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  11 May 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Attack on a Mosque in Durban: strong condemnation of the South African Catholic Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We heard with great shock and sadness of the attack on the Imam Hussein Mosque in Verulam, Durban and the tragic killing of an imam and the injury of two other people", says a statement si ...
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  11 May 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "To recover the joy of the Gospel, to revive prophecy, to be operators of communion and reconciliation": toward CAM V Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The fifth American Missionary Congress (CAM V) will take place in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia from 10 to 14 July. This ecclesial event is part of a rich history ...
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  11 May 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholic students attend media lessons, instrument of evangelization Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Training students in the use and techniques of mass media, to introduce them to the secrets of social communication, seen as a means to help the spread of the Gospel: this is the aim of the ...
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  11 May 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church celebrates the centenary of "Sunday schools", at the origin of the Coptic spiritual awakening Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations by the Coptic Orthodox Church to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the so-called Sunday School Movement will take place on Sunday, May 13. The centenary will be celebrated ...
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  11 May 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishops' appeal: Catechists should be skilled on Child Protection Policy Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "All Catechists in the Country have to be trained on TEC Child Protection Policy, which was passed by the Bishops in 2017", said Director of the Directorate of Social Services at the Tanza ...
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  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Cape Coast and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father Francis accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Matthias Kobena Nketsiah. The Holy Fa ...
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  9 May 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Evangelical pastor Brunson also accused of supporting the creation of a "Christian Kurdish state" Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - Among the new, exorbitant accusations against American evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, on trial by the Turkish judicial authorities for alleged connivance with networks and forces accused ...
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  9 May 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Safeguard peace and unity": Bishops’ appeal in view of the constitutional referendum of 17 May Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge all Burundians to safeguard unity and peace" write the Bishops of Burundi in a statement on the constitutional referendum of 17 May, which concerns the constitutional reform to increa ...
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  9 May 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Inequalities in the world of work and corruption: necessary to put the dignity of the person back at the center Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Work is not just any kind of commodity, and the dignity of workers is always the primary criterion of evaluation, as the Social Doctrine of the Church teaches. Work confirms the profound identity ...
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  9 May 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "To be people of Caritas means to be people of the Good News" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas is the joy of service, Caritas is a service of joy. Caritas India is the organ of the entire Catholic church to concretely express our charity and, as Deus Caritas East of Benedict XV ...
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  8 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Fr. Albert, a pastor esteemed for his action for reconciliation between Christians and Muslims" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Albert, seventy-one years old and among the oldest priests of the clergy of Bangui, was a pastor esteemed and known for his simplicity and sympathy, and above all for his discreet and tirele ...
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  8 May 2018
  AMERICA - Latin American Bishops create "Bridges of Solidarity" to help Venezuelan migrants Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Bridges of Solidarity - Integrated pastoral plan to help Venezuelan migrants in South America" is the name of the project presented yesterday, May 7, in the Vatican press room, which was p ...
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  8 May 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Camillians, martyrs of charity and service to the sick Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On February 2, 1994, the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (Camilliani - MI) officially instituted the "Day of the Religious Martyrs of Charity" on May 25, coinciding with the anniversary of the b ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Towards the elections: Catholics in Indonesia support Pancasila Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 2018 is an important year for the political situation in Indonesia. Citizens will participate in two political events: firstly, the administrative elections in all the regions; secondly, there w ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Catholic nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Pakistan welcomed the first nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe, after 70 years of mission among those tribal peoples in Sindh. Here the Dutch Franciscan friars begin their mi ...