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  10 November 2017
  VATICAN - The martyrdom of Italian missionary Sr. Leonella Sgorbati has been recognized Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Our founder, Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, encouraged us to be at the service of the mission at the cost of life, and the recognition of Sister Leonella's martyrdom is a new impulse for us to live mi ...
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  10 November 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians in Indonesia are "a creative minority, committed to unity" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians in Indonesia we are a minority, but we must be a creative minority capable of promoting the Pancasila (the five basic principles of the nation), as well as correctly presenting ou ...
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  10 November 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops launch a National Dialogue Forum while the political crisis risks making the country explode Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is now threatened with disintegration and conflict, if the situation witnessed currently is anything to go by. This is why we have announced to organize a National Dialogue Forum, w ...
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  10 November 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Militarization and human rights violations in the department of Quiché Santa Cruz del Quiché (Agenzia Fides) – There is an increase in the attacks against human rights defenders, who take position against the creation of highly polluted hydroelectric megaprojects in the indigenous Maya-I ...
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  10 November 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch asks and gets to meet Hariri during his trip to Saudi Arabia Berkeley (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai will travel to Saudi Arabia, accepting the invitation of the local authorities, and on that occasion will also meet Lebanese resigning premier Saad Hariri ...
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  10 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New jihadist threats against Copts: they must be eliminated because they build churches, evangelize, do not respect the Sharia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Christians in Egypt do not accept the condition of submission imposed on Christians in Islamic societies: they continue to build churches and even promote television networks to spread the ...
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  9 November 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences pays tribute to the missionary martyrs of the "massacre of Zhengding Church" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Many missionaries present in China at the time of the Japanese attack witnessed a great love for the Chinese people, to the point of being killing in an atrocious manner, while defending Chinese ...
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  9 November 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A church burned and smeared: why? Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our commitment as a Church is to announce and promote the Kingdom of Jesus, which is Justice, Truth, Love without exclusion, giving priority to the poor, who are God’s favorites. We want ...
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  9 November 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and shelter for street children in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - Over a thousand children in the Bolivian outskirts of Santa Cruz de la Sierra are street children, and many others are likely to become street children in an area where violence ...
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  9 November 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese crisis, Maronite Patriarch meets President Aoun. His trip to Riyadh into question Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While the entire Lebanese institutional system is shaken by the resignation of Sunni Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Lebanese President Michel Aoun receives today Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros R ...
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  9 November 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Cleemis: "Being a minority is not a disadvantage: it is beautiful" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "For us being a minority is not a disadvantage, because small is beautiful, small is effective. Jesus himself gathered and sent a small group to preach the Good News and to testify the Gospel. ...
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  9 November 2017
  VATICAN - Appointment of the Secretary and Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Protase Rugambwa, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, until now Secretary of the same Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Pres ...
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  8 November 2017
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Announcing Christ means "leaving the door of our house open" Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "We announce Jesus Christ with our closeness and our ministry, especially that of preaching. People welcome the Gospel with passion and the message that God is love. There are not any other rel ...
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  8 November 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Synod for the Pan-Amazon region, a Tuyuka priest: "The Church promotes and enhances indigenous peoples" Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the goals of the extraordinary Synod for the Pan-Amazon region is to identify new ways for the evangelization of indigenous peoples in all the Pan-Amazon regions. However, many of thes ...
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  8 November 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Indonesian youth, ready to announce the Gospel and the "extraordinary missionary month" Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "As the Gospel reminds us, we must be ready to be missionaries of the Good News of Jesus with every man we meet. There is much enthusiasm among young Catholics in Indonesia: they are very hap ...