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  19 September 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "March of faith for Chiquitania": solidarity and prayer to defend the common home Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not own this earth, we are administrators of it and, therefore, we are called to guard and defend the earth, and we do so according to our faith, which is why we invite everyone to the ...
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  19 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs of the Middle East: the "Holy Valley" of Qadisha is the common heritage of all Christians Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The "Holy Valley" of Qadisha represents a living heritage of spirituality and faith not only for Lebanese Christians but for Christians all over the world. For this reason the Lebanese political a ...
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  19 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - African religious leaders: "Immediately implement the peace agreement otherwise South Sudan will collapse back into war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the African Council of Religious Leaders have called for quick implementation of the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement on South Sudan. "We are further troubled by the increasin ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Jesuits and Muslim leaders promote dialogue in educational institutions in Asia Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue in Indonesia, the most densely populated Muslim country in the world, and throughout Asia, especially in educational institutions and universities: is the ...
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  18 September 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Archbishop Escobar Alas: the law guarantees the right for all to water and a fair and dignified pension San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again we raise our voice not only in the name of our Catholic brothers and our evangelical brothers, but in the name of all the people, to ask the Legislative Assembly to approve the ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Younan criticizes the exclusion of Syrian Christians from public functions and administrative positions Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon - a country where the distribution of political and institutional offices follows criteria of division based on religious affiliation - Christians belonging to the Syro-Orthodox and Sy ...
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  18 September 2019
  VATICAN - Pope Francis will inaugurate the Extraordinary Missionary Month in the Vatican Basilica Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, since 1927 proclaimed Patroness of the Missions with Saint Francis Xavier, which traditionally marks the beginning of Missionary October, will ...
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  18 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "The leaders of a country should guarantee the peace and security of their people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - New stance taken by the Bishops of Nigeria on the lack of security in different areas of the Federation. "Every government that fails to protect the constitutional rights of her citizens has fai ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - National Caritas defines priorities: communication and collaboration Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "If I have to briefly express the priorities of the national Caritas in this period, I would choose two words: communication and collaboration. The first for us is particularly valuable for the g ...
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  18 September 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Extraordinary Missionary Month and Missionary Campaign 2019 launched Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) and the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) yesterday launched, Tuesday 17 September, the Extraordinary Missionary Month and the Missionary Ca ...
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  18 September 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The commitment of religious and Salesian nuns to prisoners and refugees Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Migrants, refugees and prisoners in Papua New Guinea struggle to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers in order to return home or to a third country. They experience "a separation from ...
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  17 September 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Three-year vocational youth program: formation, mission, discernment Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Revitalize youth ministry through the training of leaders "according to the challenges and circumstances of the world", articulating the processes by stages and ages; "Promote an outgoing pa ...
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  17 September 2019
  AMERICA - The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the OAS, a contribution to dialogue and peace Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Organization of American States, OAS, will have a new Permanent Observer, from the Vatican, Mgr. Mark Gerald Miles, who on Monday presented his credentials to Secretary-General Luis Almag ...
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  17 September 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "All baptized and sent": appeal for the extraordinary Missionary Month Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to invite all priests, religious brothers and sisters and the faithful, on behalf of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) to live the October 2019 extraordinary miss ...
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  17 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Archbishop of Beirut: schools of the archdiocese also open to those who cannot pay their fee Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the schools belonging to the Maronite Archdiocese of Beirut, no student will be excluded from attending classes, even if his family cannot pay tuition. This was decided by Archbishop Boulos Ab ...