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  3 December 2018
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Central American Bishops reflect on youth, migrants and environment; and express solidarity with Nicaragua Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Young people in keeping with the recent Synod of Bishops and the imminent World Youth Day to be celebrated in Panama in the coming January, were the focus of the annual assembly of th ...
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  3 December 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Alindao Massacre: “At least 60 killed but who knows how many more lie dead in the undergrowth” says Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “At least 60 dead. But in the undergrowth how many more may have been killed?” asked Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, after visiting Alindao in the Central African Rep ...
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  1 December 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic Expo: spotlight on evangelisation Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) – To make known the Church’s activity and missionary work in society the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Colombia is organising an event called Expocattolica, to take place 7 to 10 March ...
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  1 December 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic parish in Kaohsiung contrary to expropriation of churchbuildings and land ordered by the government Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - Taiwan – Hundreds of parishioners , together with the Vincentian priests of the Catholic church in Kaohsiung dedicated to St Vincent de Paul, took part in demonstrations to oppose the confis ...
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  1 December 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Indigenous population plants 2000 new trees in the spirit of Laudato si' Puerto Princesa City (Agenzia Fides) – The indigenous people of Puerto Princesa Vicariate (southern Philippines) recently planted some 2000 new trees on their land in the spirit of Pope Francis’ Encyclical "Laud ...
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  1 December 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Local Church denounces episodes of violence in past two months Bossangoa (Agenzia Fides) – “Despite efforts on the part of our local Church to promote peace and fraternal relations, despite our total solidarity with those in need regardless of beliefs or political conviction, ...
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  1 December 2018
  AFRICA - World Day against AIDS: one thousand deaths a day in South East Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – AIDS is a forgotten epidemic that in south east Africa kills 380,000 people every year. The virus in that area alone is contracted by over 2,000 more people every day. The HIV agent respo ...
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  30 November 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Tension in view of parliamentary elections: the opposition takes to the street Sokodè (Agenzia Fides) – On 20 December Togo will hold parliamentary elections even though the political crisis appears never ending, local sources told Fides. In view of the vote two demonstrations have been organise ...
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  30 November 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Grand Mufti denounces Israeli occupation of church property Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Sheikh Mohammad Ahmad Husayn, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem has publicly denounced the recent occupation of land belonging to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, by the Israeli army describing ...
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  30 November 2018
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Local bishop encourages people "let us enhance the spiritual life of our Church in Dili "" ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Local bishop encourages his people "let us enhance the spiritual life of our Church in Dili " Dili (Agenzia FIdes) - "We must enhance the spiritual life of our Church in Dili " the Salesian Bishop V ...
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  30 November 2018
  VATICAN - “The Church is missionary by nature”: Looking towards the Extraordinary Mission Month in October 2019 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church is missionary by nature”. Church teaching illustrates this paradigm: starting with Maximum Illud by Pope Benedict XV; then the Council decree Ad Gentes; confirming it w ...
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  30 November 2018
  VATICAN - Extraordinary Mission Month October 2019: presentation of web site, Guide, video Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Various initiatives have been launched by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of People and the Pontifical Mission Societies to publicise the MMS, Extraordinary Mission Month schedu ...
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  30 November 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Release of kidnapped Claretian missionaries: "Our thoughts went to our martyrs" Yaoundè (Agenzia Fides) – "We thank everyone for the solidarity shown during our captivity. It was no easy experience. In those difficult days our thoughts and prayers went to the Martyrs of our Congregation. For ...
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  30 November 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops address situation of violence: “we are working tirelessly for social justice and peace” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – "Social Peace, fruit of justice and conversion of heart", is the title of a text issued yesterday by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay CEP, denouncing "grave acts of crimina ...
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  29 November 2018
  ASIA/INDIA -Victims of Orissa massacres confirm and celebrate: “Christ the King of peace, truth, love and brotherhood” Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – A touching profession of faith reaches us from Indian Christians in Kandhamal district, Orissa State, where repeated massacres committed by Hindu extremists since 2008, crimes of authe ...