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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 ...
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  22 March 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to professors in mission Seminars: "Today the Church is in your hands" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Church is in your hands": this is the what the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni said to 16 priests, professors in the major ...
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  22 March 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Catholic Church abandons the management of the State Institute of Charity Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - With an official letter of resignation, presented to President Horacio Cartes, the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (CEP) has left the management of the State Charity Institute ("Diben": Depart ...
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  22 March 2018
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Interreligious violence, the Director of the PMS: "After the civil war, people want peace and prosperity" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "In Kandy, interreligious violence has stopped and the situation has returned to normal. Tourism can return to prosper, as we all hope, while we are trying to mend the social fabric according to ...
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  22 March 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Secretary General of CENCO: "Strengthening UN intervention in the DRC" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations must strengthen its commitment in the Democratic Republic of Congo where entire areas are now out of State control. This was stated by Fr. Donatien Nshole, Secretary General ...
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  21 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias to Prime Minister Modi: "Attacks on minorities damage India" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There is a growing concern in the Catholic Church in India and other minority religious communities due to "sporadic attacks on institutions and personnel of religious minorities in different ...
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  21 March 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - To bring the hope of Christ in the midst of refugee camps: the mission of the "refugee nuns" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In Uganda, South Sudanese refugees do not have anything. The huts where they take refuge are precarious. There is no work. There are not many opportunities for children to continue their studies ...
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  21 March 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The National Day of the Annunciation moved to April 9th Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The National Day of the Annunciation, usually celebrated in Lebanon on March 25th, this year has been moved to April 9th. This was confirmed by a document released Tuesday March 20 by the Maronit ...
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  21 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The first priest of the Baniwa people ordained in the diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, he will work among his people Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 17 March was a historic day of profound joy in the Brazilian diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, for the priestly ordination of Fr. Geraldo Trindade Montenegro, first priest of the ...
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  21 March 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Attention and sharing in the 5 Christian communities of Kolowarè Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - As Easter approaches, the spirit of attention and sharing in the Togolese communities grows. "Since our parish, Saint Léon IX, was born on December 17, 2016 - says parish priest, Father Silva ...
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  21 March 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops for the elections: to participate in order to transform Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "To participate in the civic and political life of our communities is a civil and Christian obligation that we cannot and should not ignore. Only by participating we can positively transform ...
• 20 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Bangalore and appointment of new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2018 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Bangalore (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Bernard Blasius Moras. The Holy Father ...