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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of Tianjin: an authentic witness of the Gospel of Christ Tianjin (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of Pentecost, June 8, 2019, at 11 am, His Exc. Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of the Diocese of Tianjin (Mainland China) passed away. He suffered from a chronic illness for many years, ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Prayer as the focus of attention of the lives of the faithful Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "As every year, in June we had a meeting with all the Catholics of Uzbekistan in our church in Tashkent. The meeting was led by Bishop Clemens Pickel, of the Russian diocese of Saratov, who mad ...
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  24 June 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops meet with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The serious crisis that Venezuela is experiencing, which caused the mass exodus of many Venezuelans, was the subject of the Bishops’ meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Proclaiming the Gospel with courage, as a family: the path of "Couples for Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Proclaiming the Gospel with courage, as families living faith: this is the invitation addressed to the ecclesial movement "Couples for Christ", CFC by Mgr. Broderick S. Pabillo, Auxiliary Bishop ...
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  24 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Avoid us another war!”: The Bishops' cry of alarm as the tension rises in view of the 2020 vote Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "Among the population there is a widespread climate of fear" denounce the Bishops of Ivory Coast in their message published at the end of their 113th Plenary Assembly in Agboville. "In fac ...
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  24 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Extraordinary Missionary Month at the center of the 78th PMS National Council Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - The Extraordinary Missionary Month was one of the central themes of the 78th National Council of PMS (Pontifical Mission Societies) of the Ivory Coast, which was held from 11 to 14 June at ...
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  24 June 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Garfías Merlos: "Young people are a key element in building peace" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The origin of violence in Mexico is the absence of God in the individual and community life of people, which makes them inhuman and cruel". Thus Mgr. Carlos Garfías Merlos, Archbishop of M ...
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  24 June 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Surveys reveal the worrying increase regarding the Mexican's impatience towards migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Surveys on the opinion of Mexicans regarding migrants in the national territory continue to increase, the results are then disseminated by the media. In five months, from November 2018 to Ap ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Melkite Church launches an extensive program of study and dissemination of the Abu Dhabi Document Ain Traz (Agenzia Fides) – The Greek-Melkite Catholic Church is preparing to dedicate ample space to its pastoral planning to the dissemination and deepening of the Document on Human Brotherhood for World Peace and Com ...
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  21 June 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The request for asylum has become a Via crucis for migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "A migration strategy that can go beyond the imposition of tariffs that cause the militarization of borders or the raising of human walls as an immediate response, must be based on human rig ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of civil society: Need to implement the protection of minority rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Need to implement the order of the Supreme Court for the protection of minority rights, issued on June 19, 2014 and has remained a dead letter: is the appeal launched during a conference of ...
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  21 June 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Church's commitment to stem suicides among Aboriginal youth Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide is often the last straw in a build up of unhappiness and pain. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have suffered dispossession, displacement, violence of various typ ...
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  21 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The President of the Bishops’ Conference to politicians: "Preserve social peace; no to hate speeches" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The Ivorian political class, in particular all those who hold authority, have to work to preserve the socio-political environment, safeguard peace by respecting the rules of democracy", said Hi ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Seventy years of "Pontifical Mission", at the service of "Israelis and Palestinians" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The "Pontifical Mission" in the Holy Land turns 70, and redefines its field of action on the occasion of its anniversary. The organization, founded in 1949 on the initiative of Pope Pius XI ...
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  21 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Formation and animation for Missionary Childhood educators Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, June 21st, the third formation session for the diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), the animators and educators of the PMS of the ecclesiastical province of Kin ...