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  24 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Remain in Africa to transform it into a prosperous land": Bishops' appeal to young people Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Giving concreteness to evangelical hope, watching over young people. This is the commitment undertaken by the Bishops who participated in the third Plenary Assembly of Bishops of West Africa ...
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  24 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the family of Caritas Internationalis takes care of humanity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The spirit of sharing and family that we are experiencing today, in this assembly is the primary goal that we have set ourselves as Caritas Internationalis. We are from all over the world, united ...
• 24 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Tanger Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Tanger (Morocco), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (SL) (Agenzi ...
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  24 May 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - New problems for Foundations linked to religious minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - In Turkey the situation of uncertainty which Foundations linked to ethnic, cultural and religious minorities continues. And those in charge of these bodies are unable to find institutional interl ...
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  23 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Meeting of border dioceses: the family continues to be the fundamental institution of society Pelotas (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a social context of strong changes in the social dynamics that have in particular affected our families and young people. It is possible to note in all these aspects, lights and shad ...
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  23 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The arrival of thousands of Peuls with millions of cattle destabilizes the south-east" says Mgr. Aguirre Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The local warlords are facilitating the progression of the Peuls herders in our area, creating alarm among the population", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños to Agenzia Fides. "Throu ...
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  23 May 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church in the Philippines: "No" to reinstating the death penalty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines is opposed to reinstating the death penalty in the legal system of the country. This was stated in an interview with Agenzia Fides by Catholic lay leader Ro ...
• 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 ...