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  20 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - National dialogue, once again halted, Mgr. Báez: "One cannot continue to kill" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "This government must demonstrate political will. It is not a game, it is serious thing for the future of Nicaragua. One cannot continue to kill people", said Mgr. Silvio Báez, Auxiliary Bishop ...
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  19 June 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Strong condemnation on behalf of the Bishops for the attack on a mosque: it is the second in a month Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Strong condemnation of the Church in South Africa for the attack on the Malmesbury mosque, a small town 65 km north of Cape Town, on 14 June. "On behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Souther ...
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  19 June 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishop of Esmeraldas is alarmed by the situation of young people:"Violence is the fruit of the tree of injustice" Esmeraldas (Agenzia Fides) - It is time to think seriously about what is happening in the country, in particular the situation of violence that increases in the northern area, right at the border, where many young people ...
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  19 June 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: no weapons for priests Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A priest is a "Good Shepherd", ready to give his life for his flock; he is a gentle, peaceful and non-violent man. For this reason, despite the killing of three priests in the last six months, th ...
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  19 June 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Life is made up of meetings": no to the criminalization of migrants and refugees Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The objective of the 33rd National Migrant Week, which is celebrated throughout Brazil from 17 to 24 June, is to promote "the culture of encounter", "making spaces and opportunities grow for im ...
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  19 June 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Christian leaders to Netanyahu: the government still aims to confiscate Church property Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli draft bill that aims at confiscating church property in Israel has not been blocked or filed: this bill, which continues its process towards approval, is configured as "a systemati ...
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  19 June 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Expulsion overturned: the Australian Sister Patricia Fox will be able to continue her missionary work Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippines justice department, with a provision issued on June 18, has overturned an order for the deportation of Australian missionary nun Sister Patricia Fox, from the Sisters of Our Lady ...
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  18 June 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Venezuelan refugees at the center of the Church's attention Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 17 to 24 June, on the occasion of the World Refugee Day which is celebrated on 20 June worldwide, the Colombian Catholic Church will host about 300 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, for a lunch ...
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  18 June 2018
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The Jesuit mission aims to promote social inclusion and education Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Promotion of human dignity, social inclusion and religious education are the three priorities of the pastoral plan and mission for the years 2019-2023 in the Church of East Timor. As Agenzia Fides ...
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  18 June 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Ivan Duque becomes the youngest Colombian president Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Right candidate Ivan Duque is the new president of Colombia. Leader of the Democratic Center, won Colombia's presidential election that took place yesterday, Sunday, June 17, defeating his leftis ...
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  18 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Yes to a Committee of inquiry on violence, but massacres continue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua and members of the Civic Alliance who are participating in the National Dialogue roundtable, said they were "very satisfied" with the result of the negotiations on truth ...
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  18 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - March for life: "No" to the legalization of abortion Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Korean Catholics march in defense of life: this is the spirit of the "March for Life", an event held on the streets of Seoul on 16 June to say "no" to the legalization of abortion and reaffirm the ...
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  18 June 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Patriarch Matthias: the Church will counteract the phenomenon of "child brides" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox Tawahedo Church of Ethiopia will intensify the interventions and training and sensitization courses to warn families about the harmful effects produced by the social praxis of s ...
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  18 June 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "We are taking care of the wounds inflicted by the LRA" says the Archbishop of Gulu Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The north of Uganda now lives in calm. The LRA threat concerns the past, since this guerrilla group is no longer present in Uganda, but has moved to some areas of neighboring Countries such as the ...
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  16 June 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Beyond all borders": 15,000 young people at the Focolare Genfest, for the first time in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Around 15,000 young people from all over the world, including Filipinos from 86 Catholic dioceses, are expected to meet for the Genfest youth festival being organized by the Focolare Movement to ...