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  23 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A Bishop represents Korea to celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations with the Holy See Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Korea and the Holy See celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2017: in particular, the commemoration of the sending of the first permanent Apostolic Delegat ...
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  23 May 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Hundreds of thousands of casualties caused by El Niño costero Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The general toll of the latest floods and landslides in Peru has resulted in 145 deaths, 18 missing, 438 injured, over 235,000 casualties and more than a million people affected. The figures date b ...
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  23 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The Catholic community committed to fighting the spread of tuberculosis Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Medical Association of India (CHAI) is leading a campaign to tackle cases of tuberculosis, in collaboration with government agencies and other civil society organizations: this is ...
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  22 May 2017
  VATICAN - Consistory for 5 New Cardinals, "be joyous announcers of the Gospel throughout the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Regina Coeli Marian prayer on Sunday 21 May, the Holy Father Francis announced a Consistory on 28 June for the creation of 5 new Cardinals. Two of them, Archbishop of Bama ...
• 22 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Evinayong: "Be good builders of this new Church" Evinayong (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, spent the day, Sunday 21 May in the new diocese of Evinayong, created on 1 April (see Fides 1/4/201 ...
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  22 May 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishops’s message: "Produce good fruits as evidence of your repentance" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the worsening of the Country's conditions in various areas, the Bishops' Conference of Madagascar has recently published a message to all the baptized and people of good will, re ...
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  22 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Day for Peace" celebrated, Cardinal Urosa asks: "Enough violence!" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On May 21, after having celebrated the Day of Peace for Venezuela, promoted by the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference (CEV), in Chiquinquirá church, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Carac ...
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  22 May 2017
  ASIA/THAILAND - Teachers and pupils in the south of the country targeted by rebels Pattani (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, army jeeps escort Buddhist teachers to schools in the south of the Country, whose area is guarded by paramilitary groups and armed volunteers while children study and play. This tensi ...
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  22 May 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Buenaventura needs structural solutions": Bishop Epalza for dialogue with the government Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - "Buenaventura can no longer handle the events of the moment, it needs structural solutions to structural problems. No cotton to buffer the wound, we need to intervene", said Mgr. Héctor Ep ...
• 22 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni meets the Bishops of Equatorial Guinea, "pastors, fathers and brothers" Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - The morning, May 22 was dedicated to the Bishops of Equatorial Guinea: the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, met them in Mongomo, and there ...
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  22 May 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - "Mgr. Zerbo was pleasantly surprised of the appointment to Cardinal" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Archbishop was pleasantly surprised by the news. He did not expect the appoinment to Cardinal at all", said Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Mali, referrin ...
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  22 May 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - In the delicate transition phase, the Church is committed to peace, stability, secularism of the state Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, stability, freedom, human rights, secularism of the state; but also committment in social service and education: these are the themes on which the Catholic Church in Nepal "will continu ...
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  20 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni ordains 3 Bishops in Mongomo: "Be true, humble and generous Pastors" Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - Historical event for the Church in Equatorial Guinea: Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, this morning, May 20, presided the solemn Eucharist ...
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  20 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "For ethics in politics", even the Bishops denounce corruption in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Presidency of the National Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB) published an official note on Friday, May 19, entitled "For ethics in politics", which states that the Conference ...
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  20 May 2017
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Young activists rally to climate cause in Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - Two environmental activist groups in Trinidad and Tobago, powered by young volunteers, prepare to ramp up their climate change and sustainability activism. IAMovement and New Fire Festival ...