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  10 September 2018
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of Mission territories: the Bishop is a man of prayer, a man of proclamation and a man of communion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 8 September, the Holy Father received in audience the newly appointed Bishops of Mission territories who are taking part in a Seminar organized, in Rome, by the Congregation for ...
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  10 September 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The alleged murderers of Fr. Vincent Machozi, an Assumptionist father killed in 2016, have been acquitted Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The people accused of complicity in the murder of Fr. Vincent Machozi, an Assumptionist priest killed on the night of 20 March 2016 in the village of Vitungwe-Isale, 15 km from Butembo in the B ...
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  8 September 2018
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Caritas Somalia: support for local populations, respecting their Islamic faith Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Security is still a problem and relations with local institutions are not always easy, but Caritas Somalia continues to work with Somalis and for Somalis. "Our work is complex", explains Maria ...
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  8 September 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Youth anti-corruption protests: resignation of three MPs Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - Deputy Jorge Ovieto Matto has resigned after being accused of embezzlement of public funds and corruption: he is the third legislator who leaves office in less than a month. On 6 August, in fa ...
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  8 September 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Catholic Church renews and re-launches its online information site Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The online information website of the Catholic Church in Egypt, re-launched after a phase of renewal and expansion, is identified by the "string" catholic-eg.com., with the patronage of the Counci ...
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  8 September 2018
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - An assistance center for children with physical malformations Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - "To take care of and educate children in order to reintegrate them in their communities of origin": this is the goal of the "Preventorium Rainier III", promoted by the Jesuits Victor Papof ...
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  8 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Decriminalization of homosexual relationships: the Church promotes the union of love between man and woman New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court has decriminalized the homosexual act between consenting adults. "First of all I would like to remind you that the homosexual act between an adult and a minor is always illeg ...
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  7 September 2018
  AFRICA - China-Africa Summit: where is the Church, "expert in humanity"? Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "The massive participation of African heads of State at the China-Africa Cooperation Forum (Focac) is impressive: it is a real record. The fate of millions of Africans is sealed by political and ec ...
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  7 September 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Fr. Anastasio Gil, National Director of the PMS has died Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Anastasio Gil, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, died today in Madrid. He was known as a tireless missionary and man of God. Anastasio Gil García was bo ...
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  7 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: the new summit in Pyongyang is "a milestone towards peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy that the two Heads of State of North and South Korea decided to meet in Pyongyang again on 18 September, following the preceding 2 historical summits this year. I am also very gra ...
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  7 September 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Archbishop Athesyan praises the government's policy towards religious minorities Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Today's Turkey "is not what it used to be", because since the Party of Justice and Development (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power, things have changed, and there is a "strong ...
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  7 September 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Archbishop of Johannesburg: "Xenophobic violence is a violation of the commandment of love" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again, we had to see media images of well dressed, well fed South Africans looting foreign owned shops, assaulting the owners, threatening them with death and leaving destruction and ...
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  7 September 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops on the moral crisis: "Our Country must be governed by good and true politicians" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the worrying situation of moral crisis in Peru due to corruption within the judicial system (see Fides 25/07/2018), the Bishops, gathered for the plenary assembly of the Episcopal Co ...
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  6 September 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Scarpellini: a democracy that does not listen to the people can become authoritarianism El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - "A democracy without respect or does not listen to the people can lead to authoritarianism that, in a pharisaic way, governs and legislates with the aim of defending its power and interests of t ...
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  6 September 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Christian Federation of Malaysia: it is urgent to eradicate corruption and poverty Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of Malaysia must commit itself to formulating laws and implementing policies to eradicate corruption and poverty from society: this is what is asked, in an appeal sent to Fid ...