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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - The journey of a small community with faith “inherited by their grandparents” Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan has been rooted for a very long time, but has undergone great changes throughout history: present in the country for at least 150 years, the Catholic community ...
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  6 March 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "In Kenya, evil is celebrated and good condemned. May Lent help us to heal" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, evil is celebrated and good condemned, says His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Muheria, Archbishop of Nyeri, in his homily at our Lady Consolata Cathedral Grounds in Nyeri during the launch of the N ...
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  6 March 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the name of the Trinity, a bond of communion between the Church of Adaba and the Diocese of Anagni-Alatri Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - The new church of the Pastoral Center of Adaba, in the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe, Ethiopia, has been named after the Most Holy Trinity. This is what Fr. Giuseppe Ghirelli, fidei donum missionar ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Jubilee for the Marian Shrine in Orissa. Christians: "We entrust our suffering to Mary" Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - More than 45,000 people attended the Jubilee celebration of the Marian shrine of Partama, in Orissa, in eastern India on March 5. Archbishop John Barwa, at the head of the diocese of Cuttack-B ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop writes to the Premier: stop to new urban settlements in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Nineveh Plain, a region of historical roots of the indigenous Christian communities in the territories of present-day Iraq, urbanistic and real estate strategies are underway that run the s ...
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  6 March 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Expocatolica 2019: a great meeting space to "continue to walk together" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord in the Gospel tells us that we are the light of the world and that light should not be put under a bushel, but we must put it high up, so that it enlightens all, this is what Expocatól ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Desire of God in the distant communities": mission of the priests in the Amazon area of Chapare Corocoro (Agenzia Fides) - The vast Amazonian territory of the parish of Chapare welcomed a group of 19 priests and a permanent deacon of the prelature of Corocoro, together with Bishop Mgr. Percy Galván, for three days ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church has not yet been officially invited to the National Dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua have not yet been invited to join the negotiating table that the representatives of the Government and the Civic Alliance started again last week (see Fides, 2/3/2019): ...
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  5 March 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Young Eritreans celebrate the first WYD in the history of the national Church Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - The Youth of the four Eparchies, comprising of 550 delegates came together for the occasion, which was the first celebration of the National Youth Day of its kind in the history of the Church in ...
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  5 March 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "May new leaders take concrete commitments for better governance" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not agree with the results of the elections, but we want to collaborate with the authorities for the good of the country, asking them to found institutions on ethical values because only ...
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  5 March 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA- The Cardinal President of Caritas Internationalis in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, President of Caritas Internationalis, took part in the opening of the Council of the Patriarchs and Heads of Catholic Churches in Syria, which began on Monday 4 Mar ...
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  5 March 2019
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies: "a worldwide network of prayer and charity at the service of the Pope" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "How can we define the Pontifical Mission Societies in one sentence? They are a worldwide network at the service of the Holy Father to sustain the mission and the young Churches through pra ...
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  5 March 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - National Day of Migrants: appeal of the Church for stateless persons Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Help for stateless persons, victims of a "disturbing global phenomenon" affecting thousands of Filipino children: this is the appeal launched by the Catholic Episcopal Commission for the Pastor ...
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  4 March 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer, love, fasting: the youth road map for peace between India and Pakistan Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The youth movement "Jesus Youth Pakistan" has launched the "Pray, Love, Fast for Peace" campaign which sees the participation of thousands of young people in Pakistan and in various parts of the ...
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  4 March 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - The continental march that denounces violence against children has arrived in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - From March 1st to March 16th the "Tenderness footprints" ("Caminata Huellas de Ternura") will touch the main cities of Peru. Starting from La Tina - Macará International Bridge, in the diocese of ...