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  4 April 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic women kidnapped by human traffickers: alarm of the Church Natore (Agenzia Fides) – There is concern in the Catholic community in Bangladesh due to the abduction of a young woman, Teresa Sheuly Rozario, 19, who has ended up in the hands of human traffickers. As Agenzia Fides l ...
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  4 April 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - CELAM meeting of indigenous pastoral workers Latacunga (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of indigenous pastoral workers, organized by the CELAM Department of Culture and Education, is taking place in Latacunga, Ecuador, from 1 to 6 April, through its executive secretar ...
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  4 April 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Upcoming elections: "Catholics in politics to build the common good" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Our position is clear: as Indonesian citizens, Catholics participate in politics in a broad sense. We hope that a legal and transparent process is respected in the electoral campaign and during ...
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  4 April 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - New rules on the personal status of Christians, to eliminate the rules that penalize women Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In Jordan, while Parliament is discussing the change in laws governing personal status, the Churches have also embarked on a path of revision of the canonical-ecclesiastical rules that determine t ...
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  4 April 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The UN representative for Central Africa praises the efforts of religious leaders for peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I particularly wanted to thank Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga and Imam Layama Kobine for the excellent work they do together to resolve the crisis in the Central African Republic, and in partic ...
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  4 April 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Over 60 dead in a terrorist attack followed by inter-communal violence Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 62 people lost their lives near Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso, on the border with Mali, in a jihadist attack followed by inter-communal clashes, between Sunday 31 March and Tuesd ...
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  4 April 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The law on religious freedom pending the signature of the President La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia will have a law that intends to regularize the activity of evangelical groups and Aymara ten years after the approval of the Constitution, which guarantees full religious freedom and wors ...
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  3 April 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Bishops' appeal: "choose good candidates" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Choose carefully "good candidates" and express a free vote without being conditioned and exercise with responsibility. This is the appeal sent by the Indonesian Bishops' Conference (KWI) in a me ...
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  3 April 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A day to bring families together in memory of the dead Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "When I arrived in Taiwan in 1965, on November 2nd I went to visit some cemeteries. My desolation was to see all the deserted cemeteries! When I returned home, I asked my Chinese teacher to give ...
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  3 April 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops ask to investigate the death of a British Lasallian religious Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference, through a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, informs of the death of brother Paul McAuley, a member of the Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools (La Sa ...
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  3 April 2019
  VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: the missionary mandate continues to be a priority for the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – There are thirty-three members of the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), from 17 francophone countries of Africa, America and Europe, who are participating in ...
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  3 April 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' message: the challenge to build a nation that is the home for all, respecting dignity and human rights Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the seriousness of the situation we are experiencing in Venezuela, we Bishops, interpreting the cry and desires of our communities, have written several messages regarding particular situ ...
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  3 April 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Enough with kidnappings and murders of priests and religious in Nigeria" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We have noticed with shock and disdain the increasing rate of kidnaps and sometimes, murder of priests and religious in our country", says the resolution approved at the end of the first plenary ...
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  3 April 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - President Aoun receives criticism after his thanks to the Russian "protection" of Christians in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The gratitude expressed recently by Lebanese President Michel Aoun to Russian President Vladimir Putin also for the support always offered by Russia to Christian communities in the Middle East is ...
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  2 April 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Communities that welcome with joy: the key to missionary awakening Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - “Baptized and sent. Missionary action in the context of the evangelizing process", is the title of the National Missionary Meeting held in Bogotá from 26 to 28 March, within the framework of ...