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  9 February 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Paraguayan Chaco missionaries denounce the guilty abandonment of the State Puerto Casado (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church, we feel compelled to share certain concerns and challenges, because the accentuated crisis of public and private morality; of political life and justice; of inequality and so ...
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  9 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "Various areas of Nigeria are on the verge of civil war" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Various parts of Nigeria live in a situation of almost civil war". This is the alarm presented by the Bishops of Nigeria directly to the President of the Nigerian Federation, Muhammadu Buhari, du ...
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  9 February 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The official inauguration of the church of the "Coptic Martyrs of Libya" scheduled for February 15th Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The church dedicated to the 21 Coptic martyrs beheaded in Libya in 2015 by cutthroats affiliated to the so-called Islamic State (Daesh) will be officially inaugurated next February 15th, on the da ...
• 9 February 2018
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Martin Anthony Kelly CSSp Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 November 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Martin Anthony Kelly of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (CSSp ...
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  31 January 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin, “Why we are in dialogue with China” We publish the interview with Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin launched today on Vatican Insider, a religious information website of the Italian daily La Stampa Interview with the Secretary of St ...
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  30 January 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil society: "The government must stop hate crimes against minorities" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Deep concern for the continuous episodes of senseless violence in the country, especially those that target minorities", and also "for the weak response of law enforcement agencies and instit ...
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  30 January 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Appeal of Salvadoran Bishops: Rights of migrants and responsible vote San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of four bishops of El Salavador will travel to the United States to meet the Bishops of the country, with the aim of coordinating actions that help resolve the situation of Sal ...
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  30 January 2018
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Early elections to end political impasse: the people appreciate Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Early elections in East Timor is the solution announced by the President of the Republic, Francisco Guterres, to end the political impasse in the country. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, in fact, was ...
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  30 January 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tensions for the "presidential oath" of the opposition leader, defeated in the October elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The clashes reported by international agencies refer to the early hours of the morning. At the moment the police have withdrawn from the site of the gathering", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Don Bo ...
• 30 January 2018
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Lusaka and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the renunciation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Lusaka (Zambia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Telesphore George Mpundu. The Pope has a ...
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  30 January 2018
  AFRICA - Young Africans towards the Synod: Christ is the light to go forward Kara (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of Bishops dedicated to young people, to be celebrated in October 2018, will be an important moment for young Africans: "Never before in history was a Synod for young people organized wit ...
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  30 January 2018
  AFRICA/MALI - A new video of the kidnapped Colombian nun; "An encouraging sign" says the Bishop of Sikasso Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We have seen the video and we are happy to know she is alive and this urges us to continue our prayers and efforts for her release", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Baptiste Tiama, Bish ...
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  30 January 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The first Verbite of Orissa on a mission in the Pope’s country Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The first recently ordained priest in the district of Kandhamal, in the Indian state of Orissa, theater of anti-christian violence in recent years, arrives in Argentina. The new missionary, ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Papua faces health emergency Agats (Agenzia Fides) - The health crisis which broke out in mid-January 2018 has affected hundreds of families in the province of Agats, capital of Asmat district, in the Indonesian province of Papua, where more than 80 ...
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  29 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - President Kabila in an open dispute with the Catholic Church Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Nowhere in the Bible, has Jesus Christ ever presided over an electoral commission", said President Joseph Kabila in the press conference convened on January 26 to take stock of the political, ...