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  4 May 2018
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Afonso Dhlakama, leader of RENAMO, the main opposition party dies Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "A bolt from the blue". This is how Chiara Turrini, at the head of the Community of Sant'Egidio in Mozambique, defines the death of Afonso Dhlakama, the 65-year-old leader of RENAMO (Mozambican N ...
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  3 May 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church in prayer for the general elections: "A responsible vote" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Malaysia has invited all the faithful to express "a responsible vote" in the upcoming general elections and to accompany the political process with the prayer for pea ...
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  3 May 2018
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - The Catholic community on the way between new baptisms and catechumenate Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle. This inspires us: let us pray so that our candle does not blow out. We are a small Church, but we thank God because we have the opportunit ...
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  3 May 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops on the elections: the next government must aim at the repatriation of Syrian refugees Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - The parliament and the government that will be elected on Sunday 6 May will have to oppose the attempt to permanently impose on Lebanon the weight of the reception of Syrian refugees. This is one ...
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  3 May 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart: to promote the rights of indigenous communities and evangelize them in their own language Ucayali (Agenzia Fides) - The assassination of the 80-year-old indigenous leader of the Shipibo-Konibo population, Olivia Arévalos, which took place on April 19 in the Peruvian Amazon and is still under investigation, " ...
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  3 May 2018
  AFRICA - To win the challenge of peace in Africa: a possible dream with dialogue, not with weapons Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Who will save Central Africa, Congo Kinshasa, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Libya? Who will really save Africa from all the violence that is burying and impoverishing the African continent, ever ...
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  3 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga after the massacre: "Is there a willingness to divide the Country? Is there a hidden agenda?" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I bow to the memory of our brothers and sisters who are no longer with us and offer condolences to their families. I am spiritually close to the injured", said Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, A ...
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  2 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - A Barnabite in Kabul: "These attacks are crimes against humanity" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked but we are well, thank God. Although the last attack took place near the Embassy, I did not suffer any consequences. The sisters, compared to me, are much more exposed because the ...
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  2 May 2018
  ASIA/LAOS - Four new priests: the Church rejoices Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Laos rejoices for the ordination of four new priests. As confirmed to Agenzia Fides, on April 29th the small Catholic community in Laos lived a solemn Eucharist celebrated in the ...
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  2 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: no to the use of symbols and religious references for electoral propaganda Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Candidates in the upcoming Iraqi political elections must avoid exploiting symbols and religious references as instruments of electoral propaganda. This is the request expressed by the Patriarch ...
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  2 May 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - National dialogue: need to talk about democracy, freedom, independence of powers Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The democratization of the country and the real independence of the powers of the State should be topics to be addressed in the national dialogue in which several Catholic Bishops will act as ...
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  2 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A priest killed in an attack on a church in Bangui, already assaulted in 2014 Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - An unreal and sad calm surrounds Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, after yesterday’s massacre, 1 May, where at least 16 people died, including a Catholic priest, Don Albert T ...
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  27 April 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Discovery of the body of Catholic priest taken hostage 3 April Città del Messico (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday evening through its official Communications Office the Archdiocese Primate of Mexico issued a statement “reporting with grief the discovery on 25 April in the town of C ...
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  27 April 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic prayers accompany inter-Korean summit Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – While the leaders of North Korea and South Korea met for an inter-korean Summit on 27 April, South Korean Catholics in the different dioceses were praying that the meeting would be a success. ...
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  27 April 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Let the President step down if he is unable to defend the nation” Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “It is time for the President to choose the path of honour and consider stepping aside to save the nation from complete collapse ”. With these words the Bishops of Nigeria demand the resignatio ...