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  9 August 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "No to violence and abuse, starting from within the Church and in families", the Bishops say Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We will enhance structures for reporting any cases of abuse; and we commit to accompany victims in their healing process, and especially bring perpetrators to account", say the Bishops of ...
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  9 August 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - The election of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople on the agenda in the first half of December Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian apostolic community headed by the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, based in Istanbul, is preparing to elect the new Patriarch, and in recent days has launched its organizat ...
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  9 August 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Asian Christian leaders to the government: "It is urgent to face the Rohingya crisis" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to face the crisis linked to the presence and future of the Rohingya refugees: this is the appeal addressed by the main leaders of the Catholic Church in Asia to the Bangladesh Interi ...
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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Lake Aral: common commitment to repair the natural disaster Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "I discovered Lake Aral when I was still a university student and in 1978, I started studying it. What I have understood in recent years is that the disaster created by human hands can be repaire ...
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  8 August 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Interfaith Peace Foundation for Peace in Africa commits to a peaceful vote in 2020 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Interfaith Peace Foundation in Africa (IFAP), intends to actively participate in the promotion of peace and social cohesion before, during and after the presidential and political elections ...
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  8 August 2019
  AFRICA/MALI - The climate of tension and insecurity is growing in the central region of the Country Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The central region of Mopti has been for months the scene of inter-communal violence. Military and security sources confirmed the news of two Malian soldiers and two civilians killed on Monday 5 ...
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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - "An effort for peace and reconciliation" is needed for Kashmir Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kashmir is delicate and requires an effort on behalf of everybody, for peace and reconciliation, so that the situation does not degenerate: today let us accompany this moment wi ...
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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite priest found dead in Mar Shaaya monastery Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – On August 7, Fr. Elie Najjar, who belonged to the Antonine Maronite Order, was found in his bedroom in the Mar Shaaya Monastery with a gunshot wound to the head. He was 57 years old, from the ...
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  7 August 2019
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Financial autonomy and economic development: great challenge for the Church in Africa Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Financial autonomy of the churches in Africa and economic development of the African populations are the two complementary realities widely discussed in the XVIII Plenary Assembly of the Symposi ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in 23 States of India: 158 incidents in six months New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The first six months of 2019 witnessed 158 incidents of violence against Christians in 23 states of India, in which 110 women and 89 children were also injured: this is stated in a note sent t ...
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  7 August 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Historic peace accord signed in view of Pope Francis' visit Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo Ossufo Momade leader signed a historic peace accord yesterday, 6 August. The signing ceremony took place in Peace Square in Maputo, which was attended by several ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Five years after the flight of Christians, tensions between the army and paramilitary militias in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly five years after the mass exodus that emptied the villages of the Nineveh Plain in one night, that region known as the area of historical roots of indigenous Christian communities in the t ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Congress of Asian theologians reflects on "Creation" and "salvation" Medan (Agenzia Fides) - "Creation" and "salvation" are the theological themes at the center of the ninth Congress of Asian Christian Theologians (CATS-IX), the largest Pan-Asian theological summit, which opened on August ...
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  6 August 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - " What do you think God is asking of us in Australia?": Catholics towards the Plenary Council Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time?" This is the central question, proposed by the National Centre for Pastoral Research of the Australian Catholic Church. The Counc ...
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  6 August 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government "legalizes" another 88 churches built without permits. The total number rises to 1109 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt the process of "legalization" of Christian places of worship built in the past without the necessary permits is proceeding at a fast pace. In recent days, the ad hoc governmental committe ...