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• 23 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Malakal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the rev. Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok, of the clergy of Malakal, currently Vicar General of the same diocese as the Bishop of the diocese of Malakal (Sou ...
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  23 May 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - An anti-child abuse "policy" for the schools of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, March 22, 2019, Fr. Iyad Twal, Director of the Latin Patriarchate Schools in Palestine and Israel, in partnership with World Vision, an independent humanitarian organization of Ch ...
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  23 May 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Continuity of missionary work: the Vicariate of Camiri celebrates 100 years with the ordination of its new Priest Camiri (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri celebrates a hundred years since its birth. The date of May 22 of a century ago in fact marked the beginning of the fixed presence of groups of missionaries who, ...
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  23 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Castro: violence in the State of Morelos undermines the future of young people Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In the ranking of 2019, among the 10 most violent cities in the world, Acapulco and Tijuana are at the top of the list. In that of the 50 most violent cities Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Ciu ...
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  22 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Congolese priest who ran the institute for the blind was killed in Beira Beira (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the death of our brother Landry Ibil Ikwel, in the hospital of Beira (Mozambique) following a brutal attack in the community house in Beira, we join our hearts to those of our brot ...
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  22 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Peace and immigration at the center of the attention of the Bishops of West Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - There are two main themes at the center of the third Plenary Assembly of the bishops of West Africa (RECOWA-CERAO), recently concluded in Ouagadougou (see Fides, 13/5/2019): "On the one hand ...
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  22 May 2019
  AMERICA - CELAM: An ethical, political, economic and cultural crisis has grown throughout Latin America and the Caribbean Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "In all of Latin America and the Caribbean we have witnessed the growth of an ethical, political, economic and cultural crisis. Among these, we highlight the machismo that wounds the dignity ...
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  22 May 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Bishops: the "two peoples-two States" formula is now "empty rhetoric" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land take note that the proposal for a two-State solution has gone nowhere and is repeated to no avail. In fact, all talk of political solution seems empty rhe ...
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  22 May 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Joko Widodo confirmed President, the Bishops: "it is important to accept the result of the vote" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent presidential and legislative elections turned out to be the most challenging elections in the nation, as hundreds of members of the electoral committee died due to their excessive wo ...
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  22 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Sister Ines, another woman who gives her life for Jesus at the service of the poor" says Pope Francis Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I have no idea. In our area ritual killings do not take place", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, to whom Agenzia Fides has asked for more details on the murder ...
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  22 May 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: "No law must cover up crimes against humanity!" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of El Salvador rejects the National Reconciliation Law recently discussed during the Legislative Assembly, denouncing that it would leave the culprits of crimes against ...
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  22 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Sri Lanka, one month after the Easter terrorist attacks Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the pastoral visit to Thailand for the 350th anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam, which marked the beginning of the local Catholic Church, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect ...
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  21 May 2019
  VATICAN - "We all have the responsibility to bear witness to our faith", recalled Cardinal Filoni in Thailand Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians we have a mission of announcing Jesus as the Savior of the world, in accordance with our state of life. All of us have this responsibility to bear witness to our faith". This i ...
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  21 May 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi elections: outgoing President Peter Mutharika running for a second term Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an important appointment", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Montfortian, a missionary in Malawi since the seventies, where today, May 21st, we vote. Voters are called to choose the President ...
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  21 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Shooting in front of the church: Bishops call for respect for the sacredness of life and fundamental values Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep sorrow, we express our sadness and consternation, in the face of the acts of violence that took place outside the rectory of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Fortín de las Flores in Cordob ...