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  13 December 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Two Copts killed by security guard charged with church surveillance Minya (Agenzia Fides) – A security guard at a church in the Egyptian city of Minya used his service weapon to kill Copt Christians Imad Kamal Sadiq, aged 49, and the latter’s 21 year old son David. The double murd ...
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  13 December 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Social media: channels for promoting peace and opposing fake news Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not use hard language on social media. We must maintain moral values in what we write: each of us is responsible for what is published ": said Friar Qaisar Feroz OFM Cap, executive Secre ...
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  13 December 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Catholic Church in Nigeria does not support or subscribe to any political party. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “No Catholic priest or people of consecrated life should be actively involved in partisan politics in obedience to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church ” says a statement issued by the Bishops ...
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  12 December 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The local Church is preparing an Extraordinary Mission Year as well as the Extraordinary Mission Month Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei has announced that the solemnity of Epiphany next January will mark the opening of an "Extraordinary Mission Year" to culminate w ...
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  12 December 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops say, we must continue to pray for peace in our country Yei (Agenzia Fides) – “The Bishops of AMECEA, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, together with the governments of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, helped promote the signing of the P ...
• 12 December 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Srikakulam Vatican (City Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis accepted today the resignation of Bishop Addagatla Innayya Chinna from the pastoral government of the diocese of Srikakulam (India). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 12/12/2018 ...
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  12 December 2018
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Trump signs law regarding so-called “Genocide of Christians” in the Middle East Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday the American President Donald Trump, signed the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018. The law, which defines as Genocide crimes perpetrated in recent year ...
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  11 December 2018
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Apostolic Vicar Hinder: “The Pope in the Emirates, historic step for Muslim-Christian dialogue and for peace” Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - " Pope Francis’ visit to the Arabian Peninsula, the first visit of a Pope, is a key moment for dialogue between Muslims and Christians": Fides was told by Bishop Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vic ...
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  11 December 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan priest killed in a robbery Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – A Kenyan priest has been killed in a robbery. The morning of 10 December, Fr. John Njoroge Muhia parish priest at Kinoo, Kiambu, 25 km from Nairobi, was on his way to a bank in the town of ...
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  11 December 2018
  ASIA/PALESTINE - For Christmas no exit permits for Christians in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – This year Christians in Gaza will not have permission from the Israeli authorities to cross the border at Erez in order to visit relations and friends in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and other towns in ...
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  11 December 2018
  OCEANIA/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA - “Called to fullness of life and love”: Young people follow Blessed ToRot Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) – “Called to fullness of life and love”: is the theme of a National Youth Congress taking place in Vunapope, a province of New Britannia, in Papua New Guinea, with the participation of 260 y ...
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  11 December 2018
  VATICAN - Churches in Asia and Migration: study seminar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – To explore the context and the faces of the mission of the Church in Asia in relation to migration today: with this goal from 10 to 15 December a group of Christian scholars, theologians ...
• 10 December 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Durban appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis on 9 December 2018 appointed Bishop Abel Gabuza until now Bishop of Kimberley in South Africa, Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Durban . (SL) (Agenzia Fides 10/12 ...
• 10 December 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis on 8 December 2018 appointed Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania) Rev. Filbert Felician Mhasi of the clergy of Mahenge, until now parish priest of the Cathedral ...
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  10 December 2018
  ASIA/JORDAN - Website shows irreverent images of Jesus. Latin Patriarchate Schools protest Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Schools in Jordan belonging to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem protested vehemently against the Al Wakeel website which recently caused scandal among the Christians of the Hashemite Kingdo ...