News

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  12 February 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Happiness and sadness together", after the cancellation of the accusations against the bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "I am both happy and sad", said Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, at the head of the diocese of Caloocan, north of Manila, to Agenzia Fides, who welcomed the prosecutors decision to drop "sedition" ch ...
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  12 February 2020
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Caritas Senegal: More than 7 million people in food crisis in the Sahel region Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – More than 7 million people are affected by food insecurity in the Sahel region. This was stated by Caritas Senegal, which held its 56th Plenary Assembly in Ziguinchor, from 8 to 9 February. The ...
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  12 February 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - After the 33rd Security Summit, "a political conscience in love with democracy" is expected Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Will there be concrete actions for the well-being of African populations or will it be a routine event as always? This is the question that many Africans are asking at the end of the 33rd Su ...
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  12 February 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Publication of "Querida Amazonia" on the anniversary of the murder of Sister Dorothy Parà (Agenzia Fides) - Five years ago, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the violent death of Sister Dorothy Stang, the Bishop of the Prelature of Alto Xingu-Tucuna (Brazil) and President of the Indigenous Missiona ...
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  12 February 2020
  VATICAN - The «great missionary proclamation» of Querida Amazonia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church «is called to journey alongside the people of the Amazon region» and to develop a Church with an «Amazonian face». But «for this incarnation of the Church and the Gospel to be possi ...
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  8 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Safeguarding creation and social responsibility among the objectives of Caritas in the new year Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "A new year has began: for Caritas Kazakhstan it is a new beginning made up of many challenges, many emotions, new initiatives and old and new friends. We thank all those who joined us in 2019 an ...
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  8 February 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A missionary: "To bring the Gospel of Christ into society" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Bangladesh is called to give greater emphasis and responsibility to lay Catholics, trying to make understood that the apostolate is not only the ecclesial service, in the context of ...
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  8 February 2020
  VATICAN - In prayer and on the march against human trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There will be numerous missionaries, priests, religious, nuns and lay people who have come from all continents, at the prayer vigil that is to be held in the Basilica of Sant'Antonio al Laterano, i ...
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  8 February 2020
  VATICAN - The commitment of Churches and missionaries against "human traffickers", in the name of Santa Marta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries and consecrated persons are at the forefront: the phenomenon of human trafficking, with its tragic and ruinous impact on often poor and destitute communities, at all latitudes, ...
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  8 February 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Education for girls from poor families: religious women in the front line Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - In Tanzania, studying is still a privilege. Although education is formally promoted by public authorities, it is difficult for boys and girls to attend regular school courses. Among the pr ...
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  31 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Oratio imperata" to ask God for protection from the coronovirus outbreak Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "God our Father we come to You in our need to ask Your protection against the N-coronavirus that has claimed lives and has affected many. We pray for Your grace for the people tasked with studyi ...
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  31 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: Trump's "Plan" for the Holy Land is "a sign of war and hatred" Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) - Calling U.S. President Donald Trump’s Peace-to-Prosperity plan a “unilateral initiative,” church leaders in the Holy Land said it did not give “dignity and rights” to the Palestinians. ...
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  31 January 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - At the service of vulnerable people: pastoral challenges on the border between Colombia and Venezuela Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Manifesting the Holy Father's concern for border situations, sharing the Church's charitable activities in favor of the most vulnerable people in that context is the objective of the meeting orga ...
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  31 January 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious leaders are committed to contributing to national pacification Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Positive progress has been made but serious problems remain that if they are not dealt with responsibly, the change that the Congolese people manifested vigorously will remain a vain slogan", ...
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  31 January 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Give this Country a chance": Nuncio's appeal to participants in the Dialogue Conference Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "As I said last December 17 at the opening of the seminar that was held here, it is through dialogue among protagonists that a satisfactory solution can emerge to get out of the crisis. I ...