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  30 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tensions awaiting the results of the vote. "Kenians want peace, I have faith that the violence which took place 10 years ago will not be repeated", says a missionary Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still quite alarming, though tension has calmed down a bit in the last few hours. Kenya is awaiting the results of the vote", says to Agenzia Fides Alfonso Poppi, Missionary of ...
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  30 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Christian condemned to prison under the new anti-terrorism laws Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Andrew Nassif is the first Christian condemned to jail under the new laws laid down by the Egyptian government with the stated aim of countering terrorism. The conviction - according to Egyptian m ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian marriage: progress is being made regarding the law on civil recognition Islamabad (Agenzia FIdes) - The legislative law which aims at regulating the institution of Christian marriage in Pakistan and making it officially recognized by the state, so that it can be registered civilly, is making ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslims and Christians together for respect, tolerance and coexistence Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In Indonesia, Muslims and Christians actively collaborate in building a social and cultural fabric of respect and coexistence through education, particularly in family life", says to Agenzia Fi ...
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  30 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cardinal Filoni concludes the Jubilee of the Archdiocese of Kampala: "new commitment, new perspectives" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The past half-century has mainly been a period of consolidation of the excellent work begun by the missionaries. The coming 50 years should be, among other things, a period of deeper growth in ...
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  30 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Following the example of the Ugandan Martyrs, let us renew our promise of putting faith in action Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In the late morning of Saturday, 28 October, Cardinal Fernando Filoni chaired the dedication Mass of the Uganda Martyrs’ Shrine, Munyonyo (see Fides 26/10/2017). "Today we too are gathered in ...
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  28 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cardinal Filoni in Kampala: "Catechists, determinative force in the work of evangelization" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The role of catechists in Uganda has always been and remains a determinative force in the work of evangelization. Without your generous dedication, surely the growth of the Church would be much ...
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  28 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Witnesses of the Christian value of marriage, builders of the Church and society Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni met married couples at St. Mary’s Cathedral Church, or rather "Rubaga Cathedral", on October 27, in the context of the concluding celebrations of the Jubilee of the ...
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  28 October 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Uganda: listen to the voice of civil society to trace the future To rewrite the Constitution to extend his political life and to remain the leader of the country that he has ruled for over 30 years. The attempt of 73-year-old Yoweri Kaguta Musuveni divides Uganda: on the one hand ther ...
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  27 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cardinal Filoni to the young people of Kampala: "The future of the Church in Uganda and Africa depends on each of you" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Take in hand the development of your local Church and of your country. Always remember that the spiritual future, as well as other aspects of your continent and of this Nation, no longer depend ...
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  27 October 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Mission "in defense of Christians" for US Vice President Mike Pence Washington (Agenzia Fides) - US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Israel and Egypt at the end of December, at the request of President Donald Trump, and his mission will also be aimed at strongly affirming that in the ...
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  27 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New law to counteract and dissolve radical groups: "A step for the common good" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia has approved a new law that authorizes the government to dissolve mass organizations that threaten Pancasila's ideology (the five principles at the basis of the nation) and the nationa ...
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  27 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cardinal Filoni: "The Church does not need bureaucrats, but passionate missionaries" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In the second appointment this morning in Kampala, where the celebrations of the Jubilee of the Archdiocese are about to conclude, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the E ...
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  27 October 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Aid for Ong Mogadishu and Catholic Church after the maxi attack Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the bloody attack in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab, a Somali terrorist group, which killed more than three hundred people and hundreds were injured (see Fides 16/10/2017), Perigeo O ...
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  27 October 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops for the elections: "Restoring politics, democracy, rule of law and hope" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – To create a country with a different future, which has dignity and without corruption: this is the wish expressed in a press release, less than one month before the 2017 General Elections, ...