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  26 May 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christian hostages in Mindanao "will be human shields", says the Bishop Marawi city (Agenzia Fides) - "There are no negotiations. The army is engaged in door-to-door combat to regain the city of Marawi. And military leaders say they do not intend to negotiate with terrorists. We are seriousl ...
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  26 May 2017
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Even in Ethiopia, missionary childhood feast: prayer, sharing, mission, peace Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - May 19, is the anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood or Missionary Childhood, the anniversary of all missionary children. To celebrate the occasion, Apostolic Pre ...
• 24 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kottar and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 20, 2017, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kottar, India, presented by His Exc. Msgr. Peter Remigius. The Pope appointed as Bshop of ...
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  24 May 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera emergency in the capital of northern Kordofan El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - Cholera cases were reported for the first time in El Obeid, capital of the state of northern Kordofan. So far 68 people have been hospitalized. According to local medical sources, the first inf ...
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  24 May 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Martial law on Mindanao island: a priest and 15 faithful kidnapped, the cathedral of Marawi destroyed Marawi City (Agenzia Fides) - "Members of the Islamic State-linked “Maute” militant group, "attacked the Catholic cathedral of Marawi city and kidnapped about 15 faithful, including a priest, nuns, and some lay perso ...
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  24 May 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Infant deaths for pneumonia are due to poverty and precariousness Puno (Agenzia Fides) - The main cause of death among children for pneumonia is determined by the level of poverty that the population lives in addition to the poor diet of children. The alarm was launched by the director ...
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  24 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni urges the diocese of Ebebiyin: "never get tired of giving testimony of our faith" Ebebiyin (Agenzia Fides) - Today, the feast of Mary Help of Christians, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, carried out a pastoral visit to the diocese of Ebebiyin, wh ...
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  24 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa invokes the appeal of Blessed Romero: "Please, I beg you, I order you to stop the repression!" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The Day of Prayer for Peace in Venezuela was held in all the dioceses of the country on May 21, to ask the Lord for the solution regarding the political and economic problem, to put a stop to v ...
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  24 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Kiir declares ceasefire and starts a national dialogue but his main opponent is excluded Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Riek Machar is our leader and commander in chief, we will not send any delegates to Juba without his order", said Paul Gabriel, spokesman of the Sudan's People's Liberation Movement Opposition (SP ...
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  23 May 2017
  VATICAN - For 10 years on May 24 the world prays in particular for communion with the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2007, on the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Benedict XVI sent a Letter to Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons, and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of ...
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  23 May 2017
  VATICAN - "Priests and religious of Mongomo, stand up and walk in and with your Church!" exhorts Cardinal Filoni Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - "My presence among you is the manifestation of the solicitude of the Holy Father and of the Universal Church toward this Church-Family of God. In this sense, I would like to express the support ...
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  23 May 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resume dialogue: Mgr. Barreto supports the people who claim fundamental rights Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - "Now or never again! This is what the people in front of the opportunity to talk and deal with the high authorities of the Colombian state say", said Mgr. Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto, Bishop of t ...
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  23 May 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops thank the government for helping Haitians who live in the United States Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Commission for Migrations of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Mgr. Joe Steve Vásquez, Bishop of Austin, Texas, expressed his appreciation to the Secretary ...
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  23 May 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 81 children have died of malnutrition since the beginning of the year La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - The National Institute of Health (INS) has recently announced the death toll for malnutrition since the beginning of the year. We are talking about 81 children under 5 years of age. In additi ...
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  23 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African Bishops denounce: "1 in 5 children have been sexually abused" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Each crime against a woman and child causes the delicate fabric of our society to unravel that much more" denounces His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and President of ...