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  4 November 2019
  VATICAN - The Pope and mission: “Without Jesus we can do nothing” At the end of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, we are providing a few extracts from the book-length interview of Gianni Valente from Fides News Agency with Pope Francis, in which the Pope emphasizes that “Either the ...
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  4 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church reaffirms commitment to justice, truth and the common good La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - With the declaration "Understanding and peace, with truth and justice", the Bolivian Bishops' Conference expresses its deep concern about the current situation in the country, calls for an end to ...
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  29 October 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops on beach pollution: there is no future for humanity without respect for the common home Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The patches of oil and oily waste that have reached the beaches of the Brazilian Northeast since the beginning of September, causing the death of animals and damage to tourist resorts, have led ...
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  29 October 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - In the extraordinary missionary Month, biblical convention in Madhya Pradesh Indore (Agenzia Fides) - The nine dioceses of Madhya Pradesh, in central India, organized a three-day "biblical convention" in Indore, from 25 to 27 October, bringing together over 6,000 faithful, including bishops, prie ...
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  29 October 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Extraordinary missionary Month: new technologies as a tool to "preach from the roofs" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The continuous evolution of the mass media and communication landscape requires a proactive approach on behalf of the Church, so that it can remain close to people. This is what Agatha Fere ...
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  29 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Closure of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: "Missionary awakening is part of our daily lives", says the Director of the PMS Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "Missionary awakening must not be limited just to the month of October, decreed by Pope Francis, but must be part of our daily life", said the National Director of the Pontifical Mission So ...
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  29 October 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Cardinal Suharyo: "The Pope appreciates the Pancasila" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope appreciates the values of the Pancasila (the Charter of the five principles, ed) at the base of the Indonesian nation, which strives to contribute to building peace in the world, devel ...
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  29 October 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "The people of Nicaragua are no longer afraid", says the Bishop of Matagalpa Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, issued a video interview, shared with Fides, in which he analyzes the reality of his diocese and that of Nicaragua. First of all, B ...
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  29 October 2019
  AFRICA - Large areas of East Africa devastated by floods Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The violent floods that hit several areas of East Africa have caused death and destruction in South Sudan, Kenya and Somalia. In Kenya, at least 29 people died in the floods that hit 25 counties ...
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  28 October 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - XIV Scalabrinian General Chapter begins: migrants and refugees "at the center of the Church" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The XIV General Chapter of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) opened, with the theme "Consecrated for the mission with migrants and refugees. ‘Walk humbly with your Go ...
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  28 October 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Vote with conscience and attention to the common good: the Church indicates the criteria for the presidential elections Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Participate in the vote with conscience and enthusiasm, choosing candidates who care about the common good of the country, considering challenges such as economic and social development, reconci ...
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  28 October 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The Catholic community restarts from the extraordinary missionary Month Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "In the extraordinary Month that the Church wanted to dedicate to missions, we decided to meet every day to recite the prayer of the Rosary. For this reason, we meet with the faithful in the pa ...
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  28 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Dal Toso closes the National Mission Congress: now may each one of us evangelize through words and with our lives Benin city (Agenzia Fides) - It is not enough to organize a Congress on the topic of evangelization if this does not have an impact on the life of all those who have participated, so that each one of us may evangelize th ...
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  28 October 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Vargas: a country in the search and commitment to find solutions Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the painful events we have seen these days, beyond the urgent need to face its serious consequences for the good of the entire population, with responsibility and according to the ...
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  28 October 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "No to the attempt to provoke an ethnic and religious crisis", says the Premier, Nobel Peace Prize Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "An attempt to provoke an ethnic and religious crisis". Thus the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali, described the violence that caused the death of 67 people last week in the great ...