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  22 November 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Escalation of anti-Christian attacks in the state of Uttar Pradesh New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, fear new attacks by Hindu extremist groups. In a document sent to Agenzia Fides, the Commission for Religious Fre ...
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  22 November 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan visits Syrian President Assad Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrians "have the strength and determination to rebuild their Country, and in this delicate phase every authentic lover and friend of Syria can offer an important contribution to getting the co ...
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  22 November 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Cardinal Barreto: we must follow fair justice, without lying to the people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "It is really a shame", said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo, commenting on the asylum request to the government of Uruguay by former President Alan García, in ...
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  22 November 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Togolese Bishops: constitutional and institutional reforms are urgently needed Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Togo are calling for constitutional and institutional reforms in view of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 20 December, in accordance with the road map of the Economic Commu ...
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  22 November 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A missionary of Kenyan origin was killed in the English-speaking South-West region Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest was killed in one of the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon. Fr Cosmas Omboto Ondari, a Kenyan missionary belonging to the Missionary Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill, wa ...
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  22 November 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - IV Brazilian Week of Catechesis: We need to walk together, so that the Church is missionary, prophetic and merciful São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – The IV Brazilian Week of Catechesis held in Itaici, São Paulo, from November 14 to 18, tried to "rethink the proposal and to deepen the meaning of initiation into Christian life according ...
• 21 November 2018
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Appointment of the Rector of "S. Carlo Borromeo" major Seminary in the diocese of Butare Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20th September 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the Rev. Fr. Papias Musengamana, of the diocesan clergy of Kabgayi ...
• 21 November 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, His Exc. Mgr. Seyoum Fransua Noel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 September 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Seyoum Fransua Noel, Apostolic Vicar of Hosanna as Natio ...
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  21 November 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Jesuits: "To dare the missionary spirit in the contemporary world" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - It is right to help the countries of the South of the world, but it is difficult to commit oneself. It is right to support the missions, but without changing one’s lifestyle or point of view, in ...
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  21 November 2018
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "Illegal migration from our country is an evil that must be faced" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - 4,092 Ghanaians were repatriated from Libya in 2017. This is what the Bishops of Ghana wrote in the statement published at the end of their Annual Plenary Assembly held in Techiman, in the Brong A ...
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  21 November 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop Pachomios: the internet and the network contribute to breaking up families Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The internet and social media like Facebook represent an instrument of alienation and an objective factor in the breaking up of families. This is what Anba Pachomios, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of B ...
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  21 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law: campaign to punish false accusers is increasing Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Police must arrest Qari Mohammad Salim and the two Muslim women who invented false accusations of blasphemy against Asia Bibi, an innocent Christian who spent 9 years in prison": says to Agen ...
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  20 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in São Tomé: "Everyone must live the dimension of the 'Church that goes forth' as authentic missionary disciples" São Tomé (Agenzia Fides) - After leaving Angola on the evening of Sunday 18 November, Cardinal Fernando Filoni arrived in São Tomé to conclude his pastoral visit for the 50th anniversary of the Bishops' Conference of ...
• 20 November 2018
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 17, 2018 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) presented by His Eminence Cardinal Peter Nguyên Vãn Nhon. Th ...
• 20 November 2018
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Resignation of Archbishop of Kigali and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 19, 2018 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Kigali (Rwanda), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Thaddée Ntihinyurwa. The Pope appoint ...