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  27 May 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Conference: to prevent sexual abuse on minors in the Church Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - A formation meeting was held on 21 May in Bissau for the men and women religious of the diocese of Bissau and Bafatá, organized by the Conference for Consecrated Life and Society of Apostolic Li ...
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  27 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Another attack on a Catholic church: 4 faithful killed during Sunday mass Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Four people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso, perpetrated on Sunday 26 May, in Toulfé, a village about twenty kilometers from Titao, the capital of the ...
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  27 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Religious life, expression of a Church that goes forth in the Amazon Xingu (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis always insists on a Church that "goes forth". In the Amazon, according to Bishop João Muniz Alves, Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu, in Brazil, this must be translated into "a Church ...
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  25 May 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dominican Fr. Channan: "Let us continue in the mission to promote peace and harmony in Pakistan" Lahore (Agenzia Fides - "Progress has been made in recent years with regards to the path of dialogue and interreligious harmony in Pakistan: today there are many organizations run by Muslims and other faiths committed in ...
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  24 May 2019
  VATICAN - General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins May 27 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) from all continents, together with the President and the General Secretaries of the four PMS will gather in Sacrofano (Rome) for the ...
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  24 May 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Urgent appeal for Venezuelan migrants: the crisis is out of control, the flow is growing and is worrying Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, called on Wednesday 22 May for greater economic cooperation by the international community to help Venezuelans who emigrated because of the cris ...
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  24 May 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Narendra Modi’s second term: "He will be a better Premier" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Narendra Modi's second term will make him a better Prime Minister. It is an opportunity for him to correct the previous mistakes. It is necessary to focus on policies in favor of the poor. Ev ...
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  24 May 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Attacks on churches in Ghana and other West African countries Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time that we stay awake; it is time that we rise to see what we can do to protect innocent people who come to church. They have come to church to worship and it will be sad that it is insid ...
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  24 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Remain in Africa to transform it into a prosperous land": Bishops' appeal to young people Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Giving concreteness to evangelical hope, watching over young people. This is the commitment undertaken by the Bishops who participated in the third Plenary Assembly of Bishops of West Africa ...
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  24 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the family of Caritas Internationalis takes care of humanity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The spirit of sharing and family that we are experiencing today, in this assembly is the primary goal that we have set ourselves as Caritas Internationalis. We are from all over the world, united ...
• 24 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Tanger Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Tanger (Morocco), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (SL) (Agenzi ...
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  24 May 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - New problems for Foundations linked to religious minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - In Turkey the situation of uncertainty which Foundations linked to ethnic, cultural and religious minorities continues. And those in charge of these bodies are unable to find institutional interl ...
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  23 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Meeting of border dioceses: the family continues to be the fundamental institution of society Pelotas (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a social context of strong changes in the social dynamics that have in particular affected our families and young people. It is possible to note in all these aspects, lights and shad ...
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  23 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The arrival of thousands of Peuls with millions of cattle destabilizes the south-east" says Mgr. Aguirre Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The local warlords are facilitating the progression of the Peuls herders in our area, creating alarm among the population", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños to Agenzia Fides. "Throu ...
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  23 May 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church in the Philippines: "No" to reinstating the death penalty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines is opposed to reinstating the death penalty in the legal system of the country. This was stated in an interview with Agenzia Fides by Catholic lay leader Ro ...