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  28 May 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "Democracy is solid, the future is civil coexistence" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are not worried about post-election violence. Democracy in Indonesia is solid and will withstand the shock of those who want to question it with street riots. The majority of the Indonesian pop ...
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  28 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence and lack of access to education for indigenous people: two national emergencies Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Bishop’s Council for Pastoral Care of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB) begins today, Tuesday 28 May. The meeting's agenda includes the analysis of the economic situ ...
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  28 May 2019
  AMERICA/CUBA - Combating individualism to build the civilization of love: Caritas campaign begins La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Father who sees in secret will repay you" (Mt 6: 6) is the Gospel verse taken as a motto by Caritas Cuba for its annual campaign which, for the second consecutive year, will be extended ...
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  28 May 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The growing economic disparity puts the nation at risk" warns Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In order for a change to take place, we must all be ready for a sincere change of heart, from the lowest level to the highest, but above all at the highest levels", said Cardinal John Onaiyekan, ...
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  27 May 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Te Deum for the nation: Cardinal Poli calls for a Great National Pact in favor of the poor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires and primate of Argentina, Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, said that "it is time for a Great National Pact" with a "preferential option for the third of the Argen ...
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  27 May 2019
  VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso inauguarates the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Ours is a charism that the Church will always need. In fact the Church will always be missionary and therefore there will always be the need for all the People of God to support the mission of the ...
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  27 May 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "Let us work for a new, strong and inclusive India" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Catholic Church in India, I offer my sincere congratulations to you and to the Bharatiya Janata Party. I want to assure you of our prayers and best wishes for you and your te ...
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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 ...