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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections, the Chaldean Patriarch: the Church cannot be "silenced" when it contributes to the common good Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Church does not intervene directly in the field of politics. But it cannot be silenced when it intervenes on crucial issues and emergencies for the life of the people and the Country. This w ...
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  7 May 2018
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - A strong contribution of the Polish Fidei Donum Priests for their 50 years of evangelization Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Inspired by the appeal of Pope Pius XII in his Encyclical Letter 'Fidei donum', twenty Dioceses in Poland, since 1968, have sent to Zambia about one hundred priests, who have contributed signifi ...
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  7 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Religious leaders: "The violence of May 1, fruit of a Machiavellian plan to divide the Country" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The violence that has shocked Bangui in recent days "is the manifestation of a Machiavellian plan set up by some known Countries that call themselves friends, with the complicity of some patriots ...
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  7 May 2018
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The commitment of a missionary who gave his life for Christ, the Church and the poor Kabwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionaries of Scheut (CICM), Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offer assistance to the victims of HIV and AIDS in Zambia: many of them are orphans, homeless children who do not h ...
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  7 May 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church: elect those who have the well-being of the country at heart Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Every five years we have the opportunity to democratically elect our leaders and the government, I invite all Catholics to exercise the vote according to a Christian vision and values, it ...
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  7 May 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The elections confirm the fragmentation of the political framework. The Lebanese PMS Director: no one will be able to govern alone Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The official results of the 2018 Lebanese political elections, held yesterday, Sunday 6 May, have not yet been released. But all the anticipations and partial data released by the Lebanese media ...
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  7 May 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Thousands of Peruvians march for the promotion and protection of life Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis knows the march for life very well, on two occasions he personally wrote to me, encouraging me and even advising me how to organize it, so if the maximum leader of the Church writes t ...
• 4 May 2018
  AFRICA/CONGO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Gelase Armel Kema Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 14, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Gelase Armel Kema, of the diocesan clergy of Ouesso, as Nat ...
• 4 May 2018
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Leonardo Rodriguez Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 March 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Leonardo Rodriguez, of the diocesan clergy of Canelones as Na ...
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  4 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Pro Children Association of Kabul and the work of the nuns for the dignity of disabled children Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The nuns on mission in Kabul live in an extreme situation. They are carrying out a truly heroic work. And, in their small way, they are slowly helping to requalify the figure of people with disab ...
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  4 May 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" approved in the state of Uttarakhand Nainital (Agenzia Fides) - Uttarakhand (Northern India) has become the seventh state of the Indian Federation to have approved an "anti-conversion law" that penalizes freedom of conscience and religious freedom. As Fide ...
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  4 May 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Already "legalized" 215 churches by the government built before the new law on places of worship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are already 215 churches with adjoining service buildings built before the new law on the construction of Christian worship buildings came into force, legalized and "regularized" by the Egyp ...
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  4 May 2018
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Thousands of Hondurans hold their breath: today the US government must decide on the TPS Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Today is a crucial date for thousands of Hondurans who have been granted the State of Temporary Protection (TPS): Donald Trump's government must in fact communicate its decision during the d ...
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  4 May 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - More than 200 child soldiers released: the government's commitment to peace and development Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - More than two hundred child soldiers (including 95 girls) were released to the community on 28, April, in Yambio Gbudue State. As Fides learns, this is the second time child soldiers are released ...
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  4 May 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops: "It is urgent to review the political system of Nicaragua" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that the objective of National Dialogue must also be to review the political system of Nicaragua from its roots, in order to achieve an authentic democracy": with these words the Bis ...