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  3 October 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian monks and volunteers at the service of all: Kurds and refugees, without distinction of faith or ethnic group Sulaymaniyya (Agenzia Fides) – In Sulaymaniyya, in Iraqi Kurdistan, there are currently no tensions, but the refugee emergency, caused by the war against ISIS and the internal instability of Iraq, has not ended. This i ...
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  3 October 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic religious congregations to help the population affected by the earthquake and tsunami Manado (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Andi Suparman, Camillian of Maumere, will travel to Manado this week to meet with the humanitarian mission's contact person in the diocese of Manado and discuss how to proceed and how to ...
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  3 October 2018
  ASIA/THAILAND - Fight against AIDS: the Verbite missionaries promote assistance and prevention programs in schools Nong Bua Lamphu (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries of the Society of the Divine Word (Verbite), together with many lay volunteers, are committed to assisting, giving dignity and giving renewed hope to AIDS patients. The ...
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  3 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Dal Toso: "It is also essential for today's missionary to use the language of one's contemporaries" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "First of all, I would like to thank you for inviting me to inaugurate this Missionary Year in Mexico. Pope Francis wanted a Missionary Month for the Universal Church in October 2019, but th ...
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  3 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The President of the PMS entrusts the Missionary Year to the Virgin of Guadalupe Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Tuesday, 2nd October, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the magazine Ad Gentes and the opening of the Missionary Year in Mexico, ...
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  3 October 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The presence of foreign mercenaries undermines coexistence" says Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "After 125 years of evangelization, the Archdiocese of Bangui sends priests on missions. It is the sign of the vitality of our particular Church and of solidarity among the Churches", announced H ...
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  2 October 2018
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholics are "called to political commitment", in view of the 2019 elections Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics must remain "firm and proud of their identity and participate actively in the governance of the Country, despite the political attacks that the Church is facing", while the nation pre ...
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  2 October 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tsunami in Sulawesi: the mobilization of Catholic relief agencies Palu (Agenzia Fides) - There is great mobilization for humanitarian aid by Catholic communities and relief agencies after the tsunami and the earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 28 September. Palu is th ...
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  2 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Mexico, a generous nation in the gift of missionaries" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico is among the emerging nations in terms of the gift of missionaries, because more and more faithful from this country leave to bring the Good News of Christ to distant lands": says Mg ...
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  2 October 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to the use of the image of Pope Francis for electoral purposes" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is requesting politicians not to use the image of the pope for their positioning", reads the Twitter account of the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
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  2 October 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Churches call for the rapid formation of a new government Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal to political forces to accelerate the process of formation of a new government, to eradicate the instability in which they are dragging the country to pursue their own interests, ...
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  2 October 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishop is attacked on social media, after a letter on the upcoming elections Ruy Barbosa (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the publication of a pastoral letter on the forthcoming elections on October 7, the Bishop of the diocese of Ruy Barbosa (in the state of Bahia) and president of the Pastora ...
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  1 October 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christians pray against evil and violence, in communion with the Pope New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of different confessions in India today observe, October 1st, a special day of prayer for the Christian communities present in India and will live a time of assiduous prayer in the ...
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  1 October 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Rumors about the suicide of a Coptic monk of St. Macarious denied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Monk Zaynoun al Makari was buried on September 28th in the cemetery of the Coptic Orthodox monastery of St. Macarious, who died of a heart attack following the first investigations by the police. ...
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  1 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Ad gentes" magazine: half a century of service to animation and missionary commitment Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican magazine "Ad Gentes" celebrates its half-century of service to mission with a commemorative day which will take place tomorrow, October 2nd, in Mexico City. The magazine is an of ...