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  24 November 2018
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Young Panamanians continue their journey in preparation for WYD 2019 Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Less than 60 days before the beginning of World Youth Day (WYD) that will take place in Panama from 22 to 27 January 2019, and after the announcement of the official agenda of Pope Francis f ...
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  24 November 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA- Migrant caravans on the US border: the action of the Central American Church Over 4,000 Central American migrants have arrived - and others are arriving - in Tijuana, on the border with the United States, after a long walk from their countries of origin. They are the first group of the three cara ...
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  23 November 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The devotion of the inhabitants of the Pescadores islands for Our Lady of Health Lotung (Agenzia Fides) - Every year on November 16, the Camillians in the world celebrate with solemnity the feast of "Our Lady of Health", invoked as the patroness of the sick. "The teachings that St. Camillus left us ...
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  23 November 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - South Korean missionaries bring medical care and hope to the poor Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing the announcement of God's love, giving a word of comfort and hope and practical help to the poor and marginalized in the Philippines: with this spirit, 26 Catholic lay missionaries, nurs ...
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  23 November 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholic Patriarchs in Baghdad to meet young people and celebrate martyrs Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako - who was President delegate during the recent Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church entitled "Youth, faith and vocational discernment" - will host the 26 ...
• 23 November 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of the Bishop of Lira and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Lira (Uganda), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.J. The Holy Father ha ...
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  23 November 2018
  AMERICA/CUBA - Youth from Holguin engaged in missionary work Havana (Agenzia Fides) - A week of missionary experience, visiting families at home and sharing the "joy of the Gospel". This is how the young people of the diocese of Holguin chose to spend their summer holidays to lear ...
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  23 November 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Church in South Africa: forms and contents to communicate the Gospel Benoni (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops in Southern Africa (IMBISA) hosted a Media and Communications workshop at the Lumko Centre in Benoni, South Africa. The workshop gathered participants chosen ...
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  23 November 2018
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The martyrs of Algeria, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the White Fathers Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - "The beatification of the martyrs of Algeria is, for our congregation, a sign of the Lord's blessing on the occasion of our 150th anniversary of its foundation. The Society of the Missionaries ...
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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 ...