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  11 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad promises to rebuild the memorial church of the Armenian Genocide in Deir ez-Zor Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad has pledged to rebuild with state funding the church-sanctuary of the Armenian martyrs located in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, which was devastated by the ji ...
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  11 January 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Zambia starts to prepare for the Extraordinary Mission Month of October 2019 Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of October 2019 should be a reminder to every Christian that the gift of faith received at baptism sends them on mission": said Father Cleophas Lungu, Secretary General of the Bishops' ...
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  11 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tshisekedi’s victory. The Bishops: "The results of the presidential election do not correspond to the data collected by our observation mission" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo "take note of the publication of the provisional results of the presidential election which - they underline - "for the first time in the recent ...
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  11 January 2019
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The youth of Singapore: the next WYD is an opportunity to share faith and culture Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming World Youth Day (WYD) in Panama will be an opportunity for the young people of Singapore to share faith and culture. As Agenzia Fides learns, a delegation from Singapore will atte ...
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  10 January 2019
  AFRICA - Electoral disputes in Africa: the Congolese episcopate, a model for the continent Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Publicly exposing dissent and divisions, especially in electoral disputes, is a fact that wounds and weakens the Church and leads it away from the evangelizing and missionary activity in Africa", ...
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  10 January 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Tensions and violence in the area adjacent to the mission of Father Maccalli Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Niger continues: Agenzia Fides receives reports of current military operations against Boko Haram. "The affected region is that of the extreme south-east of the country, in the area of ...
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  10 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "We are in a phase of hope: let us work together for peace in Pakistan" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living a phase of hope: this meeting is an occasion to spread the message of hope and work together for peace in the country. Peace will not come only thanks to a wish, but by working an ...
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  10 January 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON: Statistical projections: the demographic decline of the Christian population has stopped Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Accredited international scientific studies on the demographic changes in Lebanon show that the decline of the Christian component will stop in the coming decades. These scientific projections we ...
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  10 January 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops seek to create spaces of encounter, dialogue and peace Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Our country is constantly faced with various trials and difficulties, there are few job and education opportunities, high insecurity, including the uncertainty and expectations that come wi ...
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  10 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Strong protests after the announcement of Tshisekedi's victory in the presidential elections Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On the night between 9 and 10 January the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) declared Félix Tshisekedi the winner of the Congolese presidential elections on 30 December. He obtai ...
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  9 January 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Assault against the Comboni nuns: "The goal was the loot, not religion" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The assailants were common bandits. Small criminals who were looking for an easy loot to take away": this is how the Italian Comboni nuns summarize the assault suffered by the Foyer Community of ...
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  9 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Over 5 million pilgrims at the Black Nazarene feast Manila (Agenzia Fides) - More than five million devotees attended the "Traslacion", the annual procession featuring the image of the Black Nazarene, which started on January 9th, with a prayer vigil during the night. Thi ...
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  9 January 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - The beginning of the construction of the first church in Turkish territory since 1923 has been announced Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The works for the construction of what will become the first newly built church in the Republic of Turkey will begin by next February. This was announced on Tuesday, January 8th, by Bulent Keri ...
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  9 January 2019
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Waiting for the results. "Justice and Peace" of Belgium: "The international community must do its part" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo rises, where the results of the presidential and political elections of December 30 are expected to be announced. Dozens of poli ...
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  9 January 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - For the Church of Jakarta 2019 is "the Year of wisdom" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Jakarta officially declares that 2019 will be "The Year of Wisdom". As Agenzia Fides learns, the pastoral focus will be directed above all to social issues and how to face the ...