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  24 September 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The election campaign kicks off: Widodo chooses a Muslim vice president Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - On September 23, Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially kicked off of the campaign period for next year's election in Jakarta. About 186 million voters in the world's largest Muslim-majorit ...
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  22 September 2018
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Msgr. Dal Toso: mission pours from communion Salzburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The local church and universal church are mutually and essentially linked", said Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Presiden ...
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  22 September 2018
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission's commitment to health development in Uganda Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, women, men and children in the Bujuni community can access an ever-increasing number of effective health and education services, in an environment that also takes into account religious n ...
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  22 September 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Christian and Muslim religious leaders: dialogue and peace must prevail in the English-speaking regions Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - In Cameroon, Christians and Muslims join forces to demand that peace prevails in the English-speaking provinces. In a joint statement, the Council of Protestant Churches, the Supreme Islamic Co ...
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  22 September 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Venezuela: the Church defends freedom of information While a very harsh report by Amnesty International on violence, the right to life and public security in Venezuela is being published and as the international community intensifies pressure on President Nicolás Maduro's ...
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  22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China on the appointment of Bishops The Press Office of the Holy See today released the following communiqué that we faithfully report: "Within the framework of the contacts between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China that have been underwa ...
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  22 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church renounces the procession of the patron saint, in protest against the violence of the government Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Masaya has decided to celebrate the Patron Saint San Jeronimo, which is celebrated on September 20, in prayer and silence, without public expressions and the traditional re ...
• 22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Briefing Note about the Catholic Church in China With a view to sustaining the proclamation of the Gospel in China, the Holy Father Pope Francis has decided to readmit to full ecclesial communion the remaining “official” Bishops, ordained without Pontifical Mandate ...
• 22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Erection of the Diocese of Chengde Desiring to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend with greater efficacy to its spiritual good, the Supreme Pontiff Pope Francis has decided to constitute in China the Diocese of Chengde, which wil ...
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  21 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "Release Leah Sharibu", the girl in the hands of Boko Haram who refused to denounce her Christian faith Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We see with great dismay that the violence we denounced in the past continues unabated", the Nigerian Bishops denounce in a statement published at the end of their Second Plenary Assembly held in ...
• 21 September 2018
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres, Bishop of Arecibo as National Direct ...
• 21 September 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the Rector of "Saint Charles Lwanga" Theological Seminary in Kiryama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 June 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Giscard Hakizimana, of the archdiocesan clergy of Gitega as R ...
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  21 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic education: the precious commitment of the Indian Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in India is reviewing and updating its "Teaching Policy", elaborated in its guidelines in 2007, in order to offer an increasingly better qualified service and an ever-incre ...
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  21 September 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Peace bearers": students apostles of the Gospel in a society marked by civil conflict Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) – To educate for peace in a context marked profoundly by the civil war. This is the project that is taking place in Côte d'Ivoire "Porteurs de Paix" ("Peace Bearers"), an association led b ...
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  21 September 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections in Kurdistan, the Parties compete for the 5 seats reserved for Christians Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - At least eighteen candidates will compete for the five seats reserved for Christians in the upcoming elections of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan, scheduled next September 30th. But the r ...