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  26 June 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - All the Bishops are committed to guiding the Colombian people "on the path of true peace" Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - "The Colombian people are eager for peace, but we still cannot find the right path. All the Bishops of Colombia are engaged in the effort to lead our people on the path to true peace, which is t ...
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  26 June 2018
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The Bishops: "speculation and wild urbanization among the causes of the deadly flood in Abidjan" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - It is not just climate change that provokes humanitarian tragedies, but also human responsibility. This is what the Ivorian Episcopal Conference states in a note expressing its condolences for t ...
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  26 June 2018
  ASIA/ARMENIA - European funds to stabilize Armenian refugees who fled from Syria Ereven (Agenzia Fides) - The European Union is preparing to allocate a contribution of 3 million euros to support projects for the integration and stabilization of Armenian refugees who fled from Syria who found refuge i ...
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  26 June 2018
  AMERICA - Scalabrinians: instead of inhumane migratory policies, look for suitable alternatives that respect dignity Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo/Scalabrinians, with the mission to follow migrants and refugees, worried and committed to accompanying our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters on t ...
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  26 June 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "The role of teachers is decisive for peace and coexistence" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "School teachers play a fundamental role in the promotion of peace in Pakistan, we must offer them the opportunity to learn more and encourage them to continue to be educators of peace: It is ver ...
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  26 June 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A school for 1300 students of Azimganj Azimganj (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Azimganj, in the district of Murshidabad, was an important commercial hub in the eighteenth century, home to many Jain temples that testify the glories of distant times. The Salesia ...
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  25 June 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The young Carmelite Chiquitunga Blessed, tireless apostle of the discarded Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "A model of a young Christian", "a very intelligent person who expressed joy", "a model of a thinking person, that 'questions' and discusses, because there are realities that need to be questi ...
• 25 June 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Archbishop of Ranchi, India, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 24 June 2018 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Ranchi presented by His Eminence Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo. The Pope appoint ...
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  25 June 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Sister Mariam: 50 years of silent evangelization with the Little Sisters of Jesus Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "When you are on a mission in a land like Afghanistan, you cannot evangelize in a traditional manner. Over the years we would have liked to be bearers of the message of the Gospel, but we could do ...
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  25 June 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Church's commitment to the promotion of human rights, a precondition for peace and development Lome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebration of the 13th anniversary of its institution, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace (CEJP) of the Archdiocese of Lomé organized three days "open to the pu ...
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  25 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Plan to repeal the death penalty: Cardinal Yeom gives the support of the Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "For years there have been no executions in Korea, the Catholic Church has always reiterated "no to the death penalty" and welcomes the initiative of parliamentarians, Christians and non, who have ...
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  25 June 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - President Aoun: Lebanese reality should not be perceived in terms of "majority" and "minority" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - It is wrong to persist in interpreting the Lebanese ethnic and religious reality according to the categories of "majority" and minority": this custom has ended up depriving some members of Lebane ...
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  25 June 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Social Week: the poor must not pay the price of adjustment policies Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The "2018 Social Week", a training and reflection meeting organized by the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral Care (CEPAS), ended this year in Argentina. The initiatives took place f ...
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  23 June 2018
  VATICAN - Mgr. Bodet and the new universal impulse of Missionary Childhood, from Paris to Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Henri Bodet died in the French diocese of Angers on 19 June. He was National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France from 1978 to 1982 and Secretary General of the Pon ...
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  23 June 2018
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - A "photogenic Church" prepares to live historical days Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - The interview that took place in Ashgabat between Apostolic Nuncio Paul Russell and Turkmen Vice Premier Raşit Meredow could have historical results for the Catholic Church in Turkmenistan. Th ...