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  26 September 2018
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mongolia mourns Mgr. Padilla, first Bishop of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM, also called "Scheut Missionaries"), first Bishop of Mongolia, died on September 25 at the age of 68, foll ...
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  26 September 2018
  VATICAN - Pope Francis' message to Chinese Catholics and to the universal Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis at today's general audience, September 26, said: "Dear brothers and sisters, last Saturday, September 22, a Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republi ...
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  26 September 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacres and uprisings in the Northeast: appeal of the Bishop of Butembo-Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In a raid of alleged Ugandan rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) against the Congolese city of Beni and in the municipality of Rwenzori and Beu, northeast of the Democratic Republic of ...
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  25 September 2018
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Day for Social Justice: the Church's attention towards the homeless Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of housing is an emergency in Australia, where the number of people who cannot cope with the challenges of a skyrocketing, ruthless real estate market: the latest Census figures show tha ...
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  25 September 2018
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Caritas Sri Lanka: 50 years "at the service of the suffering face of Christ" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Sri Lanka celebrates 50 years of activity at the service of the poor, the marginalized and peace. In fact, as Fides learns, the body gave an important contribution to peace and developme ...
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  25 September 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - The first health-dental mission in Kolowaré thanks to a Catholic doctor Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "After several months of preparation and prayer, working on the draft 'A smile for Africa', and after constant daily attention to what the Lord wants from us, finally at the end of July 2018 w ...
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  25 September 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Let us evangelize the Sixth continent, virtual networks together with young people": the commitment of the Senegalese priests Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We share with many young people their concerns: the lack of adequate formation, unemployment that affects most of them, the fragility of the school system, the desperation that leads them to ille ...
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  25 September 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate launches the alarm: the web used for personal attacks and ecclesial controversy Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Even the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans, as other Patriarchates of Eastern Churches have already done, launches the alarm regarding the abuse of internet and social media as tools to f ...
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  25 September 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Emergency continues due to heavy rains, the Bishops call for solidarity with flood victims Michoacán (Agencia Fides) - At least seven people have lost their lives - four children and three adults - and eight others have disappeared after the heavy rains hit a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán (in the we ...
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  25 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Shots against the church: intimidating message of the narcos Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of María Reina, in the town of Rosario and the school just near the church, were the target of more than ten shots at dawn on Sunday, 23 September, around 4 am. As Fides learns, it i ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Fr. Armanino: "Fr. Maccalli, a missionary in his church of the poor" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "After all, mission is nothing more than becoming hostages of the poor and the Gospel. Just like God who took Fr. Pierluigi 'hostage'": says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary of the ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Insecurity and confusion over the fate of Father Maccalli Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "At the moment we do not know anything about the condition or about the possible release of Father Pierluigi Maccalli who was kidnapped on september 17. No request has been made", says a source o ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Release Fr. Maccalli": appeal by the Muslim leaders of Niger Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim leaders of Niger express firm condemnation over the abduction of Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli and ask for his immediate release, as stated by an appeal relaunched by the Interreligious Commit ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Nigerian Catholic priest died four days after he escaped from his abductors’ den Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Catholic priest died four days after he escaped from his abductors’ den. Louis Odudu, died in a hospital in Warri, in the State of Delta (southern Nigeria), on September 19. The imme ...
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  24 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Food assistance: the Bishops of the province of Buenos Aires meet the Governor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Fourteen Argentine Bishops from the province of Buenos Aires met the Governor of Buenos Aires, Maria Eugenia Vidal, on September 21, at the headquarters of the provincial government, in the ...