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  13 February 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Faith and perseverance for the communities left without priests and missionaries Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - More than four months have passed since that September 17 when Father Gigi Maccalli, a priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA), was kidnapped from Bomoanga. "This tragic event radically ...
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  13 February 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "With the vote of May 8 we have the power to choose the direction our country will take" say the Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the next elections represent a further step in the realization of the society that God desires for us and give us as responsible leaders", is the hope of South African Bishops ...
• 13 February 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S. (Salvatorian) as Apostolic Administrator "plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese of Morogoro (Tanzania). ...
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  13 February 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference visits the North with a delegation of religious and civil leaders Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To establish relationships of trust and launch various projects and cooperation in various areas such as tourism, culture, religion, education, sport, art with exchanges among students, educator ...
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  12 February 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Without testimony, the Gospel would be mute" Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "Gods calls us regardless of our own personal merit; God calls us to be apostles; the message that we bring is the very heart of our faith, the proclamation of the death and resurrection of Jesus ...
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  12 February 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The President of the PMS at the meeting of the National Directors of Asia Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - Asia is the continent that offers significant prospects for the missio ad gentes; Pope Francis has already visited Korea, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Myanmar and it seems that he will soon visit ...
• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Resignation of the Bishop of Viana and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Viana, Angola, presented by H.E. Msgr. Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. The ...
• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Mwanza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Holy Father appointed as Archbishop of Mwanza, (Tanzania) H.E. Msgr. Renatus Leonard Nkwande, currently bishop of Bunda. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 12/2/2019) ...
• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Donkorkrom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Pope appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, (Ghana) the Rev. Fr. John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D., currently Master of Novices at Nkwatia Kwahu, Koforidua. The Rev ...
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  8 February 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "A new wave of harmony and peace, in Pakistan and the Middle East" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We can learn a lot in Pakistan. The Global Conference of Human Fraternity, held in Abu Dhabi, will generate a new wave of harmony and peace in the Middle East and throughout the world. We appre ...
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  8 February 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: "Holy See-China Provisional Agreement of historical significance" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, followed the delicate and complex path of the Catholic Church in China since 1992, the year of its a ...
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  8 February 2019
  Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below a note published on the Osservatore Romano on the Catholic Church in China On 22 September 2018 in Beijing, the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China signed a “Provisional Agreement on the appointment of Bishops”. Previously, on 8 September 2018, after much reflection and prayer, th ...
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  8 February 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic women "responding to the Spirit": the commitment to the life of the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Shaking the waters: Catholic women responding to the Spirit": is the title of the congress organized from 22nd to 24th February by the Council for Australian Catholic Women, an advisory body in ...
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  8 February 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Embassies re-open in Damascus. Cardinal Zenari: good sign Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions from various Countries took part in the official reception offered in their honor by Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch of the Orthodox Sy ...
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  8 February 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Electoral violence in Accra; the condemnation of the Bishops: "Illegality and violence are a threat to democracy" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn in no uncertain terms the reported shootings and assaults perpetrated by some unidentified groups resulting in injuries", say the Catholic Bishops of Ghana in a joint statement sent to ...