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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "return" of Christians in the Nineveh Plain remains uncertain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 85 percent of the population who fled from the Nineveh Plain when that territory was conquered by the jihadists of the "Islamic State" (Daesh) is not yet ready to return to their region of origin, ...
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  29 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops of Kananga greet "the first change as Head of State through the polls" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We want a new Congo. But this will not happen through a miracle, but from the work carried out by each of us", write the Bishops of the Episcopal Assembly of Kananga (in the south of the Democ ...
• 28 January 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Hà Nôi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 26, 2019, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam, presented by H.E. Msgr. Laurent Chu Văn Minh, ...
• 28 January 2019
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the Bishop of Kenema Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 January 2019 the Pope appointed as Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone) H.E. Msgr. Msgr. Henry Aruna, currently titular Bishop of Nasbinca and auxiliary of Kenema. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/ ...
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  28 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The case of Asia Bibi towards the definitive conclusion Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani Supreme Court has set a hearing date for the petition to review the acquittal of Asia Bibi, on the morning of 29 January. President Asif Saeed Khosa will preside over a jury c ...
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  28 January 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Pope: "The Lord and His mission are not something temporary, they are not only a World Day of Youth: they are our life!" Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis celebrated the closing Mass for the 34th World Youth Day in Panama City’s Metro Park on Sunday morning January 27. The theme for WYD was: "I am the servant of the Lord. May it be d ...
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  28 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Terrorist attack on the cathedral in Jolo: the Church condemns violence and calls for justice Jolo (Agenzia Fides) - Firm condemnation of violence, solidarity with the victims, proximity to the population of the South of the Philippines: this is what the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines expressed, in the after ...
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  28 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Christians united for truth and justice, to overcome the climate of sociopolitical tensions Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Christian unity is necessary and precious in order to overcome the climate of sociopolitical tensions in the country and to contribute to the unity and the good of the whole nation: with this s ...
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  28 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Cardinal Zenari: Christians represent only 2% of the Syrian population Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - After the conflict that tore Syria apart for 7 years, the Christian component of the Syrian population probably has fallen to around 2 percent. And the Christian presence in the Middle East run ...
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  25 January 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Young Afro-discendents at WYD: resource for change Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Starting from this World Youth Day (WYD), no poor, no 'child' can be forbidden to dream". With these words, referring to the small size and the little geopolitical importance of Panama, located ...
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  25 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - No WYD for young Pakistanis, blocked in their homeland by the Immigration Office Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Department for Immigration Office at Allama Iqbal airport in Lahore stopped young Catholics who, on 23rd and 24th January, were about to embark to participate in World Youth Day, underway in ...
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  25 January 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "To sell one’s vote is to sell one’s conscience" warn the Bishops in view of the February elections Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "To sell one’s vote is to sell one’s conscience. As good citizens, we must avoid actions that will reduce the credibility of the elections", says a statement by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastic ...
• 25 January 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Mikhael Abdo Abdo, OCD Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 November 2018, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Mikhael Abdo Abdo, of the Discalced Carmelites, OCD, as National ...
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  25 January 2019
  AFRICA - World Leprosy Day: the light of the Gospel makes the stigmatization of the sick decrease Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, even if leprosy is still prevalent in some countries such as Madagascar, Nigeria, DR Congo, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, the problems of stigmatization and exclusion are decreasing": says ...
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  25 January 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Christian Ahok set free, "but his figure polarizes public opinion" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "After the release, it is likely that Ahok will go abroad for a few months, at least until after the general elections in April. It is a careful move, because his figure is still much discussed ...