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  8 June 2019
  ASIA - Cardinal Bo: "At Pentecost, a new breath of the Holy Spirit to witness the Gospel in Asia" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of Pentecost 2019 let us pray for a truly missionary conversion of the whole Church": this is what Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Confe ...
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  8 June 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - World Youth Day celebrated in Bissau and Bafatà Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Revenge does not solve problems, but rather becomes a fertilizer for problems. Christians should avoid the path of revenge and scandal, especially those who are engaged in politics", says the Au ...
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  8 June 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Celebrata la giornata mondiale della gioventù a Bissau e a Bafatà Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - “La vendetta non risolve i problemi, ma piuttosto diventa un fertilizzante per i problemi. In questo ordine di idee, i cristiani dovrebbero evitare la via della vendetta e dello scandalo, speci ...
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  8 June 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Macerata-Loreto Pilgrimage invites to pray for the Extraordinary Missionary Month Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Pentecost, since 1978, thousands of people from all over Italy and also from other nations, of different traditions and cultures, have given life to the now traditional pilgrimage ...
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  8 June 2019
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Archbishop Quirós: "as a Church we always choose dialogue, but it has to be constructive dialogue" San José (Agenzia Fides) - On June 6 the National Association of Public and Private Employees (ANEP) met with the Archbishop of San José, Mgr. José Rafael Quirós, and representatives of various sectors, including coo ...
• 7 June 2019
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Mathias Tshithigona OMI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - on April 4, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Mathias Tshithigona, OMI, as National Director of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  7 June 2019
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops: "Worrying situation, change is possible and urgent" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Honduran Bishops, gathered in the Plenary Assembly from 3 to 7 June, in their "Message of the Bishops’ Conference of Honduras (CEH)" indicate the main problems encountered which concer ...
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  7 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The group that kidnapped Fr. Luc is known and we are trying to free him", says the Bishop of Bunia Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The group that kidnapped Fr. Luc is known and we are trying to release our priest", says His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Uringi Uruci, Bishop of Bunia, where an armed group abducted Fr. Luc Adélard ...
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  7 June 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary: "Violence, massacres, wild exploitation of resources in the Country" Bozoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is in a situation of serious instability. Despite the agreements of Khartoum signed in February by the government and 14 rebel leaders, 80% of the territory is in the hands of gangs ...
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  7 June 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New priests in Indonesian Papua, including tribal groups Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Church celebrates the presence of nine new priests who received the sacrament of priestly ordination, by the Bishop of Jayapura, Franciscan Mgr. Leo Laba Ladjar, in a solemn cele ...
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  7 June 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians and Muslims on pilgrimage to the monastery in Smalut Smalut (Agenzia Fides) – To make a pilgrimage and ask for the intercession of the Virgin Mary for security and peace in the country: with this spirit thousands of Christians and Muslims took part in the week of celebra ...
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  6 June 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - The close link between the Living Rosary Association and missionary cooperation Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - From May 31st to June 1st, over ten thousand members of the Association of the Living Rosary, met for the seventh time in Jasna Góra, National Shrine of Poland, to pray together and learn more a ...
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  6 June 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Mutual support between the elderly and adolescents: the Caritas project starts again Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) – To encourage support and mutual cooperation between the elderly and adolescents: this project is based on the project undertaken by Caritas Tajikistan in the context of social activities aime ...
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  6 June 2019
  VATICAN - "A minute for peace": a minute of prayer or reflection for a more fraternal world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Saturday, June 8, will be the fifth anniversary of the meeting of the Israel and Palestinian Presidents with me and Patriarch Bartholomew here in the Vatican. At 1 p.m. we are invited to d ...
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  6 June 2019
  AMERICA - On August 22, the first UN Day for victims of violence based on religious belief Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The 85th plenary session of the 73rd UN General Assembly, on May 29, invited all member States, organizations linked to the United Nations and other regional and international organizations, ...