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  2 September 2019
  VATICAN - Consistory for 13 new Cardinals: "their origin expresses the missionary vocation of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus Address the Pope yesterday, Sunday, September 1, the Holy Father announced a Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals with these words: "On Oct. 5 I will hold a consis ...
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  31 August 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Protection of the common home in the Amazon regards the survival of the whole world Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is critical in all of the Amazon, especially in Brazil and Bolivia, where fires in recent days have reached an impressive extent, destroying thousands of kilometers of woodland ...
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  31 August 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Mass entirely in Guaraní, an aid for evangelization Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - All that is needed to celebrate a Mass in the Guaraní language is now officially available on a new website edited by the Jesuits of Paraguay. The website www.misaguarani.com was officially la ...
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  31 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - To implement equal rights for all citizens, including minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The government should give political priority to strengthening minority rights by adopting a series of legal, political and administrative measures to meet the needs and challenges of minority c ...
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  31 August 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - 600 boys and girls present at the meeting of young European Copts, near Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly six hundred Coptic Christian boys and girls gathered in Rome to attend the XIX conference of young people belonging to the Coptic communities in Europe. The meeting is hosted at “il Carmel ...
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  31 August 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The killing of Fr. David Tanko must push us to put an end to the conflict between the Tiv and the Jukun" says the Head of State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The murder of the Catholic priest highlights the urgency of addressing this embarrassing and persistent conflict. On behalf of the federal government and the entire people of the Country, I offer ...
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  30 August 2019
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA-CUBA - Concrete signs of vitality and hope from Missionary Childhood and Adolescence San José (Agenzia Fides) - On August 17th more than a hundred children participated in the National Meeting of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (MCA) which took place in the Archdiocese of San José, Costa Rica, wit ...
• 30 August 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation and succession of the metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 August 2019, The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Polycarp Pe ...
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  30 August 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Church of the Holy Land intensifies preparations for the extraordinary missionary Month Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - The third meeting of the working group set up to adequately prepare for the celebration of the extraordinary missionary Month in the Holy Land is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 31 August, at the ...
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  30 August 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Rohingyas have been in Bangladesh for two years: repatriation is difficult Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - There is sadness and growing desperation among the 1.1 million Rohingya refugees who are currently camped in 34 refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, a Bangladeshi locality on the border with Mynama ...
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  30 August 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed while going to mediate in the conflict between two rival populations Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian priest was killed who was mediating in a conflict between ethnic groups in central-eastern Nigeria. On August 29, Fr David Tanko was stopped by armed men on the way to the village of Ta ...
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  29 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church in Pakistan: the extraordinary missionary Month is a time to announce and live the love of God Dhalwal (Agenzia Fides): "We are called to love others as Jesus our Savior loved us. The love and joy that come from a missionary become viral and soon infect other people around us. We must remain open to receiving insp ...
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  29 August 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Community calls for the release of political prisoners: a church besieged by police Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - We are witnessing the violation of fundamental rights and lack of security in the social life of the country, in a situation that is worsening day by day: this is what the Catholic Church and civ ...
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  29 August 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Intervene to protect the population from violence; otherwise national unit is at risk " Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is between two fires: the abuses of politicians, military and law enforcement, on the one hand, the violence and looting of Fulani herdsmen and other bandits, on the other". This i ...
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  29 August 2019
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Inauguration of the new website of the Middle East Council of Churches Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - " Throughout the confrontations of our times, remain the signs of hope. Indeed, we, Churches, communities and believers, men and women, we see hope and life making their way among humans and soci ...