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  15 July 2019
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Missionary from the bottom of his heart: 10 months since the abduction of Father Maccalli Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Our communities in Angola are deeply involved and sensitive in the face of the abduction of Father Pier Luigi Maccalli. Our people suffer this absence with us, and hope with faith in his return" ...
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  15 July 2019
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Amendment of the Constitution: concern and fears of an "imbalance of democratic stability" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Mgr. Jesus Castro Marte, has warned that an "imbalance of democratic stability" could occur in the country following the political ...
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  15 July 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Church next to the aboriginals Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of citizens celebrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday in parishes throughout Australia. From the chaos of the big cities to the tranquility of the most remote communities ...
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  15 July 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Filipino priest Gerard Timoner III is elected the first Asian Master of the Dominicans Bien Hoa (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 July Filipino priest, Father Gerard Timoner III was elected Master of the Order of Preachers (OP), or the Dominican Order, during the ongoing General Chapter of the order in Biên Hoà, V ...
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  13 July 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Father Zerai: "The international community must not be silent in the face of the tragedy of the Eritrean people" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Eritrea has always collaborated and cooperated with the institutions. With regards to healthcare, the quality of the service offered by our facilities was considered by th ...
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  13 July 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - The missionary who creates wheelchair Tricycles for the disabled: a hope for the "last among the last" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - On the streets of Tamale, a Ghanaian town of over three hundred thousand inhabitants, you see boys and adults with disabilities. In those conditions, disabled people can only stay near their home. ...
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  13 July 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Religious communities: "putting the most disadvantaged people at the center of social and political action" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "The electoral process does not have to necessarily mean crisis, because it is simply something that inevitably happens in democracies. Now it is necessary to revitalize democracy, not just ...
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  13 July 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Tía María mining project: communities mobilized, intervention of Bishops to avoid new conflicts Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Presidency of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference, in response to the reactions aroused by the 'Tía María Project', expresses concern about the possible development of this situation and ...
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  12 July 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Concrete steps towards peace, but some dubious details remain Doha (Agenzia Fides) - "In Doha, two meetings were held in recent days. The first is the intra-Afghan dialogue, between the Taliban delegation and some representatives of the Afghan society and government. The other was ...
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  12 July 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Bishops ask the new government to guarantee peace and security Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guinea-Bissau have asked the new government to guarantee peace and national security, in order to bring the country out of the crisis in which it has fallen in recent years. In pa ...
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  12 July 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Presidential elections: tensions over the Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The new Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), set up to prepare for the presidential elections to be held in 2020 (see Fides, 9/10/2018) is already a source of controversy. "There are ...
• 12 July 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Rector of the "St. John Vianney Major Seminary" in Pretoria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 20, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Masilo John Semela, of the diocesan clergy of Tzaneen (South Afr ...
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  12 July 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Attack on a Syrian-Orthodox church in Qamishli. More than ten wounded Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - A terrorist attack devastated a Syrian Orthodox church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, causing more than 10 wounded, of whom at least 3 are in serious ...
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  12 July 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: "Venezuela cries out for a change of direction, a return to the constitution" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At noon yesterday, 11 July, on behalf of all the Bishops of Venezuela, Archbishop Jesús González De Zárate, Archbishop of Cumaná; Mgr. Jorge Aníbal Quintero, Bishop of Barcelona and Mgr. Jo ...
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  12 July 2019
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - First Ad Gentes missionary formation meeting for Central American animators Valle de Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of groups involved in the missions, both members of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) and other pastoral care workers of Central American (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicar ...