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  8 July 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Reconstruction and reconciliation: the Redemptorists close to the people of Marawi Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "We remain close to the people of Marawi, encouraging the hope of starting a long journey towards the recovery and reconstruction of the city, and working for reconciliation and peace-building. W ...
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  8 July 2019
  VATICAN - Bishop Sheen, announcer of the Gospel on radio and TV, director of the Propagation of the Faith will be blessed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis on July 5 authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate several Decrees, and also authorized a decree recognizing a miracle through the intercession of Ven ...
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  8 July 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Caritas supports the network of international collaborations Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "It is gradually becoming a tradition for the Caritas organizations operating in Tajikistan to meet and live meetings of sharing. In the last appointment, we took the opportunity to have a repr ...
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  8 July 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The only wall to stop migrants is economic, political, cultural and social development in their countries of origin Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico is living an unprecedented reality. According to the National Institute of Migration, it is estimated that, in the first six months of this year, the flow of migrants has already exc ...
• 8 July 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Antananarivo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis appointed the Rev. Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina, of the clergy of Antananarivo, former Rector of the Philosophical major interdiocesan Seminary of Antsirabé, as Auxi ...
• 8 July 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Moramanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B., as Bishop of the Diocese of Moramanga (Madagascar), transferring him from the Diocese of Ambanja. (SL) (Agenz ...
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  8 July 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - The project to find new jobs for young Christians in the Gaza Strip is starting to bear fruit Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in cooperation of the Holy Family Parish, launched the job creation and capacity building program in the Gaza Strip. Nine months later, the 20 Christian youth b ...
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  8 July 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - The youth: "No to the new Chamber, a $ 200 million project" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Ghanaian youth have called on members of parliament of the republic to turn their minds from building a new parliament Chamber to accommodate over 600 members from the current seating capacity of ...
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  6 July 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - The Country's last Catholic hospital closed with force Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - In Eritrea, even the last Catholic hospital has been closed. On Friday 5 July, the nuns who ran the facility in Zager were forcibly taken away by the police and seals were placed on the doors. Th ...
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  6 July 2019
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - The missio ad gentes in the Acts of the Apostles Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Since the outset of his magisterium, Pope Francis has repeatedly called our attention to the necessity to bring about a major missionary awakening based on the evangelical approach to the C ...
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  6 July 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Female leadership for the mission in the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The 'Leadership for mission' course is designed by and for women who feel inspired by the Gospel to a vision of justice, freedom and dignity of the human being. Through a series of training sess ...
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  6 July 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "I spent the whole night reciting the rosary", says the Archbishop of Bamenda kidnapped by separatists Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "I told them they cannot achieve their goals by practicing evil, because evil can only lead to evil", said His Exc. Mgr. Cornelius Fontem in an interview on Cameroon's national television Esua, ...
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  6 July 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Stanziati dal governo i primi fondi per preparare la possibile visita di Papa Francesco ASIA/IRAQ - The government has allocated the first funds to prepare for the possible visit of Pope Francis Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government has already allocated part of the funds destined to prepare for t ...
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  6 July 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Renewing the missionary spirit: a formation program at the Gregoriana University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the challenges that the various contexts of religious and cultural pluralism pose to faith in the Church's mission, through a "theological, intellectual and spiritual renewal": this i ...
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  6 July 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - General Secretary of the Holy Childhood: promoting missionary spirituality among children and young people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo is alive, lively and present at every level, and shows particular attention in the human and Christian education of children and young people ...