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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Lay people reaffirm the commitment to being a "Church that goes forth " and to evangelize all areas Ypacarai (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church that goes forth, the lay faithful must be concerned and committed to all dimensions of contemporary reality: ecclesial, social, political, economic, cultural and environmental in t ...
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  28 March 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun thanks Putin also for supporting Christians in the Middle East Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun, during his recent visit to Moscow, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin also for the present and future support guaranteed by Russia to Christian communities i ...
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  28 March 2019
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The cathedral of Ziguinchor risks collapsing; "Why don't the authorities start safety measures?" Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of March, the roof of our cathedral is falling apart. Part of the church is now closed to the faithful for security reasons. If security measures are not taken in coming days, ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholics committed to combating feminicides and gender-based violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to deepen, through an open, interdisciplinary dialogue, issues related to discrimination based on gender, its influence on the family reality and on the problems of social exclusion ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Dilma Ferreira Silva, the first social activist murdered in the Amazon in 2019 Tucurui (Agenzia Fides) - A "rapid investigation of the crime" and the implementation of "security measures for people damaged by the construction of dams throughout Brazil" are the requests contained in the statement of ...
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  27 March 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the patronal feast of Urbaniana, an instrument at the service of the Gospel and of the Church in the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As Maria was the "home of the Word, of the Verbum" accepted and believed, so our University is also the "place of the Word", where a formative community lives and the teaching body interac ...
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  27 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. John Bako Shekwolo kidnapped, parish priest of Saint Teresa of Ankuwa, in the State of Kaduna Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Yet another kidnapping of a Catholic priest in Nigeria. According to news sent to Agenzia Fides Fr. John Bako Shekwolo was kidnapped on March 25 in his home in the village of Ankuwai, in the state ...
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  27 March 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Elections are being prepared: Catholics at work for a "responsible vote" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Filipino Church is committed to ensuring "a responsible vote" on the eve of the "mid-term elections" in the Philippines, scheduled for May 13th. A special ecclesial body, the "Parish Pastoral ...
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  27 March 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Climate change and displacement: the alarm of Caritas Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "The time has come for us to work side by side with the people of Manam, with the authorities of Bogia and Madang and with the national government, to bring tangible changes to the well-bei ...
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  27 March 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Suboro TV inaugurated, a television network linked to the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A television channel born to serve "the glory of God and the growth of the Holy Church". This is the challenging and high-sounding business card with which Suboro TV was presented, the television ...
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  27 March 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic nurses and doctors on a spiritual journey, to give Christ at work Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – To give adequate spiritual assistance to doctors, nurses, Catholic health workers who, especially in Dhaka, fail to attend Sunday Mass because of their professional activity: as Agenzia Fides le ...
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  27 March 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops on religious freedom: "To recognize conscientious objection" La Paz (Fides) - The General Secretary of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference (CEB), Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, OFM, Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, presented a bishops’ statement on two current issues in the country, on March 2 ...
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  26 March 2019
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Pastoral care of migrants, a great opportunity for the Catholic Church in Switzerland Zurich (Agenzia Fides) - "If we manage to intensify coexistence between local faithful and immigrants and to make their cohabitation more gratifying, the pastoral care of migrants represents a great opportunity for the C ...
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  26 March 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Violence and death will never be paths of peace and justice Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In Argentina, March 24 is now commonly called the "National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice" (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia), because it recalls the coup d'ét ...
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  26 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The continuous massacres in various parts of Nigeria risk sinking the Country into anarchy" warn the Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The culture of death is increasingly part of our daily lives" denounce the Bishops of Nigeria in the message at the end of their first Plenary Assembly, referring to the "continuous horrific kill ...