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  3 May 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Federation of Asian Bishops: "No to retaliation and revenge: may mutual love prevail" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is seriously concerned about news of revenge and retaliation against Muslim citizens, refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka. Many have fled from the persecution on their lands and ...
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  3 May 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "To renew the prophetic missionary service in the Bolivian people" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops’ Conference of Bolivia (CEB) hopes that equal opportunities, respect and consideration for all will be guaranteed in the general elections on October 20. The text of the Preside ...
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  2 May 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistani Church in communion with the people of Sri Lanka Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of faithful in Karachi gathered in St. Patrick's Cathedral to offer their solidarity to the victims of the recent massacre in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (see Fides 22/4/2019). “We de ...
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  2 May 2019
  AFRICA - A true spirituality of work, not the "religion of prosperity" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time in Africa to develop a true spirituality of work. A spirituality rooted according to the plan and the vision that God wanted for work and the worker", says to Fides Fr. Donald Zagore, I ...
• 2 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary of South Africa, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 April 2019, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria and of the military ordinariate of South Africa, presen ...
• 2 May 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Belgaum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 1 May 2019 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Bishop Derek Fernandes, as Bishop of the Diocese of Belgaum (India), currently Bishop of Karwar. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 2/5/2019) ...
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  2 May 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Anniversary of the Camillian mission in Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Easter was very much felt by the Catholic population and by the sick of Flores for the exceptional presence of the relic of the heart of St. Camillus, which arrived in Indonesia on the occasion ...
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  2 May 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Attack against the Church and tear gas against the faithful during mass: appeal for respect for dignity and human rights San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - "This afternoon a horde of men from the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) attacked the church of Our Lady De Fatima in the Sucre district of San Cristobal": this is what Mgr. Mario del Vall ...
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  2 May 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - May 1, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch receives and thanks health workers in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On May 1, on the occasion of Labor day, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II invited a large delegation of health workers in Damascus. The Primate of the Syrian Antiochene Church wa ...
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  2 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary who denounces the environmental damage of gold mines has been stopped Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - An Italian missionary who denounces the environmental damage caused by the gold mines in the Central African Republic was stopped by the military", says Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionar ...
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  30 April 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - The "kafala" system, an instrument of oppression for African immigrant women Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Slaves and in an almost legal way. This is the fate of African women who have immigrated to many Middle Eastern Countries. Their dream of a better life is shattered against the "kafala". Migrant ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious habit testifies, attracts and encourages evangelization Irondale (Agenzia Fides) - "People do not need religious people who are like one of them, just as children do not need parents who are their friends or companions. They need religious people who guide them to Heaven": sa ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops of Argentina meet the Pope, a country with 13 million poor and malnourished children Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today the ad limina visit of the Argentine Bishops begins. 106 Bishops will gather to meet with Pope Francis to report on the pastoral work of the Church in the Country. Argentina is experiencing ...
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  30 April 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Xenophobia risks bringing us back to the times of apartheid" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "If unjustified violent attacks against migrants and refugees do not stop, South Africans run the risk of becoming like the oppressors of the apartheid era" warns Archbishop Buti Tlhagale o ...
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  30 April 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Bishops’ appeal: "It is necessary to grow together as a people and as a Country, without leaving anyone behind" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "In this unscrupulous world where we want to build the walls of division, we want to eliminate all forms of division: only in this way we can build a nation characterized by unity and harmony", s ...