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  28 December 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic politicians reject, as "political operation", the US Congress resolution in defense of Egyptian Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The draft resolution on the alarm "for attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt", submitted to the US Congress by six US parliamentarians on December 21, is causing controversy in Egypt, also on ...
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  28 December 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - One of the 19,000 volunteers preparing the Pope's visit: "an unforgettable experience" Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a papal volunteer is an invitation to be builders of a more beautiful Church and a better world" says Francisca José Miranda, one of the thousands of volunteers who came to hel ...
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  23 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer vigils all over the country in memory of the victims of the attack to the church in Quetta Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - During the days immediately preceding Christmas, Pakistani Christians across the country gather for prayer vigils and peace demonstrations in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack tha ...
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  22 December 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops and Catholic partners urge extension of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Texas, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, was joined by Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Catholi ...
• 22 December 2017
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Jerome Nguyen Dinh Cong Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 June 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Jerome Nguyen Dinh Cong, of the diocesan clergy of Xuan Loc, as Na ...
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  22 December 2017
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Fr. Sáez Martín: "In Ashgabat to announce that God wants us to be saints like Him" Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "The central theme of my preaching for the Catholic community of Turkmenistan is 'You will be like God', the sentence with which the demon tempted Adam and Eve. Their mistake was that of wantin ...
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  22 December 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Stop Land Grabbing; Conference promoted by Caritas Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Indeed, I share with Caritas the view that land plays a critical and fundamental role in the social-economic development of any country, hence our heavy dependency on it for our livelihood", said ...
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  22 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christmas will be celebrated in the church hit by the attack in Quetta Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful Christians of Quetta will celebrate the Christmas liturgies in the Methodist church hit by the attack on December 17: this is what Protestant Pastor Simon Bashir, who is responsible ...
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  21 December 2017
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Christmas just like Greccio for the small Catholic community Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "It will be a simple Christmas, marked by the Eucharist and by the living representation of the Nativity. In fact, our children are preparing a small theatrical show to narrate how Saint Franci ...
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  21 December 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: Christmas encourages the defense of nascent life Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians, it is our duty to defend human life.The teaching of the Catholic Church clearly states that the human embryo should be considered as a human being and that no one has the right, un ...
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  21 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Churches in Pakistan tighten security measures as Christmas approaches Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Following the suicide bombing at Quetta Methodist church, all Christian churches in Pakistan are tightening security measures in view of Christmas, enlisting on local young volunteers to coo ...
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  20 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Property issues, devastated a Catholic church in Punjab Sialkot (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 men have raided and devastated the Catholic church of St. Paul in Sialkot, a city of Pakistani Punjab, claiming ownership of the land where it stands. The parish priest, Fr. Victor ...
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  19 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious prayer in memory of the victims of Quetta Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - We must remain united and face the causes of extremism: is the appeal launched on the occasion of a special interreligious prayer vigil organized in the cathedral in Lahore in memory of the victi ...
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  19 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anglican Bishop: "Christians are being put to the test, the God-with-us will console us" Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - The greatest good to protect in the country is peace. This is what Methodist Bishop Sadiq Daniel, at the head of the Protestant community in the provinces of Sindh and Beluchistan stated in the a ...
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  19 December 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Threats of Hindu extremists to Christian schools in view of Christmas Agra (Agenzia Fides) - It is unacceptable that national Hindu right-wing groups keep on threatening Christians ahead of Christmas, say Church leaders in India. Days ago the "Hindu Jagran Manch" extremist group warned the ...