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  24 August 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops' appeal: A prompt and effective action to save the Amazon Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The absurd fires and other criminal depredations now require an appropriate position and urgent action". This is stated by the Bishops’ Conference of Brazil in the face of the terrible situa ...
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  24 August 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violent death of a priest: the Church demands justice Matamoros (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep sorrow we participate in the tragic death of Fr. José Martín Guzmán Vega: the competent authorities have already started investigations to clarify the facts. In the meantime, we ...
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  23 August 2019
  AMERICA - Latin American bishops appeal to save 'lung of the world' Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge the governments of the Amazon region, in particular Brazil and Bolivia, the United Nations and the international community to take serious measures to save the lung of the world. What h ...
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  23 August 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Caritas launches a multi-year plan to meet the needs of the homeless, the disabled, the elderly Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas Tajikistan team carried out a review of its strategic plan for the 2016-2019 period. We are in the last months of the three-year period and this review has had the purpose of assessing ...
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  23 August 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Catholic journalists are committed to contributing to the peaceful conduct of the upcoming elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Electoral processes in Africa: role and responsibility of the media in preserving social peace". This is the theme of the third edition of the "Update program" promoted by AIJCCA, the Ivorian A ...
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  23 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops of Pakistan: in Kashmir the only path is dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides): "I urge the leadership of Pakistan and India to work to resolve conflicts through dialogue and to work hard to build peace. In the climate of growing political intolerance between India and Pakist ...
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  22 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence by a group of radical Hindu extremists against Catholic pilgrims Velankanni (Agenzia Fides) – About 40 Catholic pilgrims on their way to the famous Marian shrine in the city of Velankanni, in the state of Tamil Nadu, were attacked, insulted and beaten by a group of radical Hindu ext ...
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  22 August 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Rueda Aparicio: violence and corruption must be stopped Cauca (Agenzia Fides) - "Those responsible for these murders use weapons against helpless people, plan crimes, but even more, pay to kill and wash their hands with hypocrisy. In the name of God's mercy, we ask those who ...
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  22 August 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A Bishop: "Migrants bring energy to our country" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Migrants and refugees always bring energy and dynamism to a new country. If today we Australians are what we are and who we are today, a dynamic, young prosperous country, it is thanks to the l ...
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  22 August 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The two priests of Kumbo, whose Bishop had denounced the violence against civilians, have been released Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The two priests kidnapped on August 15 in Kumbo, in the department of Bui in the North-West region of Cameroon, have been released. Fr. Franklin Banadzem Dindzee, assistant of the diocesan you ...
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  21 August 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appeal to national unity after the massacre of the military; the Bishops denounce the attempt to trigger an inter-religious conflict Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Instability is worsening in Burkina Faso, where on August 19, 24 soldiers died, 7 others were injured while 5 of their comrades were reported missing during a jihadist attack. The assault o ...
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  21 August 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 198 thousand families received help from Caritas in 2018 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Peru helped more than 198 thousand families in the country in 2018: this is the figure that emerges from the Social Report of Caritas Peru which describes the activity of th ...
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  21 August 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Rural Missionaries" 50 years alongside the poor Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Clergy, religious and lay members of the "Rural Missionaries of the Philippines" (RMP), involved at a pastoral and social level, celebrated their 50th founding anniversary, confirming the work to ...
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  21 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas India responds to India’s monsoon fury New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India, the social service arm of the Catholic Church, collaborates with state governments and NGOs to bring relief to millions of people affected by the devastating monsoon with heavy ...
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  20 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ecumenical prayer of Christians for "the Muslim brethren of Kashmir" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A special prayer for "the Muslim brethren of Kashmir" was organized in past days by the Ecumenical Solidarity Committee Lahore. Religious Leaders from the Catholic, Church of Pakistan, Anglican C ...