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  14 March 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish institute of history prepares 25 volumes to refute allegations on "Armenian genocide" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - A committee of experts from the Turkish institute of history sponsored the research work of its members in historical archives and libraries in the United States, Russia, Germany and the United ...
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  12 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Apostolic Nuncio visits political prisoners and listens to their concerns and hopes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua, Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, accompanied by Mgr. Andrea Piccioni, secretary of the Nunciature, visited the Women's Penitentiary and the Jorge Navar ...
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  12 March 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Jesuits: a transitional government should prepare free and transparent elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The role of the different Venezuelan social and political actors, the position of the Countries and the transnational blocs that affect the crisis and the contribution of the Society of Jesus were ...
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  12 March 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Young Christians and Muslims will celebrate the Marian feast of the Annunciation together Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - About 1600 boys and girls from over 40 countries will take part in the World Ecumenical Youth Meeting, scheduled in Beirut from 22 to 26 March. The ecumenical meeting is organized and sponsored b ...
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  12 March 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice for the outcasts: Christians and Muslims demonstrate New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Christians and Muslims gathered for the great demonstration of national protest announced today, March 12, in New Delhi, to demand an end to discrimination and legitimate rights f ...
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  12 March 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian plane crash: among the victims also a missionary, a nun and 4 lay operators of the Catholic Relief Services Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - 157 people were killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday, 10 March, which include a priest, a religious sister, and four staff members with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Acc ...
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  12 March 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The churches of Zambia against the suspension of the broadcasting license of Prime Television Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "It is hypocritical to allow the suspension of a broadcasting license of a private media house when government-owned and controlled media outlets have miserably been unprofessional and unethical" ...
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  12 March 2019
  EUROPE/FRANCE - The diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of Don Hamel concludes Rouen (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen presided over the final session of the diocesan inquiry into the life and martyrdom of Fr. Jacques Hamel. Fr. Hamel was killed July 26, 2016, when two men sto ...
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  11 March 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - The enemies are hunger and disease: Lenten campaign of Caritas India Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The enemies to be defeated in India are hunger and diseases: with this approach Caritas India, the humanitarian arm of the Indian Bishops' Conference, is focusing its Lenten campaign this year ...
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  11 March 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - International Women's Day: an occasion for interreligious dialogue Mbata Mbenge (Agenzia Fides) - "Unity among the churches is very important and can pass through women, who are pillars of family life, but also of the life of faith", says Mrs. Josephine Pfiti, promoter of the interrelig ...
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  11 March 2019
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishop of San José de Mayo: "a pastoral reconfiguration to put everything we are and we have at the service of the mission" San José de Mayo (Agenzia Fides) - "Speaking of pastoral reconfiguration means putting Christ at the center of our lives and our activities. The purpose of pastoral reconfiguration is to put who we are and what we have ...
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  11 March 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Maronite Bishop of Damascus: Syrian Christian communities are getting older and older Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian population lives in an undetermined condition, without "peace or war". An uncertain and difficult situation, which is becoming unsustainable for the weakest, and which sees an impres ...
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  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Coadjutor of Abuja Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, currently Archbishop of Jos as Archbishop Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Abuja (Nigeria). His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Ka ...
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  11 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Lent in prayer for Father Maccalli, six months after his abduction Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The more time passes, the more we must resist the temptation to resign ourselves and to soften our attention. In the diocese we want to continue to propose moments of prayer for the release of F ...
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  11 March 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Conclusions of the Assembly of Bishops: "Let us not allow negativism to paralyze us" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Panama have published a document at the conclusion of the 209th Plenary Assembly of the Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) held from February 25th to March 1st. "With the h ...