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  13 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Today the funeral of Fr. Siméon Yampa and five faithful killed in the attack during Sunday Mass Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Siméon Yampa was a humble person, obedient and full of love, he loved his parishioners", writes His Exc. Mgr. Théophile Nare, Bishop of Kaya in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, on t ...
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  13 May 2019
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - With the first group of “small missionaries”, Missionary Childhood is born in Romania Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - Historic event for the Pontifical Missionary Childhood, which on May 18th will see the first group of Romanian children join the Society. The day of celebration for the inauguration of Mission ...
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  13 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Unity and solidarity to overcome religious extremism Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Church and the entire population of Burkina Faso find themselves in a condition of extreme suffering. Terrorism and religious extremism are growing, priests are being killed, Christians ...
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  13 May 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - National mourning for the death of Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon mourns the death of Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites, who died on Sunday 12 May at the age of 99. The Lebanese government has proclaimed tw ...
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  10 May 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Holy masses resume and Catholic schools reopen Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic schools in Sri Lanka will reopen on May 14, after the closure established for security reasons following the Easter attacks that killed 258 people and injuring about 500 people. This wa ...
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  10 May 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Nuncio: "This extreme violence of eliminating the adversary cannot continue" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We must take the theme of peace seriously, because it is not optional. Colombia cannot continue in this extreme violence of the elimination of the adversary and of those who think differently, ...
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  10 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The president of CIMI: "the Amazon is a land disputed on several fronts" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "Probably, the original peoples of the Amazon have never been as threatened in their territories as they are now; the Amazon is a land disputed on several fronts": says the President of the In ...
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  10 May 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In the face of sufferings, a Church built on rock that is Christ Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Ivory Coast is experiencing a period of deep pain. The news of the tragic car accident involving Mgr. Ante Jozic, Apostolic Nuncio of the country while he was in Croat ...
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  10 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Church launches a professional center; "We want to train the citizens of tomorrow", says Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church wants to train young people and citizens of tomorrow, able to actively participate in the construction and development of the Country", said His Eminence Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalain ...
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  10 May 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Jordan will offer 10,000 meals to Muslims during Ramadan Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "Ramadan is Different in Generous Jordan". This is the title of the campaign launched by Caritas Jordan for the holy month of Ramadan in 2019. The campaign, which will continue during the month, e ...
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  10 May 2019
  AFRICA - ACI-Africa agency is born, Archbishop Dal Toso: "A sign of hope for the continent" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In these pasts months of my service at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in particular as President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, I have been very blessed and cons ...
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  9 May 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Message of the Bishops to the people of God: "Christ is alive and wants you to be alive!" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord Jesus Christ, in his apparition to the disciples, as the evangelist John tells us, encourages them to cast their nets again, despite the uselessness of their work. The Risen One inv ...
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  9 May 2019
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Builders of bridges, peacemakers: Christians participate in the life of the nation Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Malaysia contributes to the common good of the nation": says to Agenzia Fides Archbishop Julian Leow, at the head of the diocese of Kuala Lumpur, and newly elected President ...
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  9 May 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Development and reconstruction, to improve the quality of life Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the catastrophe caused by the environmental phenomenon "El Niño" (see Fides, 23/05/2017), with rains, floods and landslides that caused thousands of victims, the small agricultural ...
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  9 May 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Church questions the mission of the baptized in the contemporary world Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 500 participants from all over Australia will take part in the "Mission: one heart, many voices" conference scheduled in Sydney from 13 to 15 May, in view of the extraordinary Missi ...