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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, ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop Travas to young people: "Be close to Jesus in the Eucharist" Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "I encourage you all to remain in close contact with the Lord Eucharistic and to always be present at the Eucharistic Adoration. It is the best moment and place to experience the relationship wit ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Souraya Bechealany appointed Acting Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches has appointed Professor Souraya Bechealany as Acting Secretary General of the ecumenical body. Souraya Bechealany takes the place of ...
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  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ahmedabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed the rev. Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian, of the clergy of Ahmedabad, currently Rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary Vianney Vihar, in Baroda, ...
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  29 January 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Archbishop of Barranquilla on the latest attacks: "Peace and reconciliation, the Colombians’ desire" Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - "Events like these cannot intimidate us, they cannot make us fall into despair. We are all called to live together, to live as brothers and we must respect each other taking into considerat ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A school for Rohingya refugee children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Rohingya live in small shelters in refugee camps made of bamboo canes and pieces of plastic; drinking water and food are still scarce. There are more than 500,000 children, who yearn for a fu ...
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  26 January 2018
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Fr. Madej: "Ecumenism is our daily life" Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "The ecumenical dimension of our Catholic presence is a constant that accompanies us every day. For example, throughout the year we live the experience of interfaith hospitality: in our chapel ...
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  26 January 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The President of the Bishops: "The Church accompanies society with prophecy, denunciation and proclamation of the Gospel" Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - "A Dantesque painting". With this effective expression, Bishop José Luis Azuaje, at the head of the diocese of Barinas and President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV), describes to F ...
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  26 January 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Living the Gospel in the urban suburbs: meeting of the Basic Ecclesial Communities Paraná (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting of the Basic Ecclesial Communities of Brazil is a call to renewal in the practice of life, especially in evangelical service in the urban surburbs, both in a methodological sense an ...
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  26 January 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - New peaceful demonstrations on the streets of the country are scheduled Lome (Agenzia Fides) - The popular movement of peaceful protest does not stop: on 31st January, the 1st and 2nd February the Togolese have been invited to take to the streets of the capital Lomè and other cities as a si ...
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  26 January 2018
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Revitalize the missionary commitment to listening to Christ Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The PMS diocesan Directors who will be in Paris on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January. This national meeting will bring together all those involved in missionary animation in the 99 French dioceses ...
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  26 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace between India and Pakistan: Christians united in prayer Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer addressed to God, a prayerful silence, a common song to invoke the gift of peace, calling for "mutual respect and the promotion of harmony and development between Pakistan and India": is ...