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  21 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In Europe there is talk of Amazonia and of integral ecology Berlin (Agenzia Fides) - The path regarding the preparation for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in October 2019 continues. This week, meetings were held in Berlin and Brussels, promoted by REPAM (Pan-Amazon Ecclesial ...
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  21 September 2018
  ASIA - Synergy among Churches to protect the dignity and rights of children in Asia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In Asia children continue to be victims of increasingly unpleasant phenomena and situations that affect their dignity and their rights. For this reason we need to work together in synergy", say ...
• 20 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Ambrose Pitchaimuthu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 June 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Ambrose Pitchaimuthu, of the diocesan clergy of Chingleput as ...
• 20 September 2018
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Benvin Madassery, SVD Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 June 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Benvin Madassery, SVD as National Director of the Pontifical Mission So ...
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  20 September 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The document of agreement for Peace coincides with our meeting with Pope Francis. This is a miracle!", says Mgr. Hiiboro Kussala Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Ad Limina Visit to Pope Francis begets miracle of Signed Peace in South Sudan", writes His Exc. Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio and President of Sudan and South C ...
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  20 September 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities to the new government: "Need to return to the Pakistan of founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - For the protection of the rights of religious minorities in Pakistan, it is urgent that the new government inspires its policies to the vision of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an ...
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  20 September 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Continuous clashes in the English-speaking provinces: it is urgent to open a political confrontation Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - In the English-speaking provinces of Cameroon, tension continues to rise. The clashes between separatist groups and the army are more and more frequent and the civil population suffer the conseq ...
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  20 September 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "No super typhoon can dampen our hope" says the Bishop of Baguio Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We offer our prayers to all the victims of the super typhoon Ompong especially those who perished due to landslides. It is difficult enough to witness the devastation around us: the damage to ro ...
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  20 September 2018
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - After 10 days of strike and violence first meeting between government and trade unions, the Bishops present Limon (Agenzia Fides) - "The acts of violence that have occurred have generalized a climate of fear in the population and have gone beyond the line of respect for life and coexistence": these are the words with which the ...
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  19 September 2018
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Corruption and widespread illegality: the problems of the nation in view of the vote Atananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "Politicians fight only for their own interests. They do not serve the nation or the people because they do not have the sense of the common good". With these words Father Prospère Ratovoma ...
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  19 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Missionary kidnapped: No request for a ransom yet Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "We have no news of Fr. Pierluigi. There has been no claim by the kidnappers at present", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino of the Society of African Missions (SMA), a confrere of Fr. Pier ...
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  19 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "With denuclearization, a leap forward for peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The summit in progress in Pyongyang and the relative declaration co-signed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in generate hope and enthusiasm in the Korean popu ...
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  19 September 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Former FARC guerrillas return to take up arms, new obstacles on the path of peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one week ago, on the afternoon of 12 September, 6 people were released who were held hostage by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group. The Church, together with the Red Cros ...
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  19 September 2018
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Decriminalize homosexual acts: for the Church it is urgent to protect the traditional family Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church regards everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, with equal respect: all the faithful are important to me, regardless whether they have same- or opposite-sex attraction. I feel ...
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  18 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Italian priest of the Society of African Missions kidnapped Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In the night between Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 September, Father Pierluigi Maccalli, of the Society of African Missions (SAM) was kidnapped by probably active jihadists in the area". The news was ...