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  9 November 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Evangelization and missionary activity: nuns at the forefront of women's education Bondoukou (Agenzia Fides) - "We have become what we are thanks to them. Until they arrived in our country, education for girls was very complicated", said one of the first students of the Catholic College of Transua in t ...
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  9 November 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic priest: violent fanaticism and occultism increase atheism and religious indifference among young people Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Only 33% of Egyptian youth consider the relationship with God really important, while the possibility of giving reasons with persuasive arguments of one’s own religious faith is shared only by 6 ...
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  9 November 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Bishops: "We need political leaders who work coherently and for the people" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "The disadvantage of the country, from violence in the streets to government crisis, show the situation in which we live ... despite the situation we have the opportunity to build the country w ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Renewal and future projects of Caritas, at the service of the most vulnerable Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "It is autumn, but these days in Kazakhstan there is a beautiful air of spring, of rebirth. And we can really feel that something new is happening for the Caritas of our country": as Agenzia Fide ...
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  8 November 2019
  VATICAN - The "red missionary thread" that links children and young people of the Holy Childhood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this edition "we would like to speak especially about them, the adolescents, an age that the Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) does not seem to be engaged with in any evident manner, ...
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  8 November 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Solidarity for West Papua: young people mobilize the Church and government authorities Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "How can we define ourselves as a Christian nation if we do not pay attention and help our neighbors?": Is the question raised during the debate on "Freedom for West Papua" by the students ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "misleading representations" of the initiatives of the Chaldean Patriarch regarding the protests in the streets have been rejected Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The recent meetings of Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako with the participants in the protest demonstrations taking place in Baghdad in no way expressed an "antagonistic" position of the lea ...
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  8 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Set aside sectoral interests: Bishops and UN representative call for an end to violence Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, and the Archbishop of Cochabamba, Oscar Omar Aparicio, together with their Auxiliaries, have invited to establish a sincere dialogue betwe ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Youth and new evangelization: the "Youcat" International Congress Iloilo (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization in the contemporary world: new roads, new forms, new potentials: with this spirit hundreds of "young missionaries" from different countries are attending the 2nd International "YO ...
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  7 November 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops: "Need to overcome the various forms of violence and build social friendship" Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask God to help us so that the democratic path is translated into a dignified life, integral development, work for all, access to health and quality education": this is what the Bishops of Arg ...
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  7 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops are "Pastors and administrators of God's delicate vineyard" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan we consider the protection of minors a priority and we are committed to working for the prevention of all forms of abuse, atrocities and violence against childr ...
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  7 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishops: to actualize the Abu Dhabi Document to improve dialogue with Islam Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - "Human fraternity for a peaceful Indonesia" is the theme of the Assembly of Indonesian Bishops, underway in Bandung (4-11 November), with the aim of "understanding the Abu Dhabi Document on huma ...
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  7 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Archbishop of Asunción: increasing the salaries of politicians instead of supporting the poorest is "immoral" Luque (Agenzia Fides) - The request to increase the salaries of politicians instead of allocating money to create and strengthen health, education and housing programs for the most vulnerable sectors of the population is ...
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  7 November 2019
  ASIA/NEPAL - Claretian Missionaries: care and education for earthquake victims Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Claretian missionaries are committed to building the future of orphan and poor children, victims of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, providing them with assistance and education. "We visited ...
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  6 November 2019
  AFRICA/TOGO - Faith and prayer at the conclusion of the Month of the Rosary and Missionary Month in the small community of Kolowaré Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "One had to be present to be immersed in the prayerful atmosphere, imbued with faith, of that moment. The Missionary Month and Rosary Month of October 2019 represented a time of intense prayer ...