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  29 November 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - local Catholic Church on mission southward Robe (Agenzia Fides) – The presence of the Catholic Church in the Ethiopian region of Oromia has spread another hundred kilometres from Dallo Manna, southward in the province of Madda Walabu. It is still a presence o ...
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  29 November 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKISTAN - Arc Village, oasis for Kazak children Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - “As we watch our young people teaching new young arrivals here in Arc Village we think : how lovely it would be if their real mothers could be with them. But this is their story and we bec ...
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  29 November 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - President of Iraq informs Patriarchs: I have invited the Pope to pray together in memory of Abraham Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The principle of citizenship is for “all people to live in a land of all peoples”, in a nation whose citizens are all equal, free of any discrimination cultural, ethnic or religious. A l ...
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  29 November 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Continent of starving masses and economic potential to defeat poverty hosts G20 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Drug addiction and endless social crises were the topics discussed yesterday 28 November at the Offices of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Argentina by two Bishops representing the Bis ...
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  29 November 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops tell government: “We must unite to fight people-trafficking” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Church and the government in Nigeria must work together to restore the dignity of victims of people-trafficking said Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of Benin City also President of the ...
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  26 November 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church of the Philippines launches the Year of Youth Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Philippines inaugurated the Year of Youth on the Solemnity of Christ the King, and announced the National Youth Day 2019. The Episcopal Conference has officially announced that 20 ...
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  26 November 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Massacre of Alindao; the Bishops: "To protect lives is the first duty of the State"; Sunday 2 December day of mourning Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The human person is sacred and inviolable. All agents of public power, all organizations, have an absolute obligation to respect and protect the human person ". This is the first article of the ...
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  26 November 2018
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The memory of the Vietnamese martyrs nurtures faith in the present Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The memory of the Vietnamese martyrs nurtures faith in the present: with this spirit the Church in Vietnam celebrated a special Jubilee for the 30th anniversary of the canonization of the 117 Viet ...
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  26 November 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Three Claretian religious abducted in the Anglophone region of the south-west Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Three Claretians (Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) were kidnapped in the Anglophone region in southwest Cameroon: Fr. Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang, Fr. Placide Muntong and a st ...
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  26 November 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Violence and kidnappings of Boko Haram in the Diffa region Toumour (Agenzia Fides) - Only 48 hours after the attack carried out by Boko Haram against the French mining company FORACO, where seven workers were killed, another crime hit the Diffa region, which is located in the ju ...
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  26 November 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Venezuelan exodus continues: the reception of Catholic volunteers to alleviate hunger Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - While the eyes of the world are turned towards the situation of tension created on the southern border of the United States for the arrival of the caravans of the Central American migrants waitin ...
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  24 November 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - From the Missionary Congress the commitment to "missionary and Samaritan transformation" of parishes Huehuetenango (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary enthusiasm in our hearts in these days commits us to actively participate in the transformation of our parishes. Let us go out from here with the firm intention of carrying ...
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  24 November 2018
  ASIA - Toward the ad limina apostolorum visit of the Bishops of Central Asia: a missionary impulse is urgently needed Astana (Agenzia Fides) - It will be an important moment of confrontation and growth: with this spirit the Bishops of the Catholic Church in Central Asia will meet again next March 1st in Rome for the ad limina apostoloru ...
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  24 November 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Bishop of Mamfe: "An investigation into the murder of Fr. Ondari; let us remain united in prayer" Mamfe (Agenzia Fides) - "I call on all the Christians of the Diocese of Mamfe, especially the Christians of Kembong Parish, to stay calm and be united in prayer. The forces of evil are on a rampage against the Church of ...
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  24 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamist party leader who organized the protest against Asia Bibi has been arrested: "The rule of law prevails" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Police in Pakistan have arrested Khadim Hussain Rizvi, leader of the Islamic radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party (TLP) who organized the violent protest, which paralyzed the nation, in th ...