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  16 September 2019
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Evangelicals in Lebanon and Syria distance themselves from "Christian Zionists" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Reverend Joseph Kassab, President of the Supreme Council of Evangelical Communities in Syria and Lebanon (in the photo), launched an appeal to local and global media to avoid expressions that ide ...
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  16 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Release Fr. Maccalli: a man of peace, a great man of God at the service of Niger for more than 10 years Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - "When even at night he heard a knock at the door of the mission, Fr. Gigi opened the door without fear. The person was generally an inhabitant of the village of Bomoanga, headquarters of the missi ...
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  16 September 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Xenophobia in South Africa; the Congolese Catholic laity: "No to temptation of revenge" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We follow with great attention, emotion and dismay, the xenophobic and barbaric acts", says an open letter from the Council of the Apostolate of the Catholic Laity of the Congo (CALCC) addres ...
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  16 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - The whole community awaits Fr. Maccalli in prayer Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - There has been no news regarding Father Gigi Maccalli, the priest of the Society for African Missions kidnapped by the diocese of Bomoanga (see Fides, 18/9/2018) since September 17, 2018. Despite ...
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  14 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Guanellian missionaries' commitment towards the disabled: "To promote the dignity and integral development of the person" Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a person with disabilities in Africa, almost always, means meeting a future of marginalization and poverty: here adequate health facilities are lacking and often socio-cultural barriers tr ...
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  14 September 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Bishops' alarm: The government seize schools Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - After having seized hospitals and dispensaries, the Eritrean State is starting to seize schools run by Catholic, but also Islamic and Protestant religious bodies. In the last two years, 29 clinic ...
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  14 September 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The new Bishop of Faisalabad consecrated: "Faith in action" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn liturgy held at the Liceo De La Salle in Faisalabad, with the participation of thousands of faithful, Cardinal Joseph Coutts Archbishop of Karachi, presided over the ceremony of ...
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  14 September 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Salesian school in Masaya commemorates the victims of repression and does not take part in the celebrations for the national holiday Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - "In the parents' meeting it was announced that the school continues to respect the mourning of families who lost a dear member during last year's protests: the school also respects the pain of st ...
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  13 September 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The trip promoted by Opera Romana Pilgrimage that crosses the "Way of the Holy Family" has been confirmed Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The next visit of pilgrim groups to Egypt by Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) will take place from 4 to 11 October. The program of the visit also includes some stages along the so-called "Way of th ...
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  13 September 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - National Missionary Congress in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - From September 19 to 22 the National Missionary Congress will be held in Madrid, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of Oct ...
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  13 September 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The forest has been burning for two months: the Bishops ask for the intervention of authorities and harsh sanctions for those responsible Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - For two months now the Bolivian forest has been burning in different parts without stopping. Some experts in the field consider that no intervention to extinguish the fire will succeed in a p ...
• 13 September 2019
  EUROPE/CZECH REP. - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Diac. Leos Halbrstat Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed permanent Deacon Leos Halbrstat, of the diocese of Hradec Kralove, his po ...
• 13 September 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Se ...
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  13 September 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino ecumenical forum: resume peace talks between government and rebel groups Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino Christians, gathered in an ecumenical forum, urge the government and communist rebel groups to resume peace talks and start new dialogue sessions to resolve the conflict. As Fides learns ...
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  13 September 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christus Vivit: the strength of young people to combat addictions Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people and drug abuse": this is the topic of the "Chat Room" radio in-depth program released by Tribe 92FM, a radio station dedicated and focused on young people in Papua New Guinea. ...