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  20 October 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious confessions announce the rapid appointment of the new head of the Electoral Commission Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The platform of religious denominations of the Democratic Republic of Congo is committed to choosing its candidate for the presidency of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ...
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  19 October 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - V Meeting for Pastoral Operators of Human Mobility in Bolivia, Chile and Peru Antofagasta (Agenzia Fides) - In order to analyze the situation of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking, the V Meeting of Bishops and Pastoral Operators of Human Mobility in Bolivia, Chile and Peru will be ...
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  19 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the "wall of Jerusalem" disfigures the face of the Holy City Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of a dividing wall between the Jewish and the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem, "saddens us and disfigures the face of the Holy City. If this policy of separation continues, ea ...
• 19 October 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of Rector of the "Lux Mundi" Major Seminary in Bangkok Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 September 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples appointed rev. Peter Charoen Vongprachanukul of the diocesan clergy of Ratchabur ...
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  19 October 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Share the beauty of consecrated life with a testimony of joy Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, October 22, the third edition of "EXPO charisma 2015" will begin, organized by the Conference of Religious of Arequipa (Peru). This year the initiative takes a special characterist ...
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  19 October 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Bishop Emeritus who chose the mission: "A simple missionary, without any other titles" Kofele (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day His Exc. Mgr. Antonio Mattiazzo, Bishop emeritus of Padua, who since last September is "a simple missionary without any other titles" as he defined himself, i ...
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  19 October 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mining activity in Rancho Grande is "not feasible": listen to the people and the Church Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Nicaragua, led by Daniel Ortega, declared the beginning of the mining activity in the municipality of Rancho Grande, Matagalpa "not feasible", through an official statement. ...
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  19 October 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Pope Francis" food bank for needy families in Villavicencio Villavicencio (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the opening of the special Jubilee of Mercy, on December 8, 2015, the Archdiocese of Villavicencio will inaugurate the new and refurbished food bank called "Pope Francis", to ...
• 19 October 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed rev. Noé Reynaldo Franco Velasquez as National Director of the Pontifi ...
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  19 October 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Elections: the high turnout of Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of institutions and religious communities launched several appeals to urge people not to boycott the polls and participate in parliamentary elections. Among the appeals there is al ...
• 17 October 2015
  VATICAN - World Mission Day: Catholic Church Statistics 2015 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, this year celebrated on Sunday, October 18, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the missionary Church all o ...
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  16 October 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Thousands of faithful at the closing celebrations of the Teresian Jubilee Avila (Agenzia Fides) - The V centenary of the birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus ended yesterday, Thursday, October 15, with the Holy Mass celebrated in the Great Market of Avila (Spain) by the President of the Spanish Epis ...
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  16 October 2015
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 115 institutions ready to accept refugees Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - There are 115 institutions that are willing to accept refugees, according to information revealed by the first General Assembly of the support platform for Refugees (PAR). The High Commissioner f ...
• 16 October 2015
  VATICAN - The Missionary Rosary for World Mission Day and the 50th anniversary of the "Ad Gentes" decree Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The students of the Pontifical Urban College, St. Peter, St. Paul and Mater Ecclesiae, run by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Mission Societies, which ...
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  16 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor killed in Jharkhand Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - A Protestant Pastor was killed in the state of Jharkhand, eastern India. As reported to Fides by the Evangelical Fellowship network of India, Chamu Hasda Purty, 54, of the Independent Pentecosta ...