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  29 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops concerned about pension reform: penalizes the poor, women, peasants, the disabled Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Among our current concerns, we highlight the pension reform presented by the government to the National Congress for debate and approval", reads the statement of the Permanent Council of the B ...
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  29 March 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "Moroccans will see the face of Christ in the faithful": Christians await Pope Francis Fès (Agenzia Fides) - "The parishes of the two dioceses of Tangier and Rabat are experiencing with trepidation and great joy the arrival of Pope Francis. The 'Baba' of Rome is well known and respected as a man of dialog ...
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  29 March 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The Archbishop of Rabat: the Church awaiting the Pope follows the steps of St. Francis and Charles de Foucauld Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - The Church that will welcome the Successor of Peter on an apostolic visit to Morocco "shares the trait of his Spirituality with that of the Good Samaritan, Saint Francis and Charles de Foucauld". ...
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  29 March 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The Church welcomes the Pope "with patience and joy" Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - "Patience and joy": these are the words that the Archbishop of Rabat, Mgr. Cristobal Lòpez Romero, addresses to the Moroccan people in view of the imminent visit of Pope Francis. "It takes a lot ...
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  29 March 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishops mobilize for minimum wages for families Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - With a request sent to the Fair Work Commission, the Australian governmental institution that regulates labor relations, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) expressed the need to in ...
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  28 March 2019
  VATICAN - The Pope's pays homage to missionaries who "burn" their lives sowing the word of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday 27 March, the Holy Father addressed a special greeting to an 85-year-old missionary nun, who works in Bangui, giving her an honor and paying ...
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  28 March 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fr. Scalese: "Peace in the future of Afghanistan, without turning back" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The contribution that the small Catholic community can give to building peace in Afghanistan is limited. But we have a secret weapon, which can reach unimaginable results: prayer. This is what we ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Lay people reaffirm the commitment to being a "Church that goes forth " and to evangelize all areas Ypacarai (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church that goes forth, the lay faithful must be concerned and committed to all dimensions of contemporary reality: ecclesial, social, political, economic, cultural and environmental in t ...
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  28 March 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun thanks Putin also for supporting Christians in the Middle East Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun, during his recent visit to Moscow, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin also for the present and future support guaranteed by Russia to Christian communities i ...
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  28 March 2019
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The cathedral of Ziguinchor risks collapsing; "Why don't the authorities start safety measures?" Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of March, the roof of our cathedral is falling apart. Part of the church is now closed to the faithful for security reasons. If security measures are not taken in coming days, ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholics committed to combating feminicides and gender-based violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to deepen, through an open, interdisciplinary dialogue, issues related to discrimination based on gender, its influence on the family reality and on the problems of social exclusion ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Dilma Ferreira Silva, the first social activist murdered in the Amazon in 2019 Tucurui (Agenzia Fides) - A "rapid investigation of the crime" and the implementation of "security measures for people damaged by the construction of dams throughout Brazil" are the requests contained in the statement of ...
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  27 March 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the patronal feast of Urbaniana, an instrument at the service of the Gospel and of the Church in the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As Maria was the "home of the Word, of the Verbum" accepted and believed, so our University is also the "place of the Word", where a formative community lives and the teaching body interac ...
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  27 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. John Bako Shekwolo kidnapped, parish priest of Saint Teresa of Ankuwa, in the State of Kaduna Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Yet another kidnapping of a Catholic priest in Nigeria. According to news sent to Agenzia Fides Fr. John Bako Shekwolo was kidnapped on March 25 in his home in the village of Ankuwai, in the state ...
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  27 March 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Elections are being prepared: Catholics at work for a "responsible vote" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Filipino Church is committed to ensuring "a responsible vote" on the eve of the "mid-term elections" in the Philippines, scheduled for May 13th. A special ecclesial body, the "Parish Pastoral ...