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  21 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Assault on Bambari; even the Church is not spared Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is devastated, houses burned and looted. The bodies of the victims lie on the ground", says Fr. Firmin Gbagoua, Vicar General of Bambari, the city of the Central African Republic, ...
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  21 May 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A Jesuit: "In Karnataka, the nationalist forces have not triumphed" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections for the Karnataka State Assembly were a crucial moment in the history of the country. Outgoing Prime Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, of the Congress Party, carried out a wor ...
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  21 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections: 5 seats reserved for Christians. The Chaldean Patriarch congratulates Muqtada al Sadr Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The final results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections confirm that two of the 5 seats reserved for Christians have been won by candidates from the "Babylon Brigades" movement, they are: Aswan S ...
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  21 May 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The new Cardinal Joseph Coutts, promoter of inter-religious harmony: "Ready to humbly serve the Church" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Pakistan rejoice at the decision of the Pope to appoint Archbishop Joseph Coutts, at the head of the Archdiocese of Karachi, as Cardinal. The 72-year-old will be the second Pakistan ...
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  21 May 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Pan Amazonian Network: "Cardinal Barreto, bearer of hope for the Amazon" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "The appointment of Msg. Barreto as Cardinal has a very profound meaning, of great hope and profound responsibility: all of us who are close to him, commit ourselves to supporting him in this path ...
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  18 May 2018
  VATICAN - The "revolution" of Missionary Childhood: for 175 years "children help children" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "A new style of mission is born with the Missionary Childhood Society that focuses on the grace of baptism, from which springs the missionary nature of every Christian, and also recognizes ...
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  18 May 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Humanitarian crisis in the English-speaking area of the country: Bishops exhort to dialogue Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Cameroon denounce "gruesome violence" while 160 thousand people are forced to flee to Cameroon and another 26 thousand to Nigeria. Caritas Cameroon reports "areas of conflict per ...
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  18 May 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous leaders: a greater presence of the Church in the most distant communities is urgent Río Negro (Agenzia Fides) - Understanding the lives of indigenous peoples should lead us to reflect, to discover the value of what is fundamental in our daily life. This is what emerges from a conversation between Agenz ...
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  18 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops recommend: "Beware of the upcoming deadlines of the electoral calendar in view of the December vote" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 15 people were killed during public demonstrations held from December 2017 to March 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to data collected by the Episcopal Commission fo ...
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  18 May 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - After tensions with Turkey, the Knesset puts the recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the agenda Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The relations between Israel and Turkey have escalated recently in connection with the ongoing events in Gaza. As Turkey opposes Israel’s actions and strictly criticizes them, Israel, as a p ...
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  18 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Prayer and solidarity for the Christian victims of the Surabaya attacks Surabaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community of Surabaya is gathered around the families of the victims of the attacks on Sunday 13 May. As Fides learns, yesterday, May 17, the funeral rites of some of the victims ...
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  17 May 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Inauguration of a statue of St. John Wu Wen Yin, canonized in 2000 Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - The statue of St. John Wu Wen Yin, a catechist and Chinese martyr canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II, was inaugurated. As reported by the website of the diocese of Han Dan, in the ...
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  17 May 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - To focus on "common values": the wish of the "Silsilah" movement for the month of Ramadan Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In this month of Ramadan, sacred to the Muslim world, we wish to express solidarity with the Muslims and reaffirm the belief that Islam can help, among many things, in saying what the value o ...
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  17 May 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - First day of National Dialogue: "the Church is bridge, hospital, mother" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The "National Dialogue", started in Nicaragua to try to resolve the socio-political crisis of the country began yesterday in Managua, with the participation of President Daniel Ortega, entrepren ...
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  17 May 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi votes in referendum on President Nkurunziza's power Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - 4.8 million voters are called to vote in Burundi today, for the referendum on the controversial constitutional review aimed at allowing the President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in power for a ...