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  26 March 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - A seed of hope after 6,000 days of war Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent times there have been some positive signs: in mid-February the Taliban declared that they are ready to start negotiations with the United States; at the end of the same month, Ashraf Gh ...
• 26 March 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Resignation of the Archbishop of Bujumbura and appointment of the new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 24, 2018 the Holy Father accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Bujumbura (Burundi), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Evariste Ngoyagoye. The Holy Father app ...
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  26 March 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Governor Hammadi: 4 thousand families of Christian refugees have already returned to Mosul and in the Nineveh province Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - More than four thousand families of Christian refugees have returned to Mosul and the Nineveh Province in recent months, after Iraqi President Haider al Abadi proclaimed the defeat last 9 December ...
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  26 March 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - A work of weaving in which the true face of God is depicted: the Holy Week begins in Kolowarè Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions and discontent in the Country due to President Faure Gnassingbé's hesitation to leave power continue (see Fides 21/2/2018). The struggle of the Togolese people is complex, the Togol ...
• 26 March 2018
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Resignation of the Bishop of Benguela and appointment of the new Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the diocese of Benguela (Angola), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. The Holy Father appointed M ...
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  26 March 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Unanimous condemnation for the killing of the parish priest of Séko Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn these acts. The men of God have the task of announcing the path of peace and reconciliation", said His Eminence Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, in condemning, together with ...
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  26 March 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The cry of the poor and of the Earth calls us": towards the III Continental Congress of Theology San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 24 March, anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Amerindia network and the Master in Latin American Theology of the Central American University Jos ...
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  23 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "National Day of Pakistan": Muslims and Christians together for peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Muslims and Christians together for peace, praying for a future made of harmony, reconciliation, prosperity, common well-being: this is how today, March 23, the "Pakistan Day", a national holiday ...
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  23 March 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian sources: Turkish air raids destroy Christian archaeological sites Afrin (Agenzia Fides) - The Directorate-General of the Syrian Department of Antiquities denounced, in an official note, the destruction of important Christian archaeological sites caused by air raids carried out by the T ...
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  23 March 2018
  ASIA/THAILAND - A missionary: "Feast, joy, peace: Easter in Thailand" Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "Creation is the first visible Word of God. Creation is the first legible sacred text: God said: Let there be light, and there was light. Let there be plants and animals, and there were plan ...
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  23 March 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - On March 24, the Day of missionary martyrs: from their blood, fullness of life Rome (Agenzia Fides) - To remember with prayer, fasting and a concrete act of charity all the missionaries who were killed in the world, even those unknown to most, and who shed their blood for the Gospel. This is the re ...
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  23 March 2018
  VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: "The gift of the life of missionary martyrs generates fruit" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The gift of life - both martyrdom in the proper sense, and the testimony of an existence spent gratuitously for God and for one’s neighbor - generates something new. This is the message ...
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  22 March 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Young protagonists of change in their communities: the Young Caritas project Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "This turning point in the training of young people has been quite positive and we firmly believe that volunteers can carry out very interesting projects for the benefit of their communities", says ...
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  22 March 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New social initiatives could give impulse to religious freedom Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "The new social initiatives proclaimed by Kazakh President Nazarbaev have the potential to bring improvements, also in the religious sphere and have favorable repercussions for the religious free ...
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  22 March 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Resumption of inter-Togolese dialogue: Christian communities united in prayer Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-Togolese dialogue on the restoration of the 1992 Constitution, launched last February 19 in Lomé (see Fides 21/2/2018) and suspended on 23 February, will resume on 26 March. This was co ...