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  10 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Attack against soldiers on the border with Mali; according to a Bishop, the jihadists intend to occupy the Sahel region Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Suspected Islamic militants killed at least 25 soldiers on Thursday in an attack that came just a month after the worst jihadist assault on the military in years. The attack, which also left doze ...
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  9 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "Let us pray for peace in the Middle East" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinale, Archbishop of Manila, appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, urges the Filipino faithful to pray for the peace and security of p ...
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  9 January 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops appeal at the beginning of the year: let us stop war and violence, the result of intolerance and interests Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico launch an appeal "to stop the violence caused by the intolerance of ideas and the struggle of the interests with each other", in a message published on January 8 with t ...
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  9 January 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - A missionary: "There are no large highways for evangelization, but small paths that must be sought every day" Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "I had already visited some farms in the middle of the wooded savannah, behind Kadambara, towards the south a few days ago, where there is a pressing need for water", says to Agenzia Fides Fat ...
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  9 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Procession of the Black Nazarene: "Our mission is love" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - About two million Filipinos have flocked since the early hours of today, January 9, the streets of Manila, occupying the district of Quiapo, to venerate an image of Jesus Christ carrying the cros ...
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  9 January 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Assembly of Bishops examines the ecclesial and socio-political reality; call for respect for the National Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - While the ordinary plenary assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) is taking place, the 41 Bishops of the various ecclesiastical circumscriptions of the country have published a ...
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  9 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops to Lebanese politicians: do not drag the country into the conflicts that are stirring the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese politicians must do everything possible to strengthen Lebanon's national cohesion and keep the country safe from the new winds of war that are stirring the entire region. The Bishops of ...
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  9 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A caravan of peace, reconciliation and development in preparation for the October 2020 presidential election Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2011, peace has been the main concern in the minds of Ivorians. Indeed, after more than a decade of political-military crisis in the Ivory Coast (2002-2011), the Ivorians in general and th ...
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  8 January 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Archbishop Gualberti: "the right of citizenship to Jesus Christ must be restored" Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians are facing the great challenge of giving back the right of citizenship to Jesus Christ, the Son of God made man for the good of all humanity, because his presence has ...
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  8 January 2020
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The earth does not stop shaking, destruction and fear everywhere Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - The land of the island of Puerto Rico continues to tremble due to a series of earthquakes that have taken place since the end of December, and the population sleeps outside their home, in cars or ...
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  8 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In the Jubilee of the Church in Ivory Coast, the jubilee of the Society for African Missions Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Ivory Coast celebrated 125 years of evangelization: the fathers of the Society for African Missions (SMA) were pioneers for the missionary work in the country (see Fid ...
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  8 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Diocesan pilgrimage: women of the Catholic Church join forces to pray for peace in the Country Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic women in the face of politics". This is the theme on which the women of AFEC, the Association of Women of the Catholic Church of the Dioceses of Yamoussoukro and Agboville reflect ...
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  8 January 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian leaders in the ruling party: the new citizenship law is not inclusive and needs to be expanded New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), approved in India in December, discriminates against Muslims, is not inclusive and needs to be expanded: this is what a group of 15 between C ...
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  8 January 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - Putin and Assad visit the Greek Orthodox cathedral in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday 7 January, Russian President Vladimir Putin, visiting Damascus, went to the Greek Orthodox cathedral of the Syrian capital, together with Syrian President Bashar Assad. The two polit ...
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  7 January 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - "We must be the builders of the civilization of love": young people on mission in the country during the holidays Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,500 young people arrived on Saturday 4 January at the San Joaquin campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, full of enthusiasm to dedicate their summer holidays, just s ...