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• 8 July 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Moramanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B., as Bishop of the Diocese of Moramanga (Madagascar), transferring him from the Diocese of Ambanja. (SL) (Agenz ...
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  8 July 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - The project to find new jobs for young Christians in the Gaza Strip is starting to bear fruit Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in cooperation of the Holy Family Parish, launched the job creation and capacity building program in the Gaza Strip. Nine months later, the 20 Christian youth b ...
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  8 July 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - The youth: "No to the new Chamber, a $ 200 million project" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Ghanaian youth have called on members of parliament of the republic to turn their minds from building a new parliament Chamber to accommodate over 600 members from the current seating capacity of ...
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  6 July 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - The Country's last Catholic hospital closed with force Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - In Eritrea, even the last Catholic hospital has been closed. On Friday 5 July, the nuns who ran the facility in Zager were forcibly taken away by the police and seals were placed on the doors. Th ...
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  6 July 2019
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - The missio ad gentes in the Acts of the Apostles Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Since the outset of his magisterium, Pope Francis has repeatedly called our attention to the necessity to bring about a major missionary awakening based on the evangelical approach to the C ...
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  6 July 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Female leadership for the mission in the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The 'Leadership for mission' course is designed by and for women who feel inspired by the Gospel to a vision of justice, freedom and dignity of the human being. Through a series of training sess ...
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  6 July 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "I spent the whole night reciting the rosary", says the Archbishop of Bamenda kidnapped by separatists Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "I told them they cannot achieve their goals by practicing evil, because evil can only lead to evil", said His Exc. Mgr. Cornelius Fontem in an interview on Cameroon's national television Esua, ...
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  6 July 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Stanziati dal governo i primi fondi per preparare la possibile visita di Papa Francesco ASIA/IRAQ - The government has allocated the first funds to prepare for the possible visit of Pope Francis Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government has already allocated part of the funds destined to prepare for t ...
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  6 July 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Renewing the missionary spirit: a formation program at the Gregoriana University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the challenges that the various contexts of religious and cultural pluralism pose to faith in the Church's mission, through a "theological, intellectual and spiritual renewal": this i ...
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  6 July 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - General Secretary of the Holy Childhood: promoting missionary spirituality among children and young people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo is alive, lively and present at every level, and shows particular attention in the human and Christian education of children and young people ...
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  5 July 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - A new Catholic radio station to reach the poorest of the poor Lae (Agenzia Fides) - "The role of communications in everyday life is fundamental. Not only does it help share information and knowledge, but it also contributes to developing relationships between people, and to forming ...
• 5 July 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary in Ibadan, Fr. Anthony Ovayero Ewherido Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, 2019, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Anthony Ovayero Ewherido, of the diocesan clergy of Warri (Niger ...
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  5 July 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - Missionary animators at school in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - In the first week of July, the Warsaw Missionary Formation Center hosted the School for second-degree missionary animators, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). The course was att ...
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  5 July 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - President Assad and Patriarch Younan at the Syrian-Catholic youth meeting Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Syria "have never been foreigners", but they have helped to build the Syrian civilization by bringing its message to the whole world, side by side with their "Muslim brothers". Th ...
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  5 July 2019
  AFRICA/CONGO - The body of a priest kidnapped at the end of June has been found Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) – “Investigations are underway to better understand the circumstances of the death of Fr. Paul. For this reason we prefer not to issue statements at the moment”, say sources of the dioce ...