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  13 April 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai’s pastoral guidelines: those who speak of faith and doctrine in the media should follow the teaching of the Church Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – The teaching of the Church must always be taken into consideration and strictly followed by those who, in traditional media or through social media, deal with issues that call into question th ...
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  13 April 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Cardinal Parolin to the faithful: a united Church, following the example of the apostles Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is apostolic because it is based on the teachings and the example of the apostles and on their apostolate. Reading the Acts of the Apostles is a challenge for us, because we are ...
• 12 April 2018
  EUROPE/MALTA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Valentino Borg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 January 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Mgr. Valentino Borg, of the archdiocesan clergy of Malta, as Natio ...
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  12 April 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Three new nuns: persecutions have encouraged us to follow Christ Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "The anti-Christian massacres of 2008 did not discourage me, but rather encouraged me to follow Christ": this is what the three new nuns of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Te ...
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  12 April 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Collaboration between Caritas German, Congolese and Central Africa for the return of Central African refugees Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are pleased with how the project is proceeding and with the collaboration with Caritas of Central Africa and Caritas of Bambari" says Olivier Bonte, representative of Caritas Germany in the D ...
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  12 April 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - "A Church with a priestly way of holiness": the Apostolic Nuncio during his visit to Cuzco Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) - "Priests must take into consideration the main message of Pope Francis, in which he asks to give life to a Church with a priestly path of holiness and not of perfection", said Mgr. Nicola Girasoli ...
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  12 April 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Brother Jihad: "The monastic life of prayer and work has resumed in Mar Musa" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "In Mar Musa the situation is calm and even in the Valley of Christians, where I was born and raised, there are no tensions. However, the overall situation of the country is still precarious". ...
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  12 April 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Bishops of Oceania: the care of the "common home" is urgent Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of climate change on Countries and their economies in Oceania, and the response of the Churches, starting from "Laudato Si": the attention of the meeting of the Federation ...
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  12 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two priests attacked. "The Church is intimidated and threatened" Church sources tell Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two other priests were assaulted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to news sent to Agenzia Fides, the parish priest of the church dedicated to Blessed Isidoro Bakanja in the Seka-M ...
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  12 April 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops of El Salvador in the United States to support the TPS Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Need to meet members of Congress to try to raise awareness of what could happen if Salvadorans (about 200 thousand) lost their temporary protection status and meet immigrant Salvadoran fait ...
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  11 April 2018
  AMERICA - A "Continental Walk" to raise awareness on public policies for children Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - "It will be a symbolic but strong action: we want to bring tenderness in the public sphere and influence public policies for children in the countries where we will pass". This is how Angel Mori ...
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  11 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A reform of the educational system is urgently needed to promote religious harmony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the Pakistani educational system, reforms and improvements are needed to promote tolerance and religious harmony in society: this is what Catholic Peter Jacob, director of the "Center for Soci ...
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  11 April 2018
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The Bishops: "A presidential pardon to thin out prisons where 16,000 detainees live in spaces for 4,000 people" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – To offer presidential pardon for those guilty of minor crimes and hire new magistrates to speed up trials. This is the appeal launched by the Catholic Church in Côte d'Ivoire where the situat ...
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  11 April 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - To safeguard human rights and the environment: the Church's commitment in Oceania Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, have gathered in Port Moresby from 11 to 18 April in an assembly that is focus ...
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  11 April 2018
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New families for a new world Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Family is the cell of society and in the family God invites us to become a small holy community, so that the light illuminates the darkness of the human heart and a source of inexhaustible g ...