is blocked ...
• 15 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Aliwal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the rev. Joseph Kizito of the clergy of the same seat, currently Vicar General and Parish Priest of Aliwal North Cathedral Parish, as Bishop of the Diocese of ...
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  14 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - San Francisco de Valdivia Temple desecrated Valdivia (Agenzia Fides) - Sorrow for the profanation and damage caused to the church of San Francisco, heritage of southern Chile and Valdivia, were expressed by Mgr. Nelson R. Huaiquimil, Vicar General of the Chilean d ...
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  14 November 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A political solution is urgent: the Bishops call for dialogue Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Malawi, called "the warm heart of Africa", finds itself caught up in political turmoil. The general elections last May, which saw incumbent President Arthur Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Pr ...
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  14 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Cardinal Suharyo: the Pope appeals to peaceful coexistence, Indonesian Catholics at the forefront Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "It was Pope Francis who urged us Indonesian Bishops to deepen the Document on human fraternity, spread in Abu Dhabi, and to put it into practice, looking at Indonesia as a modern country, where ...
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  14 November 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Andrew Kim Dae-geon, a universal saint: Unesco patronage at the Jubilee Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Unesco (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recognized the patronage at the bicentenary celebrations for the birth of Andrew Kim Dae-geon (1821-1846), first Korea ...
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  13 November 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Civil society: what is the price of peace? Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - An exchange of prisoners relaunches the peace process in Afghanistan, while the electoral results of the presidential elections on September 28 remain uncertain. Yesterday, November 12, President ...
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  13 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops: "We look to the future with hope and, through peace, we continue to build Bolivia" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us build a Bolivia with respect, tolerance, freedom, justice and authentic progress for all", is the appeal launched by the Bishops of Bolivia, through a statement of the General Secretariat ...
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  13 November 2019
  AFRICA - Peace in Africa is above all a political challenge Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The Peace Forum, in the presence of African heads of State in Paris, is a great opportunity for our continent where rebellion and terrorism mix continuously, plunging the population into turmoil a ...
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  13 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: "The Church in Indonesia, the engine of unity and interreligious brotherhood" Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church must open up, leave the comfort zone and be present in the midst of society to strengthen interreligious brotherhood. The Church must spread peace and benevolence, respect human righ ...
• 13 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ruteng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev.do Siprianus Hormat, of the clergy of Ruteng, currently Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Conference, as Bishop of the Diocese of Ruteng (Indone ...
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  13 November 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Bethlehem, pilgrims increase. Opening hours at nativity Church has been extended Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The increase of pilgrims and tourists to Bethlehem continues, the Palestinian city where Jesus was born, and also for this reason the Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine an ...
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  13 November 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Seminar on integral development begins today with the participation of the Holy See Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Integral human development, the path to peace". This is the theme of the Seminar which begins today, November 13th, and ends on November 15th, organized in Abidjan by the Embassy of the Ivory C ...
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  13 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - National dialogue and the end of violence, because "Chile cannot wait!" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Chile calls for national dialogue without exclusions and to end all forms of violence. In a message published on 12 November, as part of the 119th Plenary Assembly ...
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  12 November 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sr. Neusa de Fatima Mariano re-elected Superior General: “great challenges to face in the next six years” Rocca di Papa (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Neusa de Fatima Mariano was re-elected Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo – Scalabrinians. She will therefore continue to lead ...