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  10 October 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian leaders called to be "peacemakers" in society Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Christian lay leaders are called to contribute to building peace in society. As Fides learns, this is what Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka and President of the Catholic Bishops' Co ...
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  10 October 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Investing in youth education is vital: the Church is at the forefront Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Education and the development of children and youth are the best investments a country can make to improve the progress of its future generation. This was the highlight of the meeting, held ...
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  10 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Opening of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: Ivorian Christians witness the Gospel of Christ without fear and without shame Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "With our baptism we are all missionaries, sent and witnesses of the Gospel of Christ and we must act without fear and without shame", said His Exc. Mgr. Alexis Touably Youlo, Bishop of Agb ...
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  10 October 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Languages, Mission, Memory": the Comboni Missionaries for the Year of Indigenous Languages and the Extraordinary Missionary Month Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The exhibition entitled "Languages, Mission, Memory; the contribution of Comboni Missionaries to the study and preservation of local languages in their work of proclaiming the Gospel" begins today ...
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  10 October 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "Dialogue and agreements are necessary regardless of who wins the election" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Under the current circumstances, dialogue is needed no matter who will rule after the presidential elections of 27 October. This is emphasized by the President of the Argentine Bishops' Con ...
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  9 October 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - Archbishop Dal Toso at the PMS of Poland: thanks for your generous daily missionary commitment Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, Assistant Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), visited the National Direction o ...
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  9 October 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops willing to collaborate to resolve current social tensions Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (ECE) have publicly offered to "collaborate in finding solutions regarding the tensions currently being faced by Ecuadorian society": this is wha ...
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  9 October 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Italian institutions at the forefront of the second phase of restoration work on the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The second phase of the restoration and preservation works of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher enters the preparatory phase, and the pivotal role that will be entrusted to qualified Italian ...
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  9 October 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - President of the PMS to Polish Bishops: "The extraordinary missionary Month is an opportunity to rediscover the missionary and universal dimension of faith" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - A large number of Polish Bishops, missionaries and religious women are involved in the pastoral service and in the proclamation of the Gospel in mission territories: this is what Archbishop Giamp ...
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  9 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Staying too long in power is detrimental to the well-being of the country", says the President of Niger Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The holders of power can abuse it and this is all the more true as their presence in power is long. This means that the wear and tear of power can lead to despotism, clanism and inefficiency", s ...
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  9 October 2019
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Forum on mission today at the University of Friborg, on the occasion of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Freiburg (Agenzia Fides) - The mission is at the center of the 11th Forum "Church of Freiburg in the world" which takes place at the University of Friborg on 10 and 11 October. This meeting, on the occasion of the Extrao ...
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  8 October 2019
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - National pastoral meeting: a people of missionary disciples, with personal experience of Jesus Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Dominican Republic, along with more than 300 lay pastoral workers from the 12 dioceses of the country, have given birth to the 37th National Pastoral Meeting, which was ...
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  8 October 2019
  VATICAN - Prayer, soul of the mission: the Rosary for the extraordinary missionary Month Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pray for the work of the missionaries and for the proclamation of the Gospel; today, in particular, let us pray for the synod on the Amazon. Let us not forget, moreover, persecuted Christians who ...
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  8 October 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Extraordinary Missionary Month in Oceania: lay people involved in the mission Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - "It is easy to think that missionaries are only Salesian priests who guide us in our faith, or the religious engaged with young people and nuns who spread the Good News. But this is not the case: ...
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  8 October 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - 150 years of "mission" of Catholic schools in Jordan Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic schools in Jordan celebrate the 150th anniversary of the beginning of their adventure in the lands now governed by the Hashemite Kingdom and reaffirm their cultural and spiritual mission ...