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  28 January 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - A legal framework is needed that guarantees peaceful, credible, free and transparent elections Kara (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the presidential elections in Togo, the atmosphere between political powers and the Church remains very tense. "As in Ivory Coast, the Catholic Church in Togo is also accused of being ...
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  27 January 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Violence against the latest caravan of migrants", denounces a priest Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - About 500 Central American migrants of the caravan of migrants in the first group of 2020 took refuge in the diocesan "Belen" home-refuge in the diocese of Tapachula (Mexico). In a note sent ...
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  27 January 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Nessuna notizia sui 4 membri di SOS Chrétiens d’Orient scomparsi a Baghdad Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Four men working in Iraq for SOS Chretiens d'Orient (SOS Eastern Christians), a French Christian charity, have been missing since Monday 20 January in Baghdad. The missing workers were in Baghda ...
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  27 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - First-Ever Congress of Clergy in Ivory Coast planned for July Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Some time ago, in order to express their closeness to their priests and help them, support them in their pastoral and ministerial efforts, the Bishops decided to organize an extraordinary congr ...
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  25 January 2020
  VATICAN - A day devoted to the Bible should not be seen as a yearly event but rather a year-long event: initiatives in local Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "A day devoted to the Bible should not be seen as a yearly event but rather a year-long event, for we urgently need to grow in our knowledge and love of the Scriptures and of the risen Lord ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Human rights abuses, sectarian violence and discrimination in society: a new Report Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The standard of respect for human rights in Pakistan is worrying, especially for those who live in poverty, are of lower social status or belong to ethnic or religious minorities: this is what ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics remember a young Chinese priest and missionary of Tibetan ethnicity, who devoted his life for the Gospel Di Qing (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone remembers him as a holy man and as an ardent missionary: on the night of January 17, the feast of St Anthony Abate, a hermit, a man of solitary life and prayer, Fr. Joseph Ma Zha Xi, wh ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Fratelli Project": Lasallians and Marists together to help Syrian and Iraqi children Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The cooperation of the religious "Fratelli De La Salle" and "Fratelli Marists" bears fruit in Lebanon: the "Fratelli Project", promoted jointly by the two religious institutes, is a sure point of ...
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  25 January 2020
  AFRICA - Comboni missionaries, "men of the Word of God" on the African continent Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the first half of the last century the Comboni Missionaries (MCCJ) in Africa had produced - in addition to specialized studies disseminated in various articles for magazines and books - 63 gramm ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Week of prayer for Christian unity: the Council of the traditional Kazakh Church is born Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Kazakh Catholic Church, together with the Russian Orthodox Church and the Lutheran Church present in Kazakhstan, gave birth to the "Council of the traditional Christian Church of Kazakhstan". ...
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  24 January 2020
  VATICAN - "Sunday of the Word of God": the contribution of missionaries to translations into local languages Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, January 26, the first "Sunday of the Word of God" will be celebrated in the world, announced by Pope Francis with the Apostolic Letter "Aperuit Illis", so that "the life of our peop ...
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  24 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - 10 Christians and 7 Muslims (4 Shiites and 3 Sunnis) among the ministers of the next Lebanese government Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Almost three months after the resignation of the government led by Saad Hariri, in a political and social climate still marked by unresolved tensions, Lebanon is preparing to have a new governmen ...
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  24 January 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas project for children with disabilities: new collaboration with the state and with companies Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - In 2020, the project dedicated to children with down syndrome carried out by Caritas Kazakhstan will grow, thanks to new partnerships in the public and private sector. This is what the National D ...
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  24 January 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Message from the Bishops: Elections are a great opportunity to influence the course of events Lima (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the 115th Plenary Assembly of the Peruvian Episcopate (see Fides, 18/01/2020), the Episcopal Conference (CEP) has published its message, sent to Fides, which concerns the parli ...
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  24 January 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishops and Caritas against human trafficking: a social alarm Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Illegal activities, prostitution, drug laundering of arms and money continue to increase as foreign human trafficking operations are becoming dramatically "normal". This is the warning lau ...