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  3 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops recall Papa Wemba as Ambassador of the Congolese culture Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A committed Catholic Christian who gave witness of the Church spreading the message of the Synod of Bishops for Africa on reconciliation, justice and peace". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Nicolas ...
• 2 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Ingwawuma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 April 2016 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M., Pastor and Regional Superior of the Missionaries of Mariannhill in the Province of Umtata as Vicar Apostolic o ...
• 2 May 2016
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Mandeville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 1, 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Charles Dufour, Emeritus Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica as Apostolic Administrator of the vacant Diocese of Mandeville (Jamaica). ...
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  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Lessons in the native language for a group of indigenous children in Medellín Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to a program of inclusion offered by the Municipality of Medellin in Niquitao district, the area where many children live in precarious conditions, 77 indigenous children of Embera commu ...
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  2 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Youth Ministry with the works of mercy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people need to be involved, to experience mercy and to give mercy. Thus the Jubilee makes sense for them": says to Fides Fr. Jahanzeb Iqbal, a priest from Lahore, pastor of St. Antony and ...
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  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Accompany dialogue with ELN": the Church for peace and for the release of the hostages Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - "We received the request not to be guarantors, but to accompany, so we will be present to moderate the talks, we hope this helps to make them more effective and bring us towards peace as soon a ...
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  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Alvarez Lagos:"Nicaragua is not at war! Buying tanks is contrary to our reality" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Nicaragua is not at war, Nicaragua does not want war, Nicaragua does not need war, nor heavy combat weapons", said the Bishop of Matagalpa, His Exc. Mgr. Rolando Jose Álvarez Lagos, criticiz ...
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  2 May 2016
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Formation for children on vulnerability and discrimination Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - A training session and reinforcement of the students, on the theme of support to the most vulnerable children and discriminated against, was recently held in the schools of Oh Cham Na (KSO ce ...
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  2 May 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Bishops of Aleppo: let us participate in the Passion of Christ, our suffering will not be in vain Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are children of the Resurrection, of Hope, and we firmly believe that this suffering will not be in vain: following the footsteps of the saints and martyrs, we add them to the Passion of Chri ...
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  2 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Nsukka after the massacre of 25 April: "A massacre announced; Where are the security forces?" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The most painful aspect of the Nimbo massacre is that it was announced, expected and executed without inhibition – in broad daylight!", says His Exc. Mgr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, Bishop of Nsuk ...
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  2 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Is Boko Haram moving to the south following the movements of the Fulani herdsmen? Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Climate change is pushing Fulani herdsmen from northern Nigeria to the south, but in this movement of population what is feared is that there could be Boko Haram fighters fleeing military operati ...
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  2 May 2016
  ASIA/PALESTINE - President Abu Mazen: we have a mission and a duty to protect the presence of Christians in the Middle East Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The protection of the Christian presence in Palestine and all the East "is for us a duty and a mission": this is how Palestinian President Abu Mazen reiterated his commitment to do everything h ...
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  29 April 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Caritas campaign to deal with the emergency: "Let’s put Ecuador back on its feet" Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign "levantemos Ecuador Juntos" (Let’s put Ecuador back on its feet) has just begun, promoted by Caritas of the Archdiocese of Portoviejo together with a major company operating in ...
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  29 April 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Oran appeals to everyone, including authorities, to take action against dengue Oran (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Oran, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo Zanchetta, has recently sent a letter to the community to urge all, including authorities, to increase their efforts against dengue. According to the local ...
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  29 April 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Church condemns xenophobic violence and ritual murders Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The government must anticipate events and make every effort to stop these behaviors", said Fr. Cleophas Lungu, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Zambia to Catholic agency CANAA, ...