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  28 June 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - A new church for Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plain was inaugurated in Ankawa Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) – The new, large church inaugurated on Monday, June 27 by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I in Ankawa, a Christian-majority suburb of the city of Erbil, where many Christians fled their villages ...
• 28 June 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of Bishop of Malang, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 June 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Malang (Indonesia) by His Exc. Mgr. Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm., in ...
• 28 June 2016
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Hiroshima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 June 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S., rector of the National Catholic Seminary of Fukuoka as Bishop of the vacant Diocese of Hiroshima (Japan) ...
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  27 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commitment of the Dominicans of Lahore for poor children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Sisters in Pakistan have completed the construction of a new school building in Lahore with 12 classrooms, a teachers room and a playroom for all the children. The school has been o ...
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  27 June 2016
  AFRICA - "Break the Wall": to defend the rights of minors in precarious conditions Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A new initiative of the Spanish NGO Plan International launches an appeal for child education in Africa. Through the campaign "Break the Wall", the NGO wants to extend education to many young ill ...
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  27 June 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The process for the laws on the construction of churches and personal status continues Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new legislation on the construction of churches is a "priority" for Egyptian parliamentarians, who are engaged in last adjustments of the new legislative text containing the new provisions. Th ...
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  27 June 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christians in Antioch celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul together in the "Cave Church of Peter " Antakia (Agenzia Fides) - This year in Antakya, Turkey, Catholics and Orthodox will celebrate together the feast of Saints Peter and Paul at the "Cave Church of Peter", the ancient cave church on Mt. Silpius, reopened to ...
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  27 June 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops invite all Colombians to commit themselves to building peace Cúcuta (Agenzia Fides) - Several Bishops of Colombia have commented on the recent peace agreements. Among the various testimonies sent to Fides, we mention the Bishop of Cúcuta, His Exc. Mgr. Victor Ochoa, who said: " ...
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  27 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Get to the truth of the facts respecting the rights of the person Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - "It is essential to increase the importance of real professional preparation regarding all those who are to investigate on crimes in our society, so that by respecting the dignity of the human ...
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  27 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Archbishop of Vasai: "The laity is protagonist in the Church" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The laity have a very important role in the Church. In India we want to build a Church where the laity is the protagonist": is what His Exc. Mgr. Felix Machado, Archbishop of Vasai said, presidi ...
• 25 June 2016
  VATICAN - Statement from the Director of the Holy See Press Office Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Lombardi issued the following statement to reporters on June 23: "In response to the requests of news by several journalists I am in a positi ...
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  24 June 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Birth of a new Catholic community in Kokossa: catechumens - of the poorest of the poor Kokossa (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 19, Solemnity of Pentecost according to the liturgical calendar of the Ethiopian Church, a new Catholic Christian community was born in Kokossa, in Ethiopia, in the Oromia regi ...
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  24 June 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "A historic event, the first step to building peace" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Colombia recognizes the definitive agreement of Peace between the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) as "a historic event for t ...
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  24 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops pay a visit to the diocese of Maiduguri marked by the violence of Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are on a visit of solidarity with the people and the Church of Borno to see for ourselves the devastation caused by the activities of Boko Haram", said His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Leke Abegunrin, Ar ...
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  24 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops to resolve the conflict with teachers: Public dialogue and shared educational project Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The National Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral considers that dialogue in order to address and resolve the conflict with the teachers in Oaxacan should be public, and it is also necessary ...