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• 11 April 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. Pontian Kaweesa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 January 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Pontian Kaweesa, of the diocesan clergy of Kiyinda-Mityana ...
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  11 April 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish sources: US politicians ask to witness the trial against evangelical pastor Brunson Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Some US senators have sent the Turkish Ministry of Justice the request to be present at the upcoming trial against Andrew Craig Brunson, the US evangelical pastor detained in Turkey on charges of ...
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  11 April 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops of the border defend Venezuelan immigrants Puerto Carreño (Agenzia Fides) – There is major concern "for the growing wave of emigrants towards border cities such as Puerto Carreño and Puerto Inirida" in Colombia, in addition to the need to implement "pastoral ...
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  10 April 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance: "There is a resumption of violence: we pray strongly for peace": says the Bishop of Ziguinchor Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We must complain about an increase in violence following the tragedy that occurred in January", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Abel Mamba, Bishop of Ziguinchor, capital of Casamance, southern region of ...
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  10 April 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A thousand sister doctors are dedicated to health care for the most disadvantaged Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand sister doctors in India silently contribute to the health care of the poorest and most marginalized. As Agenzia Fides learns, the "Sister Doctors Forum of India" (SDFI) is a ...
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  10 April 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: ecclesiastical universities "providential laboratories" of the outgoing missionary Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The memory of the beginnings of the Urbaniana University "is the memory of the beginnings of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and also its projection. In the missionary fu ...
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  10 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Your vote counts": the Church promotes an inclusive electoral system of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Your vote is important": this is the title of the campaign launched by the National Commission "Justice and Peace" (NCJP), within the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Pakistan, to encourage Chr ...
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  10 April 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Appeal of the Church: the environmental protection of the Amazon is a shared responsibility Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The Venezuelan Amazon: the cry of the earth and the cry of the peoples call for answers" is the title of the document published by REPAM (the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network), on behalf of the Ven ...
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  10 April 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Camillians in Asia: "The life of the Spirit walks in the mission" Loudong (Agenzia Fides) - "The Camillian missionaries in Asia today have the same joy and enthusiasm as their first years of mission. They are engaged in teaching catechism, in pastoral work, in the most remote areas, in ...
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  9 April 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Christians in Asia are committed to the change of society Manado (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people are like lighted candles. We ask the Lord to send his light of truth to guide them. The young Christians of Asia and the world are called to be disciples who, enlightened and saved ...
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  9 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We are abandoned by all" says the Bishop of Goma after the murder of Fr. Étienne Sengiyumva Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Étienne Sengiyumva, parish priest of Kitchanga, was killed yesterday, Sunday, April 8, in Kyahemba", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka, Bishop of Goma, capital ...
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  9 April 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For the first time the Bishops address the citizens of Mexico and United States "for the dignity of migrants" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "For the first time in history, the Bishops address the citizens of Mexico and the United States, regardless of their religious convictions, and in a special way and with great respect, to t ...
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  9 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Muslim leaders: solidarity with Christian families thrown out from their homes Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Full solidarity with Christian families in the district of Narowal, in Punjab, thrown out from their property and abused in their rights after the violent action of some influential Muslim perso ...
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  9 April 2018
  AFRICA - African theologian: "The mission of the Church in Africa is born of mercy" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of the Church is born of mercy, of the compassion towards the spiritual and social reality of men. Mercy, from its etymological meaning, means letting oneself be touched by the miser ...
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  9 April 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New national coordination for the Pastoral Land Commission Goiania (Agenzia Fides) - On April 5 the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) elected its new National Coordination for the next three years: Mgr. André de Witte, Bishop of Ruy Barbosa, who was vice president in the last thre ...