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  12 May 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Latin Catholics, root of faith in the United States Latinos are a growing minority: their influence in the United States is extremely significant, because the great socio-cultural and religious wealth continues to shape all the social and existential dimensions of the Uni ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese NGO: "Virunga Park, a World Heritage Site, under-threat" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least two British tourists were taken hostage in Virunga natural park in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A statement sent to Agenzia Fides by CEPADHO (Center for Studies on ...
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  12 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Muslim leaders gathered in Indonesia to seek a path for peace Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Important Muslim scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia met from 11 May in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to discuss and develop a way in the conflict that has blooded Afghanistan f ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Flood emergency: people with disabilities among the most vulnerable Kabarnet (Agenzia Fides) - The violent floods that have been devastating large areas of Kenya since March, where the previous drought led to soil erosion, continue. The toll, according to the Red Cross, speaks of at leas ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Dam bursts due to heavy rains, at least 45 dead; the solidarity of the Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by the loss of human lives, injured people and the enormous material damage that has occurred throughout the Country, the worst and most shocking tragedy was the collapse ...
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  11 May 2018
  ASIA/NEPAL - Unity among Christians: together to witness God's mercy Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of different confessions in Nepal are committed to working together to witness the love and mercy of God. "As Nepali Christians we are called to work together and be witnesses to th ...
• 11 May 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Jovitus Mwijage Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed rev. Jovitus Mwijage, of the diocesan clergy of Bukoba, as National Direc ...
• 11 May 2018
  AMERICA/CUBA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Yosbel Lazo Cordero, CM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Yosbel Lazo Cordero, CM (Congregation of the Mission, Lazarists) ...
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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 ...
• 11 May 2018
  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 ...