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  16 October 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops: violence against religious minorities on the rise; we urgently need the Action Plan for Human Rights Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent weeks there has been an alarming increase in violent episodes in particular against religious minorities. Some of the most recent incidents include the profanation of crosses on tombs ...
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  16 October 2019
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Middle East Council of Churches: the territorial unity of Syria must be safeguarded Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Middle East Council of Churches followed with deep sorrow and pain the martyrdom and wounding of hundreds of Iraqis last week, and is currently following with greater pain the Turkish attacks ...
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  16 October 2019
  VATICAN - Extraordinary missionary Month: the first missionary activity is prayer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pauline Jaricot, a French lay woman, now Venerable, who in 1822 founded the Society of the Propagation of the Faith, conceived and placed prayer at the beginning of the missionary activity ...
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  16 October 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Peaceful vote, despite tensions on the eve Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential, political and provincial elections in Mozambique took place yesterday, October 15th. According to information gathered by Fides, the vote was not marked by episodes of violence, ...
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  15 October 2019
  EUROPE/CZECH REP. - "Following the footsteps of the Missionary Saints", in the Extraordinary Missionary Month Proseč (Agenzia Fides) - A Mission Day was held in Proseč, a city in the Czech Republic near Skuteč, entitled "Following the footsteps of missionary Saints". More than 110 small and big missionaries from the diocese o ...
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  15 October 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The vocation of women religious: to pray and work for peace in Africa and in the world Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) "The world needs leaders, men and women, peacemakers": said Archbishop Emeritus of the archdiocese of Dar es Salaam, Cardinal Polycarp Pengo on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the fo ...
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  15 October 2019
  VATICAN - Study day on Cardinal Newman, "the Augustine of modern times" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "On the eve of the canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman, this day dedicated to the study of the Blessed introduces us not only to the better knowledge of the multiform, extraordinary, ...
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  15 October 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Study of the Catholic religion and the Bible in public schools: the Bishops say "Yes" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Filipino bishops have welcomed the government's move to introduce the study of the Catholic religion and the reading of the Bible in public, primary and secondary schools. "It is a good propo ...
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  15 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appeal by the Head of State: "Let us not fall into the trap of sectarian war" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "These attacks aim to weaken the way we live together, passed down through our ancestors, and that we must safeguard at all costs", said the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, in his m ...
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  15 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The promotion of better working conditions at the center of the international meeting of young Christian workers in West Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to transmit a family spirit, of solidarity, through the promotion of better working conditions which consists in the promotion of man in all its dimensions", says the coordinator of the ...
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  15 October 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Agreement reached between President Moreno and indigenous leaders put an end to protests Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference and the representation of the United Nations in Ecuador have published a joint statement to inform that the President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, has officially ...
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  14 October 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Political and religious leaders mourn Archbishop Jala’s death in the United States Shillong (Agenzia Fides) - Condolences and expressions of solidarity and deep gratitude were expressed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who led political and religious leaders to mourn the death of 68-year-old Arch ...
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  14 October 2019
  AFRICA/CHAD - Extraordinary Missionary Month: "We do not reach faith alone or through our own efforts" says the Bishop of Goré N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "By decreeing the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the Pope wants to give each of us the opportunity to realize that our faith in Jesus Christ manifested in baptism is first and foremost a gift ...
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  14 October 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pilgrimage of the Virgin of Zapopan Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faith of Mexicans expressed itself publicly on October 12, in the traditional pilgrimage of the Virgin of Zapopan, in Mexico. Nearly two million faithful accompanied "La Generala", ...
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  14 October 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops call for "transparent elections for authentic democracy" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We are heading towards these elections in a climate of distrust, for fear of a possible manipulation of the electoral process. This situation leads us to demand that all voters go to the polls, ...