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  22 May 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Joko Widodo confirmed President, the Bishops: "it is important to accept the result of the vote" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent presidential and legislative elections turned out to be the most challenging elections in the nation, as hundreds of members of the electoral committee died due to their excessive wo ...
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  22 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Sister Ines, another woman who gives her life for Jesus at the service of the poor" says Pope Francis Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I have no idea. In our area ritual killings do not take place", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, to whom Agenzia Fides has asked for more details on the murder ...
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  22 May 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: "No law must cover up crimes against humanity!" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of El Salvador rejects the National Reconciliation Law recently discussed during the Legislative Assembly, denouncing that it would leave the culprits of crimes against ...
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  22 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Sri Lanka, one month after the Easter terrorist attacks Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the pastoral visit to Thailand for the 350th anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam, which marked the beginning of the local Catholic Church, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect ...
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  21 May 2019
  VATICAN - "We all have the responsibility to bear witness to our faith", recalled Cardinal Filoni in Thailand Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians we have a mission of announcing Jesus as the Savior of the world, in accordance with our state of life. All of us have this responsibility to bear witness to our faith". This i ...
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  21 May 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi elections: outgoing President Peter Mutharika running for a second term Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an important appointment", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Montfortian, a missionary in Malawi since the seventies, where today, May 21st, we vote. Voters are called to choose the President ...
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  21 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Shooting in front of the church: Bishops call for respect for the sacredness of life and fundamental values Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep sorrow, we express our sadness and consternation, in the face of the acts of violence that took place outside the rectory of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Fortín de las Flores in Cordob ...
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  21 May 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - A "new beginning" for theological reflection in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A "new beginning" for theological reflection in the Middle East, which takes into account the current historical phase and contributes to nourishing the communion between Churches and Christian c ...
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  21 May 2019
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The "nameless war" between Banyindu and Banyamulenge has already caused hundreds of deaths Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A creeping conflict, far from the eyes of the international media, is underway in South Kivu in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From May 9th, armed groups formed by the B ...
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  21 May 2019
  ASIA/JAPAN - The government awards Cardinal Farina for contributing to studies on "hidden Christians" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Japanese government has awarded Cardinal Raffaele Farina the honor of the Order of the Rising Sun - Gold and Silver Star - for his "contribution to the strengthening of friendly relations betw ...
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  21 May 2019
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The mission "Everyone’s home": two thousand lay missionaries in the streets of the capital to meet those who moved away from the Church Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "Come, come back!" The invitation of the archdiocese of Montevideo is carrying out the mission "Everyone’s home". A note sent to Agenzia Fides explained that, during the last three weekends ...
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  20 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni for the 350th anniversary of the Church in Thailand: "a moment of grace and commitment to be missionary disciples" Sampran (Agenzia Fides) - "This event is a moment of grace. This celebration bears witness to the positive results of the three hundred and fifty years of work of evangelisation in this Nation. This solemn and joyful cel ...
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  20 May 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Today the funeral of the parish priest murdered in La Majada Sonsonate (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of faithful filled the church of the parish of San José in La Majada (about 70 km from the capital), to pay their last respects to their parish priest, Father Cecilio Pérez Cruz, mu ...
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  20 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - After elections; the Bishops: "Now we have to face the challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "In the next five years, the mending of the social contract will therefore depend on the extent to which the ruling party, working with the oversight functions of the 6th Parliament, have m ...
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  20 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Chiang Mai: testimony and dialogue foundations of the Church's mission Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 19 May Cardinal Fernando Filoni, as part of his pastoral visit to the Asian country (see Fides, 15/5/2019) went to Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, where there is a strong presence ...