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  9 May 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Safeguard peace and unity": Bishops’ appeal in view of the constitutional referendum of 17 May Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge all Burundians to safeguard unity and peace" write the Bishops of Burundi in a statement on the constitutional referendum of 17 May, which concerns the constitutional reform to increa ...
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  9 May 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Inequalities in the world of work and corruption: necessary to put the dignity of the person back at the center Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Work is not just any kind of commodity, and the dignity of workers is always the primary criterion of evaluation, as the Social Doctrine of the Church teaches. Work confirms the profound identity ...
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  9 May 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "To be people of Caritas means to be people of the Good News" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas is the joy of service, Caritas is a service of joy. Caritas India is the organ of the entire Catholic church to concretely express our charity and, as Deus Caritas East of Benedict XV ...
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  8 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Fr. Albert, a pastor esteemed for his action for reconciliation between Christians and Muslims" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Albert, seventy-one years old and among the oldest priests of the clergy of Bangui, was a pastor esteemed and known for his simplicity and sympathy, and above all for his discreet and tirele ...
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  8 May 2018
  AMERICA - Latin American Bishops create "Bridges of Solidarity" to help Venezuelan migrants Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Bridges of Solidarity - Integrated pastoral plan to help Venezuelan migrants in South America" is the name of the project presented yesterday, May 7, in the Vatican press room, which was p ...
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  8 May 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Camillians, martyrs of charity and service to the sick Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On February 2, 1994, the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (Camilliani - MI) officially instituted the "Day of the Religious Martyrs of Charity" on May 25, coinciding with the anniversary of the b ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Towards the elections: Catholics in Indonesia support Pancasila Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 2018 is an important year for the political situation in Indonesia. Citizens will participate in two political events: firstly, the administrative elections in all the regions; secondly, there w ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Catholic nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Pakistan welcomed the first nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe, after 70 years of mission among those tribal peoples in Sindh. Here the Dutch Franciscan friars begin their mi ...
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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 ...