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  20 November 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Prayer and fasting in the prison of Abidjan for Fr. Gigi Maccalli Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In the prison of Abidjan, the largest in the Ivory Coast, Christian inmates are concerned about the fate of Fr. Gigi Maccalli, the missionary kidnapped in Niger on 17 September. Father Ramon Be ...
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  20 November 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Victims of natural disasters: solidarity of the Pontifical Mission Societies and of the Indian Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to alleviate the devastation and rescue the victims affected by the violent floods registered in the Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka in recent months and also in Tamil Nadu ...
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  20 November 2018
  AFRICA/SÃO TOMÉ - The Bishop of São Tomé: "to fight poverty we must create development and give hope to the people" São Tomé (Agenzia Fides) - "São Tomé and Principe is a small country, composed of two islands, located in the Gulf of Guinea, Gabon is the nearest nation. It is a typically tropical country with beaches, palm trees a ...
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  20 November 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Alindao: the number of victims rises to 48. The Bishops denounce: "the Church is in the sights of armed groups" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll of the massacre perpetrated in Alindao on November 15 (see Fides, 17/11/2018), has risen to 48, according to a UN report. The Vicar General of the diocese of Alindao, Mgr. Blaise M ...
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  20 November 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops: migrants must be looked upon with compassion Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - "We must help the people to look on all those who cross our territory with compassion, we must not fuel xenophobia and contempt for migrants, even if many show their affection, respect and suppo ...
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  20 November 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The President of the PMS: "A worldwide network at the service of the Pope to support the young Churches with prayer and charity". Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies keep the missionary spirit alive in the Church through missionary animation and formation. The last Pontiffs insisted on the centrality of evangelization and its ...
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  20 November 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians also pay tribute to the birth of Muhammad in Minya and Beni Suef Minya (Agenzia Fides) - In the Egyptian province of Minya, theater of the last Orthodox Coptic Christians massacre (see Fides, 5/11/2018), the jihadist frenzy does not destroy the manifestation of closeness and friendshi ...
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  19 November 2018
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Let us bring them to safety": the Church next to Nauru refugee children Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 40 refugee children detained by the Australian government on the island of Nauru in inhumane conditions: to draw the attention of Australian politicians and public opinion on this ...
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  19 November 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch hosts the "summit" with Russian Christian and Muslim leaders Damascus - A qualified delegation of the Patriarchate of Moscow took part in the meeting convened on Saturday 17 November in Damascus by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, which also saw the participation of Syr ...
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  19 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Angola and São Tomé: builders of communion for the mission Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 18, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, presided at the solemn Eucharistic Concelebration of thanksgiving in the parish ...
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  19 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Police warn Christians: danger of terrorist attacks Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistan police have sent a letter to all the leaders of Christian institutes warning them about possible terrorist attacks, organized in connection with the case of Asia Bibi. This is what A ...
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  19 November 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - New jihadist attack near the mission of Makalondi Makalondi (Agenzia Fides) - A new jihadist attack on the border with Burkina Faso has caused numerous injuries and the death of two policemen. The objective of this clash was a police checkpoint located in the south of t ...
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  19 November 2018
  VATICAN - Young people of Luanda, "all together and with all young people, let us go out to bring the joy of the Gospel" Viana (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday 17 November, Cardinal Fernando Filoni met the youth of the Ecclesiastical Province of Luanda in the Cathedral of the diocese of Viana, as part of his pastoral visit to ...
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  19 November 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "There is huge interest behind the massacre of Alindao" says the Bishop of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not stop to denounce the massacre of Christians. Ask yourselves why this happened", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan Jose Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, diocese in the south-east of the Central ...
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  17 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Lubango: "a renewed Church, starting from renewed missionaries, becomes a missionary Church" Lubango (Agenzia Fides) - "May the Church of Angola be a Church that goes forth and may her children be true missionary disciples so as to give a new missionary impulse in the process of the new era of evangelization": t ...