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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 ...
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  17 November 2018
  VATICAN - Apostolic Movements and new communities: "great announcers of the joy of the Gospel in Angola" Caxito (Agenzia Fides) - This morning Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, during his pastoral visit in Angola, met representatives of the apostolic movements and of th ...
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  17 November 2018
  ASIA/JORDAN - To paint the face of Christ. An iconography course for Iraqi parishioners and refugees in Amman Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Face of Jesus was chosen as the model for the brief iconography course organized at the Catholic parish of St. Joseph, in the district of Jabal Amman, in the capital of Jordan. Fr. Mario Cor ...
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  17 November 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - A year of journey towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Peru, in response to Pope Francis’ appeal for the celebration of the extraordinary missionary Month in October 2019, have launched a year of preparation ...
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  17 November 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas launches a project to combat addictions Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Kazakhstan takes its first steps in a project linked to the world of drug addiction. This is what we read in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, which specifies how, following a recent meeting ...
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  17 November 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Massacre in Alindao: "The Blue Helmets did not defend the population" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "From what I have been told by my contacts, the Blue Helmets of MINUSCA did not defend the population from the rebels who committed the assault in Alindao. At the arrival of the guerrillas they w ...
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  16 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to novices and seminarians of Lubango: "become men and women of God" Lubango (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Thursday 15 November, during his pastoral visit in Angola for the 50th anniversary of the Episcopal Conference (see Fides, 9/11/2018), Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the ...