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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - "An effort for peace and reconciliation" is needed for Kashmir Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kashmir is delicate and requires an effort on behalf of everybody, for peace and reconciliation, so that the situation does not degenerate: today let us accompany this moment wi ...
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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite priest found dead in Mar Shaaya monastery Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – On August 7, Fr. Elie Najjar, who belonged to the Antonine Maronite Order, was found in his bedroom in the Mar Shaaya Monastery with a gunshot wound to the head. He was 57 years old, from the ...
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  7 August 2019
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Financial autonomy and economic development: great challenge for the Church in Africa Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Financial autonomy of the churches in Africa and economic development of the African populations are the two complementary realities widely discussed in the XVIII Plenary Assembly of the Symposi ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in 23 States of India: 158 incidents in six months New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The first six months of 2019 witnessed 158 incidents of violence against Christians in 23 states of India, in which 110 women and 89 children were also injured: this is stated in a note sent t ...
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  7 August 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Historic peace accord signed in view of Pope Francis' visit Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo Ossufo Momade leader signed a historic peace accord yesterday, 6 August. The signing ceremony took place in Peace Square in Maputo, which was attended by several ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Five years after the flight of Christians, tensions between the army and paramilitary militias in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly five years after the mass exodus that emptied the villages of the Nineveh Plain in one night, that region known as the area of historical roots of indigenous Christian communities in the t ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Congress of Asian theologians reflects on "Creation" and "salvation" Medan (Agenzia Fides) - "Creation" and "salvation" are the theological themes at the center of the ninth Congress of Asian Christian Theologians (CATS-IX), the largest Pan-Asian theological summit, which opened on August ...
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  6 August 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - " What do you think God is asking of us in Australia?": Catholics towards the Plenary Council Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time?" This is the central question, proposed by the National Centre for Pastoral Research of the Australian Catholic Church. The Counc ...
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  6 August 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government "legalizes" another 88 churches built without permits. The total number rises to 1109 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt the process of "legalization" of Christian places of worship built in the past without the necessary permits is proceeding at a fast pace. In recent days, the ad hoc governmental committe ...
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  6 August 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Extraordinary Missionary Month: the women of the diocese of Mzuzu in the forefront Mzuzu (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebrations for the Extraordinary Missionary Month 2019 and World Mission Day, the Catholic Women Association (CWO) of the diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi, are committed to the ev ...
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  6 August 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Intensive work of formation and study in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019 Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations are underway for the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019, which will be full of initiatives and which, for Catholics in Vietnam, will be a precious opportunity t ...
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  5 August 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Safe family, Happy Family: family values at the Film Festival in Port Moresby Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of 220 participants including students, parents, teachers and media operators, the third international short film festival 2019 (ISFF19) ended in Port Moresby. Hosted by the ...
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  5 August 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean synod welcomes laity for first time. Letter from Patriarch Sako to Pope Francis Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - The periodical synodal assembly of the Bishops of the Chaldean Church began on Sunday 4 August with the Eucharistic celebration presided by the Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako. Some sessions of th ...
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  5 August 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A liturgy to invoke "peace and security" in Enugu after the murder of Fr. Paul Offu Enugu (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 4 August, after the violence that continues to upset the lives of the local population and which on 1 August also registered the murder of Catholic priest Paul Offu (in the photo), the l ...
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  3 August 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The commitment for the peace of Central African religious organizations at the center of the next World Peace Assembly Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The religious organizations that support the political agreement for peace and reconciliation in the Central African Republic and the Finn Church Aid met from 30 to 1 August to prepare for the ne ...