News

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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 ...
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  18 September 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Card. Barreto: "Peru is living a highly democratic moment" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Peru is going through a highly democratic phase. We fully support President Vizcarra because the other two powers of the State, Legislature and Magistracy, are seriously ambiguous. Now the people ...
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  18 September 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Bishop of Batouri: "A Church full of hope for the future, despite the difficulties" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The east of Cameroon is full of hope for the future", says His Exc. Mgr. Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb, Bishop of Batouri, in the eastern part of Cameroon. The Bishop is in Rome to attend a Study Semi ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Gaza, the parish sports center destroyed during the last war re-opens Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - "Children must be able to play, study and grow in a peaceful environment", repeats Pope Francis. In the next few months a small contribution will be offered to children living in Gaza, in order to ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Christian communities renew their commitment to education Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Malaysia, also the Catholic Church, renew their commitment in the field of education, to teach the Christian virtues of discipline, diligence, charity, compass ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Third inter-Korean summit: "Hope and confidence increase" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hope and the hope for all Koreans is increasing. This third summit is an event that I would define as extraordinary. Concrete steps are being taken towards peace and reconciliation. Today we ...
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  18 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Italian missionary kidnapped "is probably in Burkina Faso, where the jihadists are based" Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of African Missions (SAM) confirms the kidnapping of father Pierluigi Maccalli in Niger to Agenzia Fides and adds some details to the first news released this morning. According to wha ...