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  24 October 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Ethical strengthening of the democratic system": the request of the Bishops to the presidential candidates Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2017 Ecuador will vote for the President and Vice-President of the country. At the end of the Annual Plenary Assembly, the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE) called on the "ethi ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "transition period will have to end in 2017; majority and the opposition may find agreement" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops "take note of the resolutions" of the two meetings that were held recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo to lead the Country out of the serious crisis caused by the ...
• 24 October 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Bishop of Ebolowa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 October 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Philippe Alain Mbarga, Rector of the Inter-diocesan Major Seminary of Theology in Nkolbisson (Yaoundé) as Bishop of Ebolowa (Cameroon). R ...
• 24 October 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Archbishop of Garoua, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 October 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Antoine Ntalou. The Holy Father a ...
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  24 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Battle of Mosul, the NGOs: "It is urgent to ensure the safety of civilians" Nineveh (Agenzia Fides) - While the Kurdish peshmerga are now at the gates of Mosul and Isis prepares its last resistance in Iraq's second city, the arrival of displaced people in camps in the southern areas of the gover ...
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  24 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - "Becoming a Nation": Christian philosophers confront each other Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are proud to live in a country that is sovereign, secular, a democratic republic, with a Constitution that protects the fundamental rights of its citizens. The Indian tradition of plurality a ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest killed in Lubumbashi; Bishops denounce attacks on parishes and convents Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Don Joseph Mulimbi Nguli, 52, vicar of the parish of San Martino in the municipality of Katuba, Lubumbashi, capital of Upper Katanga Province was killed by unknown persons in the southern Demo ...
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  21 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Laudato Sì" in Urdu: reference point for the care of environment in Pakistan Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – The encyclical 'Laudato Sì', translated in Urdu and distributed to the faithful, is the reference point for the care of environment in Pakistan: said Bishop Joseph Arshad, Pastor of Faisal ...
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  21 October 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Let us open our eyes" campaign for the prevention of trachoma in Ethiopia Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Following the success of the first issue, Italian non-profit organization CBM (Christian Mission for the blind in the world) launches the second issue of Occhiolino, the magazine which was born fr ...
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  21 October 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Greater commitment of Catholics in politics: The Glynn Institute's launch Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Institute, named after Patrick McMahon Glynn, one of the drafters of the Australian Constitution, has been established to provide the Catholic community with a standing capacity to analyse pu ...
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  21 October 2016
  VATICAN - Sunday, October 23: Mission Day n. 90 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 23 World Mission Day, established exactly 90 years ago, will be celebrated. In its plenary meeting in March 1926 in fact, the Superior Council of the Pontifical Society ...
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  21 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Domund 2016: thirteen thousand Spanish missionaries in the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – There are more than 13 thousand Spanish missionaries working all over the world. Among these, two lay missionaries have set up a shelter home for abandoned children in Bayaka, in southern Chad. ...
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  21 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Justice and Peace: "the clash between the Minister of Finance and President causes damage to the poor" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The poor must not become victims of battles within the ruling party". This is the meaning of the message signed by His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Bishop of Kimberley and President of the Episc ...
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  21 October 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Let us avoid post-election war, we do not want to be refugees" warn the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We should always remember that we have only one Country called Ghana and that, this Country is the only home that we have", said His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, Bishop of Konongo-Mampong and Pre ...
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  21 October 2016
  VATICAN - WORLD MISSION DAY - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2016 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, which this year celebrates it 90th anniversary on Sunday, October 23, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of t ...