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  19 October 2019
  VATICAN - Catholic Church Statistics 2019 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 93rd World Mission Sunday, October 20, 2019, which is celebrated in the context of the Extraordinary Missionary Month October 2019, announced by Pope Francis in the c ...
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  18 October 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Bishop of Bissau proposes the creation of a national reconciliation commission Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Many Countries in Africa have already given the example, having created reconciliation commissions and achieved important results. Why do some of our Guinean brothers do not want to believe in t ...
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  18 October 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Extraordinary Missionary Month: the international missionary school sows hope in the Diocese of Ancud Ancud (Agenzia Fides) - The Fazenda International Missionary School has sown hope in the diocese of Ancud, Chile, as witnessed by the Bishops’ Conference of Chile with the note sent to Fides. Among the celebrations pro ...
• 18 October 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kimbe and appointment of his successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea, presented by His Exc. Mgr. William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. The Pope has appoin ...
• 18 October 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of Coadjutor Bishop of Lashio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Lashio, Myanmar, the Reverend Father Lucas Dau Ze Jeimphaung, S.D.B., currently provincial counsellor and Rector of the S ...
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  18 October 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish media: the military offensive in Syria is not against Christians Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish military intervention in the north-east of Syria does not aim to hit or penalize the Christian communities present in that area, and the alarms launched in this regard by the media ...
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  18 October 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Make your dreams come true": the Academic Year begins at the Xuan Loc Higher Institute Xuan Loc (Agenzia Fides) - "You have chosen the school, place where you have nurtured your dreams, now fulfill them, transforming the teachings received into 'capital of life' and become witnesses of God in the various e ...
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  18 October 2019
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Extraordinary Missionary Month: priests ready for the mission ad gentes Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - The priests of the archdiocese of Kuching, in Malaysia and of the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei have renewed their commitment to the mission ad gentes. In living the extraordinary missionary Mon ...
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  18 October 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Extraordinary Missionary Month: lay people committed to evangelization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the parish of St. Pius, in the archdiocese of Blantyre, to host the culminating event of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, that is, the Sunday Eucharistic Celebration in which the ...
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  18 October 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - The beatification of Father Cremonesi, martyr, on the eve of Mission Day in the Extraordinary Missionary Month Crema (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday 19 October, on the eve of World Mission Sunday, in the heart of the Extraordinary Missionary Month announced by Pope Francis for this October 2019, the solemn liturgy of the Beatific ...
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  17 October 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Extraordinary missionary month: the missionary Rosary transmitted by digital channels and social media Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In the Extraordinary Missionary Month and on the eve of World Mission Sunday, at 7 pm (local time) today, October 17, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Colombia, t ...
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  17 October 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "With you, Luigi, we suffer, we pray and we hope": the missionaries recall and wait for Father Maccalli Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "It has been more than a year since we received the news of the abduction of Father Pier Luigi Maccalli, our friend and confrere. I still remember having received a call at the end of the celebra ...
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  17 October 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Hate campaign against the Church does not stop on social networks Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has three characteristics: one, holy, catholic and apostolic, but another characteristic is missing, which should be included in the Creed, that of being persecuted. This is ...
• 17 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis appointed the rev. Moses Chikwe of the clergy of Owerri, currently Director of Education of the Archdiocese of Owerri and collaborator of the parish of St. Thomas Mo ...
• 17 October 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the Rector of the “St. Francis Xavier” interdiocesan philosophical Seminary in Lahore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 7 August 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Almas Daniel Archangelus, of the clergy of the diocese of Faisalab ...