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  1 July 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appeal by Caritas for areas hit by famine: "It is necessary to act immediately to prevent people from dying of hunger" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "To understand the hunger situation in the Country, the Catholic Church through Caritas Zambia working with Diocesan partners gathered information from the affected households", said His Exc. Mgr ...
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  28 June 2019
  VATICAN - Vocations increase in mission territories, their formation is the responsibility of the whole Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Priestly and religious vocations continue to blossom in the so-called 'mission' countries, as a sign and fruit of the vitality of faith, and these regions are already turning into missiona ...
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  28 June 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabite in Kabul: "Let us entrust negotiations between the US and the Taliban to the Sacred Heart of Jesus" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "Tomorrow, June 29, a seventh round of negotiations will begin between the United States and the Taliban. We all hope that an agreement can be reached that puts an end to an 18-year war. We want t ...
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  28 June 2019
  VATICAN - The Pope will hand over the Pallium to 31 Metropolitan Archbishops, 13 of the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the celebration that will preside in the Vatican Basilica for the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Saturday, June 29, the Holy Father Francis will bless and hand over the P ...
• 28 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Bishop of Bondoukou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Bruno Essoh Yedoh, of the clergy of Yopougon, currently Vicar General, as Bishop of the Diocese of Bondoukou (Ivory Coast). The rev. Bruno Essoh ...
• 28 June 2019
  VATICAN - Pastoral guidelines of the Holy See concerning the civil registration of clergy in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Below is the full text published by the Holy See Press Office on the pastoral guidelines of the Holy See concerning the civil registration of the clergy in China. "For some time reques ...
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  28 June 2019
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "I am confident: Tunisians will be able to react with strength and courage" says the Archbishop of Tunis Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "We distinctly heard the explosion that took place 200 meters from the Cathedral", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi, Archbishop of, where a suicide bomber detonated explosives ...
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  28 June 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A Jesuit: "The country is fertile ground for jihadist groups" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso was considered an open and tolerant country, where different faiths and ethnic groups coexisted peacefully; today it has become fertile ground for jihadist groups able to carry ...
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  28 June 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Unanimity in the OSA assembly is lacking, Maduro sends a second delegation Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - A diplomatic case opened during yesterday's session of the Organization of American States (OAS), held in Colombia: Uruguay has withdrawn in protest of the presence of an illegitimate delegatio ...
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  27 June 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Australian Bishops meet the Pope: new ways to witness Jesus Christ in society Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis has given his apostolic blessing to the Australian Catholic bishops and encouraged them to explore new ways of being missionary in Australia. The Bishops raised with Pope Francis a nu ...
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  27 June 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Solidarity campaign with Venezuelan migrants of the diocese of San Marcos de Arica Arica (Agenzia Fides) - About 700 Venezuelan emigrants, including children of all ages who urgently need attention, pregnant women, sick people exposed to bad weather, were left stranded on the border between Chacalluta ...
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  27 June 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Migrants, conflicts and violence in Nueva Pamplona: Bishops agree common commitment lines Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - Colombia is experiencing moments and conflicting situations. While in Arauca the Catholic community shows solidarity towards the Venezuelan brothers, on the other side of the country, in Cauca, k ...
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  27 June 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Prayer and fraternity: the faithful of Samarcanda celebrate St. John the Baptist Samarcanda (Agenzia Fides) - "The community of Samarcanda gathered in recent days to celebrate St. John the Baptist, a saint to whom the parish of the city is dedicated. We all prayed together and lived immediately after ...
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  27 June 2019
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Procedures have begun to authorize the construction of 17 Christian places of worship Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - There are 19 non-Muslim places of worship for communities residing in Abu Dhabi for over 33 years, for which authorization procedures are underway, according to the rules of the Emirate. This ...
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  27 June 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar scholars and exponents of the Churches united to face the new fragility of the family Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian House of the Family (an interreligious liaison body established for several years to prevent and mitigate sectarian conflicts) promoted a training course on the urgent needs of Christ ...