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  4 April 2018
  AMERICA UNITED STATES-A Guide to include Native Americans in Catholic Pastoral Care Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) – Recently the archdiocese of Los Angeles issued a Pastoral Guide for communities of Native Americans. During a rally for Urban Native Americans held at Kuruvungna Cultural Springs Centre, t ...
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  4 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We are all committed to obtaining the release of rev. Célestin” Fides was told by the bishop of Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are doing all we can to obtain the release of Rev Célestin” Fides was told by Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka, of Goma, main city in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
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  4 April 2018
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - White Fathers’ Cultural Centre bears witness to the “universality” of the Church Ouargla (Agenzia Fides) – Precious volumes and photographs testifying to the history of the Christian presence, but also courses in English and French and Informatics: all this is found at the Cultural Centre of the W ...
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  4 April 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishop of Barrancabermeja: "Join forces to overcome environmental disaster" AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Bishop of Barrancabermeja: "Join forces to overcome environmental disaster" Santander (Agenzia Fides) – “Words cannot express the deep sadness, given the vastness of this environmental disaster ...
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  4 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Massacre of innocent Christians: minorities under attack Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - "It is sad to see that once again our people are attacked and killed on the occasion of one of our religious festivities. First the bomb at Christmas and now a massacre of the innocents at Ea ...
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  28 March 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Single mothers, rejected by society, but recipients of God's love Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In Burkina Faso, Father Maurice Oudet is "the angel of single mothers". He welcomes them. He offers friendship, spiritual comfort, by offering the Word of the Gospel and the love of Christ. ...
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  28 March 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Year of Youth: an opportunity to rediscover and witness faith Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2018, proclaimed "Year of Youth" by the local Church, is a precious opportunity to help young people understand, live and witness their faith in Christ Jesus: this is what emerged from t ...
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  28 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Young people learn Amazonia "from within" and make a network Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people are the key to change. They have to realize that they are today's leaders, not tomorrow's. We must have the courage to live and witness the Gospel of Christ. To save Mother Earth an ...
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  28 March 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle to wash feet of migrants, refugees on Holy Thursday Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila will wash the feet of 12 migrants and refugees or displaced during Mass on Holy Thursday, March 29, at Manila Cathedral. As reported to Agenzia Fides by the ...
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  28 March 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - For the first time, an Oromo at the head of the government coalition: a turning point in the crises? Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Abiy Ahmed is the first member of the Oromo, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, to become President of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the coalition that has ...
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  28 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian tortured to death in a hospital Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Pakistani Christian died after the brutal beatings suffered by security guards and medical staff at a hospital in Lahore. As Agenzia Fides learns, Sunil Saleem, 26, was killed on March 26 while ...
• 27 March 2018
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Rector of "St. Victor" interdiocesan Seminary of Tamale Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 12, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Msgr. Thomas T. Anamooh, of the diocesan clergy of Navrongo-Bolga ...
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  27 March 2018
  AFRICA - The family is not a fashion, but a sacred gift: the African contribution at the next World Meeting Kara (Agenzia Fides) - Every three years the Church convenes a great international meeting of families all over the world. The 2018 meeting will be held in Dublin, Ireland, from 21 to 26 August. Fundamental objective wil ...
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  27 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "May India be guided by justice and truth": the hope of Christians for Holy Week New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "In this Holy Week, let us pray for our country and its political leaders, at federal and regional levels, so that they can be guided by justice and truth. Let us bring before God the innocent ...
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  27 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The youth of Pakistan: "Every baptized person is a missionary: this is our vocation" Sahiwal (Agenzia Fides) - The young Catholics of Pakistan express satisfaction and hope because the Catholic Church, through the Synod dedicated to young people, is interested in their future. This is what emerged from a ...