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  11 September 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Proximity to migrants on behalf of the Church, which calls for adequate public policies Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Concern and closeness to migrants was expressed by the Catholic Church of Bolivia on the occasion of National Day for Migrants and Refugees, celebrated on September 8th. The Pastoral Care of ...
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  11 September 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Representative of the Holy See in Geneva: dialogue and elections in Nicaragua Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The Representative of the Holy See in Geneva, Mgr. Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer at the United Nations, joined the choir of nations calling for dialogue and justice in Nicaragua. Addressing t ...
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  11 September 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Harmony and the common good: Cardinal Bo leads a group of religious leaders in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Tolerance, harmony and interreligious relations in Myanmar and Indonesia: these are the themes at the center of the journey of some Burmese leaders of different religious denominations who have ...
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  11 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops and African leaders take a stand against xenophobic violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The voices of the Bishops of African countries against xenophobic violence in South Africa are being raised. "South Africans must not forget that other Africans have played a leading role i ...
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  11 September 2019
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives a delegation of US evangelical Christians Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, received in Jeddah on Tuesday 10 September, on the eve of the 18th anniversary of the anti-US terrorist attacks on ...
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  11 September 2019
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Protection for women in Darfur from abuse, sexual violence, harassment and killings Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - Women in Darfur continue to be abused, sexually harassed and killed. As Fides learns, social researcher Ibtihal Ishag denounced the condition of women in Darfur, during a conference on violence ...
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  11 September 2019
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Today the funeral of the nun who assisted the sick and needy Sao Joao da Madeira (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of a nun of the Congregation of the Servants of Mary Ministers of the Sick, Sister Antonia Pinho, 62, Portuguese, will be held today in the Portuguese town of Sao Joao da ...
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  11 September 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - The PMS involved in the training of school religious teachers Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - For some years the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland have begun to organize retreats for lay catechists in various dioceses in the country. The specificity of Poland, informs the note ...
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  10 September 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call society to "increase efforts for much desired reconciliation" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On the second anniversary of the apostolic visit of Pope Francis to Colombia (6-11 September 2017) the Bishops renew the appeal to all Colombian citizens to "assume and accelerate the path to de ...
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  10 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - New anti-conversion law in Himachal Pradesh: an act against religious freedom Shimla (Agenzia Fides) - "This new law is a clear expression of the state's intention to limit the right to freedom of conscience and religion. As a multi-ethnic nation composed of different religious groups, India must ...
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  10 September 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "Remain in the heart of Jesus": the Church thanks Pope Francis who "has traced a path" Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The journey of Pope Francis was extraordinary, full of encounters and emotions. Francis reminded the Bishops that a Pastor must be close to God, to his priests, close to the people. Madagasca ...
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  10 September 2019
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Pastoral worker committed to defending creation killed Suchitepéquez (Agenzia Fides) - Diana Isabel Hernández Juárez, a 35-year-old teacher and coordinator of the Pastoral of Creation of the parish church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Suchitepéquez (Guatemala) was murdered ...
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  10 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Feminicides: "May God free men from the belief that we possess women", says His Exc. Mgr. Phalana Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - While the wave of violence against Nigerian migrants does not stop (see Fides, 5/9/2019), South African society is confronted with another form of widespread violence: that against women. L ...
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  10 September 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - "Curfew for Ashura" imposed by Shiite militias in the Nineveh Plain, where the "return" of Christians remains weak Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Ashura Islamic feast celebrated mainly in Shiite Islam, the Shiite militiamen of Hashd al-Shaabi (People's Mobilization Forces) imposed a curfew on the Nineveh plain and in ...
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  EUROPE/GERMANY-AACHEN - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Dirk Bingener Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Dirk Bingener, of the archdiocese of Cologne as National Director of ...