News

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  3 September 2018
  AMERICA - Open letter: our peoples condemned to a present and a future of destruction and death Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The serious and often irreversible damage and violations of human rights and the rights of nature caused by the current mining model, promoted, sustained and nourished by the immoral, inhuman ...
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  3 September 2018
  VATICAN - The Study Seminar for the new Bishops of mission territories begins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, with greetings from Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and the Eucharistic concelebration presided by the Secretary of CE ...
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  3 September 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA- The Church focuses on social communications to contribute to evangelization Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is coming at the right time, soon we will have the radio, so the agents will contribute to the radio programs because people need to know what happens at the grass root levels" said His Exc. ...
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  3 September 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Abuse of the blasphemy law: the floor to the government of Imran Khan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The improper use of the blasphemy law continues in Pakistan, but "it is still unlikely that amendments to defuse these abuses are applied to the controversial legislation", says a Pakistani journ ...
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  3 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops of Asia united: Forum for peace on the Korean peninsula Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To share an approach of peace and reconciliation applied to politics and society, to share experiences and launch a message of unity: with this spirit, Cardinals and Bishops from all over Asia a ...
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  3 September 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The project of a city reserved for "Aramaean Christians" has been submitted to the government Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The project to build a new city reserved for "Aramaean Christians", motivated also with the intention of guarding the language and their Aramaic culture, has been submitted to the attention of ...
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  22 August 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians welcome address of Prime Minister but lament absence of representatives of religious minorities in the Federal Cabinet Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - - "Pakistan’s religious minority citizens still face challenges and serious issues and welcome the fact that Prime Minister Imran Khan has raised the question of equal rights for all citizen ...
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  10 August 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Release of political prisoners: an important step towards peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 August 2018, on the eve of Independence Day, the President of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara decided to grant pardon to about 800 political prisoners including Simone Gb ...
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  10 August 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Government anti-drug campaign: the Church's commitment to the rehabilitation of drug addicts Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Father Luciano Airel Felloni, an Argentinian missionary who has lived in the Philippines for twenty years, has started a serious effort to rehabilitate drug addicts and lead them to live a meanin ...
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  10 August 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic lay elected in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic layman Anthony Naveed is the only Christian member elected in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (southern Pakistan). Chosen by the Pakistan People Party (PPP), he will be present in the ...
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  10 August 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - The monastery of St. Tekla in Maalula reopens Maalula (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox monastery of St. Tekla, in the Syrian town of Maalula, will soon be open again to the visits of pilgrims and tourists. In fact, reconstruction work on the monastery is nearing compl ...
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  9 August 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "A call to pray and serve my people and the universal Church" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "I am not chosen because I am the most capable". This is God's plan for me: serving him close to the Holy Father. It is a responsibility and a call to pray and serve more. My elevation to Cardin ...
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  9 August 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "St. Mary’s fast": Copts pray for the Patriarch and monasteries after the murder of Bishop Epiphanios Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Christians all over the world are experiencing the 15 days of "Holy Virgin Mary’s fast" praying with particular intentions for their Patriarch Tawadros II and for the monasteries ...
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  8 August 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "After the earthquake, the displaced are desperate: humanitarian aid is urgently needed" Mataram (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a need for humanitarian aid for the thousands of people affected by the recent earthquake on the tourist island of Lombok": says to Agenzia Fides Catholic Catholic priest Fr. Laurenciu ...
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  8 August 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Threats to those assisting Venezuelan immigrants, while the border reopens Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - From death threats to members of the Jesuit Refugees and Migrants Service (SJMR), and to media attacks against members of the Catholic community, the Church responds with "a refusal to any inc ...