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  11 September 2019
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Today the funeral of the nun who assisted the sick and needy Sao Joao da Madeira (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of a nun of the Congregation of the Servants of Mary Ministers of the Sick, Sister Antonia Pinho, 62, Portuguese, will be held today in the Portuguese town of Sao Joao da ...
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  11 September 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - The PMS involved in the training of school religious teachers Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - For some years the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland have begun to organize retreats for lay catechists in various dioceses in the country. The specificity of Poland, informs the note ...
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  10 September 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call society to "increase efforts for much desired reconciliation" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On the second anniversary of the apostolic visit of Pope Francis to Colombia (6-11 September 2017) the Bishops renew the appeal to all Colombian citizens to "assume and accelerate the path to de ...
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  10 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - New anti-conversion law in Himachal Pradesh: an act against religious freedom Shimla (Agenzia Fides) - "This new law is a clear expression of the state's intention to limit the right to freedom of conscience and religion. As a multi-ethnic nation composed of different religious groups, India must ...
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  10 September 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "Remain in the heart of Jesus": the Church thanks Pope Francis who "has traced a path" Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The journey of Pope Francis was extraordinary, full of encounters and emotions. Francis reminded the Bishops that a Pastor must be close to God, to his priests, close to the people. Madagasca ...
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  10 September 2019
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Pastoral worker committed to defending creation killed Suchitepéquez (Agenzia Fides) - Diana Isabel Hernández Juárez, a 35-year-old teacher and coordinator of the Pastoral of Creation of the parish church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Suchitepéquez (Guatemala) was murdered ...
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  10 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Feminicides: "May God free men from the belief that we possess women", says His Exc. Mgr. Phalana Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - While the wave of violence against Nigerian migrants does not stop (see Fides, 5/9/2019), South African society is confronted with another form of widespread violence: that against women. L ...
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  10 September 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - "Curfew for Ashura" imposed by Shiite militias in the Nineveh Plain, where the "return" of Christians remains weak Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Ashura Islamic feast celebrated mainly in Shiite Islam, the Shiite militiamen of Hashd al-Shaabi (People's Mobilization Forces) imposed a curfew on the Nineveh plain and in ...
• 10 September 2019
  EUROPE/GERMANY-AACHEN - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Dirk Bingener Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Dirk Bingener, of the archdiocese of Cologne as National Director of ...
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  9 September 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Caritas containers blocked by the government for almost a year; no help to the poorest Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "This way of proceeding is an exercise of irrational authoritarianism", is this the message the regime sends us? We cannot remain in total silence, we cannot be silent", said Mgr. Abelardo Mata, ...
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  9 September 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "A population abandoned to itself. Pope Francis is right in denouncing corruption", says a missionary Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "Most of the population of Madagascar lives in extreme poverty caused largely by the lack of distribution of the resources of which the country is rich", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Cosimo Al ...
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  9 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Two Catholic priests and a catechist arrested for "proselytism": for the church it is an abuse Bhagalpur (Agenzia Fides) - Police in the state of Jharkhand, in eastern India, took into custody two Catholic priests and a catechist on charges of having led the conversion of religious faith to the people of a village ...
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  9 September 2019
  ASIA/OMAN - A new Catholic church built in the Sultanate in just 18 months Salalah (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand people took part in civil ceremonies and liturgical celebrations that took place on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December in the Sultanate of Oman, on the occasion of the inaugur ...
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  9 September 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A new College of Theology with specialization in interreligious dialogue Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The "Silsilah" movement for dialogue has launched a new educational institute in the city of Zamboanga: the Emmaus College for Theology, which offers a Bachelor's degree in Theology, with spec ...
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  7 September 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Women's participation in politics: interreligious symposium ahead of the elections Dodoma (Agenzia Fides) - "The Constitution of Tanzania states that authority and control belong to the people, and all women have the right to participate in the promotion of the economy of the country. This is an expect ...