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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Sri Lankan government establishes a Council for reconciliation between religions Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will establish a special "Council for reconciliation between religions", with the aim of building interreligious coexistence in society and avoid ...
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  14 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Political tensions and identity crises in society: the prophetic role of the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The turbulent declarations of Ivorian politicians continue to feed serious threats to the political stability of our country, especially in view of the presidential elections of 2020", says Fat ...
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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - The Minister of tolerance presides over the official opening of the Christian archaeological site of Sir Bani Yas Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The oldest Christian archaeological site of the island of Sir Bani Yas, 200 km west of the city of Abu Dhabi, was opened on Thursday, June 13 following extensive improvements to the site that ...
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  14 June 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - President of the Rural Workers Union assassinated: violence and murders in the Amazon increase Parà (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazon ecclesiastical network (REPAM) of Brazil repudiates the violent action and the attack that killed leader, Carlos Cabral Pereira, president of the Union of Rural Workers (STR the acr ...
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  13 June 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishop in Flores: "The boom in vocations arises from faith lived in the family" Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Our local Church today is a missionary Church. We have over 500 priests and religious sent as missionaries to Indonesia and the world. We are a Church blessed by the Lord with many vocations to ...
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  13 June 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Gigi Maccalli still prisoner: "Stubborn witness of the Gospel among the poorest" Feriole (Agenzia Fides) - "Every time I read on the turret of our house of the Society for African Missions (SMA) in Genoa or in front of our house in Feriole 'Release Father Gigi' I ask myself and our community to ask t ...
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  13 June 2019
  AFRICA/MALI - President and Cardinal Zerbo bring their solidarity to the victims of Sobame Da massacre Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jean Zerbo Archbishop of Bamako and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta are in the village of Sobame Da this morning, in the Mopti region in central Mali, where in the night between 9 and ...
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  13 June 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missiology seminar on the subject of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – About forty missiologists from all over Brazil are participating in the National Missiology Seminar, from 10 to 14 June, at the Missionary Cultural Center (CCM), in Brasilia. The theme of the ...
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  13 June 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops to the government: we continue solidarity towards the Venezuelan brothers, 94% live in extreme poverty Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, President of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference (CEP) and President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), in a letter addressed to the President of the ...
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  13 June 2019
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem: Ateret Cohanim's real estate operations in the Old City threaten coexistence among monotheistic faiths Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Heads of Churches and ecclesial communities present in Jerusalem express "great surprise" at the speed with which the Supreme Court of Israel expressed itself in favor of the Jewish Ateret ...
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  13 June 2019
  VATICAN - The first African American Catholic priest and a PIME missionary among the new venerables Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - American priest Agostino Tolton (1854-1897), the first African American Catholic priest, and the lay religious of PIME Felice Tantardini (1898-1991), a missionary in Myanmar, are among the ...
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  12 June 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Caritas Kyrgyzstan joins the Caritas Internationalis family: "Mission is service to the needy" Biskek (Agenzia Fides) - "The official recognition of Caritas Kyrgyzstan within Caritas Internationalis means very much to us, because it makes us feel part of a large family and offers us more opportunities to serve the ...
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  12 June 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Bishops denounce: "Political intolerance threatens peaceful coexistence" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We are worried about the progressive increase of political intolerance which, in different parts of the country, provokes clashes and even victims", says the final statement, sent to Agenzia ...
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  12 June 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A new priest and seven deacons in the diocese of Tambura-Yambio: a sign of hope for the Church Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Tambura-Yambio celebrated the first ordination of a priest and seven deacons of the Seminary of St. John Paul on 7 June. This is what was reported to Agenzia Fides by Father Christ ...
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  12 June 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Joy and emotion for the release of 50 political prisoners Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Nicaragua on Tuesday at dawn released more than 50 political prisoners. Hundreds of people danced in the street amid music. Many were greeted with hugs and tears by family members waiting outs ...