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  22 July 2019
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops of SECAM thank God for the gift of Baptism and the Church Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - More than 400 delegates from Africa, Madagascar, Europe, America and Asia have gathered in Kampala for the celebrations of the Jubilee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Mad ...
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  22 July 2019
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Archbishop Rugambwa in Kampala: "Joy and Hope" for the 50 years of SECAM Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "This Jubilee is cause for joy and hope. Joy for the gifts of grace received over the past 50 years and hope for the work that will be accomplished in the years to come, with the grace of God". ...
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  22 July 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Rolando Alvarez: walking together, praying for Nicaragua and seeking the truth Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrimage of the Divine Niño to the Shrine of Matagalpa held yesterday, Sunday, July 21st was widely attended. Led by the Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Mgr. Rolando Alvarez, the fa ...
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  20 July 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Post-earthquake missionary work of the Camillians: "We must focus on people" Ranja (Agenzia Fides) - "Even today, almost ten years after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, we are trying to accompany the Haitian population towards a full recovery", says Father Aris Miranda, Camillian missionary ...
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  20 July 2019
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Deep social and economic crisis in Haiti: how to get out of the serious situation? Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haitian people are experiencing a serious social and economic crisis with repercussions on people's psychology and their ability to hope for the future. This was reported to Agenzia Fides ...
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  20 July 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A Youth Festival to live in the Church "as one body" Sydney (Agezia Fides) - "The countdown is on with less than 150 days until doors open on the fourth Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2019 (ACYF19) to be held in Perth, 8 to 10 December. It is a celebration of young peo ...
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  20 July 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Marian devotion in the diocese of Daru-Kiunga Daru-Kiunga (Agenzia Fides) - Marian devotion is strong and profound in the diocese of Daru-Kiunga, in the western part of Papua New Guinea. In the diocese, a suffragan of that of Port Moresby, there are about 50 thousan ...
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  20 July 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Bishops join the request for the governor's resignation San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 19 July the Catholic Bishops of Puerto Rico joined civil society sectors who call for the resignation of the island's governor, Ricardo Rosselló. The political crisis in the country ...
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  20 July 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - US sanctions also hit Ryan "the Chaldean" leader of the "Babylonian Brigades" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The US Treasury Department has imposed targeted sanctions against four Iraqi politicians, among whom the names of the former governor of the province of Nineveh, Nawfal Hammadi al-Sultan, of the f ...
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  19 July 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Violent episodes do not stop: Bishops shocked by the ferocity and cruelty Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay have expressed their dismay regarding the murder of an elderly couple and their two grandchildren, which occurred last week on an estate in Chaco, and called for the im ...
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  19 July 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Diocesan Caritas: "at the center of the Church's raison d'être" Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) – To improve coordination between diocesan Caritas, carry out a check and evaluation of projects, pay more attention to the analysis of budgets for an efficient management of the project: t ...
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  19 July 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas in support of the victims of the explosion in Arys Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the Caritas of Shymkent for offering help to the citizens of Arys. In June, an explosion occurred in the military warehouse of the city: following the event, residents were urgently ask ...
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  19 July 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians support the government's tax contribution campaign: "May it be in favor of the poorest" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan for motivating and encouraging citizens to pay their taxes regularly. This honesty will generate revenues that the government would like t ...
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  19 July 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Scandal chat: people ask for the governor's resignation San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The publication of 900 pages of a "private chat", which reports conversations among Governor Ricardo Roselló and his ministers between November 2018 and January 2019, where they make fun of an ...
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  19 July 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The diocese of Butembo Beni remembers the two priests kidnapped two years ago of whom there is no news Butembo Beni (Agenzia Fides) - "Why can't we say where they are, who took them? Who kidnapped them and why? For what reasons? Nobody has the right to touch the dignity of a person who God gave us creating us in his image ...