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  5 January 2019
  VATICAN - The Secretary General of Holy Childhood: "Thanks to the encounter with Jesus one becomes a missionary: this is what the children live" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "When Missionary Childhood Day was established on 4 December 1950 by Pope Pius XII, all countries were asked to identify a date to be dedicated to Holy Childhood, but freedom was left. Many ...
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  5 January 2019
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Anniversary of the first Mass celebrated in America: the benefits of the proclamation of the Gospel are still lived today Puerto Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church concludes today, Saturday, January 5, 2019, the celebrations of the 525th anniversary of the first Mass in the American continent, officiated in Isabela, Puerto Plata, o ...
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  4 January 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Inculturation of the liturgy and the indigenous reality of the Amazon São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis insists on the fact that the local Church must have an Amazonian and indigenous face. To achieve this goal a process of inculturation is needed, one of the possibl ...
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  4 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 2019 is the Year of Dialogue in the Archdiocese of Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "People today use modern means of technology, but paradoxically have less time to communicate with each other. It is essential to motivate and accompany people to dialogue, dialogue is a tool tha ...
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  4 January 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Sisi will also participate in the Christmas vigil presided over by Coptic Patriarch Tawadros Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi will take part in the solemn Coptic liturgy of the Christmas vigil, scheduled in the new Cathedral dedicated to the Nativity of Jesus, built ...
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  4 January 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops' appeal: "May 2019 be the year of peace and reconciliation" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "May 2019 be a year of peace and reconciliation", is what the Bishops of Burundi hope for in their message to the faithful for the Christmas holidays and for the new year. The country is going ...
• 4 January 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - A new missionary sister in Kabul Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - A new missionary sister has just arrived in Afghanistan and will work at the Children's Center of the "PBK - Pro Bambini of Kabul" Association. This is what Father Giovanni Scalese, a Barnabite mi ...
• 3 January 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Accra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 January 2019 the Holy Father appointed as metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Ghana, H.E. Msgr. John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp., currently Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi. (SL) (Agenzia Fide ...
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  3 January 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Religious policies at the service of national identity Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "The religious factor could, in the future, assume an ever-increasing role in the process of Kazakh national identity". This is what Giannicola Saldutti, an associate researcher at the Institute ...
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  3 January 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishop of Gonaives calls Haitians to work to save the nation from the evils that afflict it Gonaives (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 January 2019 Haiti celebrated the 215th anniversary of independence. On this occasion, the traditional "Te Deum" was celebrated in the Cathedral of Gonaïves, the capital of the Artibonite ...
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  3 January 2019
  ASIA/LAOS - Seven Christians arrested during a Christmas liturgy Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Seven Christians were taken to prison for religious reasons. As reported by Agenzia Fides, on December 29, 2018, a group of nine police officers, led by the police chief of the district of P ...
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  3 January 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Friars become breeders to support the mission Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Nature and mission can be allies. This is the conviction of the Capuchin friars in Mozambique, who have given birth to breeding to support the pastoral activities in Quelimane, the administrative ...
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  3 January 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Church appeal: "Manus refugees await freedom" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "The current situation of the almost 500 refugees on Manus island - which hosts the asylum seekers rejected by Australia - causes us great suffering. The refugees were brought back to Manus ...
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  3 January 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Justice and Peace" applauds the introduction of guaranteed minimum wages but stresses that more needs to be done Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We applaud the President and the cabinet for taking the first step towards addressing wage disparities and the plight of the working poor" says His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Coadjutor Bishop ...
• 3 January 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Torit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father appointed Rev. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, of the clergy of Torit, Bishop of the diocese of Torit (South Sudan), currently Lecturer and Dean of the St. Paul National M ...