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  16 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: "The collaboration of the laity with their Priests helps to make the Church alive in Angola" Lubango (Agenzia Fides) - After the courtesy visit to the Governor, on the morning of Thursday 15 November, Cardinal Fernando Filoni met the members of lay movements and associations in the parish of Lage in Lubango, dur ...
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  16 November 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Hundreds of houses illegally taken away from Christians in the Nineveh province Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least 350 homes belonging to Christians which in recent years have been illegally taken away from their legitimate owners, taking advantage of their absence and through the creation o ...
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  16 November 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth and peace, pastoral challenges: meeting between Bishops of Korea and Japan Uijeongbu (Agenzia Fides) - There was talk of young people, of peace, of the proclamation of the Gospel in the 24th meeting between the Bishops of Korea and Japan held this year in the diocese of Uijeongbu, in South Kore ...
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  16 November 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The first Kenyan to become a Jesuit has been killed; "A great teacher and an example for all of us" says Fr. Sosa Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The first Jesuit of Kenyan nationality was killed in South Sudan. Victor Luke Odhiambo was shot and killed on the night of November 14 by a group of armed men who attacked the Jesuit community of C ...
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  16 November 2018
  AFRICA/MALI - Guaranteeing the right to childhood: commitment of Salesian religious in local communities Touba (Agenzia Fides) - Over 850 thousand children under the age of five are at risk of acute malnutrition in Mali, more than one million children do not attend primary school and one million do not have access to second ...
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  16 November 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - It is not a crime to seek asylum: the caravan of migrants arrives at the border Austin (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not a crime to seek asylum: we urge the Administration to look for other solutions that reinforce the integrity of the immigration system existing in the United States". This is what Mgr. ...
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  15 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the formators of Luanda: "Mission is the goal and the horizon of formation" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude for the valuable contribution to the formation of priests, men and women religious of the country, together with the assurance that the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples "a ...
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  15 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni exhorts the seminarians: "Become authentic missionary disciples of Christ and of the joy of the Gospel" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "With you and with this Church, I want to praise and thank the Lord for the gift of many vocations that the Lord does not cease to awaken in this young Angolan Church. While I admire and thank Go ...
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  15 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commitment of Caritas: Promoting peace, harmony, human rights Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to promote inter-religious peace and harmony in the country. Radical groups are well organized and it is our duty to make more efforts to build peace and promote human rights": say ...
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  15 November 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Strike in the health sector: a constructive dialogue is urgently needed Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - There is chaos in the Ivorian health sector: a protest by health workers has been under way since Monday, November 5. Nurses, midwives, medical technicians, health administrators, carers, are on ...
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  15 November 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - The President of the PMS: the extraordinary missionary Month of October 2019, an extraordinary occasion to renew the proclamation of the Gospel Rome (Agenzia Fides) "The extraordinary missionary Month of October 2019 is an extraordinary occasion for the Church to renew the missionary zeal, which is also the great purpose of the Pontifical Mission Societies. The ...
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  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kisumu and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Kisumu (Kenya), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Zacchaeus Okoth. The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. ...
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  14 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the religious women of Saurimo: intimacy with Christ in prayer and generous service to the world Saurimo (Agenzia Fides) - The apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium and the announcement of the extraordinary Missionary Month, which clearly mark, together with other aspects, the missionary tone of the entire Pontifi ...
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  14 November 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Army and traditional leaders called to collaborate in the fight against jihadists: a hope for Fr. Maccalli Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The western part of Niger, on the border with Mali and Burkina Faso, has become in recent years the scene of operations by terrorist groups that carry out deadly attacks in these three countries ...
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  14 November 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - General elections after Christmas: satisfaction of Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The general elections in Bangladesh will be held on December 30th, the date announced by Nurul Huda, Electoral Commissioner. Previously there was talk of a date on December 23, too close to Christ ...