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  17 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Priest attacked and robbed by three hooded people, the climate is always tense León (Agenzia Fides) - A Nicaraguan priest, Fr. Abelardo Toval, parish priest of the parish of Sutiava, was attacked on Saturday, September 15 by a group of three hooded men who entered his home before celebrating the f ...
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  17 September 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Mufti Shiite proposes a joint Committee with the Maronite Church to resolve confessional conflicts over land ownership Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan, Mufti Shiite of the Jafaarita school, has suggested creating a joint Committee between the Supreme Shiite Council and the Maronite Patriarchate charged with facing ...
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  17 September 2018
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Do not drag the name of Pope Francis into petty party politics" warn the Bishops Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The attack on the Holy Father, Pope Francis is an attack on the whole Church that is, One Holy Catholic and Apostolic". Thus the Episcopal Conference of Malawi invites political leaders, both ...
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  17 September 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - An impulse to catechesis to counter fundamentalism: the Bishops of AMECEA in view of the Synod Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Among the areas of intervention identified in the recent meeting in Nairobi, in preparation for the Synod of Bishops on young people to be held in the Vatican in October, by the Association of M ...
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  17 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pilgrimage to Korean Catholic sites: "A milestone for the Church" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that today's recognition given by the Holy See to the Catholic pilgrimage routes of Seoul as an 'international pilgrimage destination' will be a milestone for the Churches in Asia. Thes ...
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  14 September 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Thank you Fr. Anastasio for your love for missions, evangelization and the Church Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Nothing is lost in the hands of the Lord. The missionary disciple puts himself in the hands of the Lord. Blessed Don Anastasio, died believing what the Lord said": said Cardinal Carlos Osoro, Ar ...
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  14 September 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Supreme Court rejects the request to open Ayasofya to Islamic cult Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Byzantine basilica of Saint Sofia (Ayasofya) in Istanbul remains for the time being a museum. The Turkish Supreme Court yesterday, Thursday 13 September, rejected the request presen ...
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  14 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The suspected killers of Fr. Jude Egbom have been arrested Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The suspected killers of Fr. Jude Egbom, parish priest of St. Patrick's Parish Amucha, shot dead on the evening of 10 September in Umuwala, in the State of Imo in southern Nigeria (see Fides, 12/9 ...
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  14 September 2018
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church opens an Institute to train young people to leadership Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Myanmar, in collaboration with the Jesuits of Myanmar, has set up a new institute to train young people in leadership skills and make them the agents of transformation of society. T ...
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  14 September 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Bishops for Independence Day: "Proud to be a people and a nation" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "During this day let us reflect on the blessings we have received as a Country. We must thank God for the journey undertaken. We are proud of being a people, a nation and a country": said F ...
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  14 September 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - After the last decisions of the executive the country is divided, the Bishops invite to avoid violence and blood Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Like other Latin American countries, Guatemala also celebrates National Independence Day tomorrow, September 15th. On this occasion the Episcopal Conference of the country (CEG) published ...
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  13 September 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop Mesiona: "Church and government must work together for the common good" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church's relationship with President Duterte is not easy: issues such as extrajudicial killings, which continue in the 'campaign against drugs', and respect for the environmen ...
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  13 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Muslim-Christian dialogue: a Muslim university awards a Jesuit theologian Aligarh (Agenzia Fides) - The Aligarh Muslim University, a Muslim university in Aligarh, a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has awarded German Jesuit theologian Fr. Christian W. Troll the "Sir Syed Excellence A ...
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  13 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Jude Egbom killed during a robbery. "What is striking is the total lack of respect for life" says a priest Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It was an attempted robbery which ended badly", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of the Social Communications Office of the Archdiocese of Abuja, reporting the circumstance ...
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  13 September 2018
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - A theologian: "Economic policies are urgently needed for the poor" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Sometimes we have the feeling that our African economic policies, which enhance the fight against poverty, are in fact machines improved with care to fight the poor". This is how Father Donald ...