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• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Mwanza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Holy Father appointed as Archbishop of Mwanza, (Tanzania) H.E. Msgr. Renatus Leonard Nkwande, currently bishop of Bunda. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 12/2/2019) ...
• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Donkorkrom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Pope appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, (Ghana) the Rev. Fr. John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D., currently Master of Novices at Nkwatia Kwahu, Koforidua. The Rev ...
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  8 February 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "A new wave of harmony and peace, in Pakistan and the Middle East" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We can learn a lot in Pakistan. The Global Conference of Human Fraternity, held in Abu Dhabi, will generate a new wave of harmony and peace in the Middle East and throughout the world. We appre ...
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  8 February 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: "Holy See-China Provisional Agreement of historical significance" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, followed the delicate and complex path of the Catholic Church in China since 1992, the year of its a ...
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  8 February 2019
  Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below a note published on the Osservatore Romano on the Catholic Church in China On 22 September 2018 in Beijing, the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China signed a “Provisional Agreement on the appointment of Bishops”. Previously, on 8 September 2018, after much reflection and prayer, th ...
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  8 February 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic women "responding to the Spirit": the commitment to the life of the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Shaking the waters: Catholic women responding to the Spirit": is the title of the congress organized from 22nd to 24th February by the Council for Australian Catholic Women, an advisory body in ...
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  8 February 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Embassies re-open in Damascus. Cardinal Zenari: good sign Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions from various Countries took part in the official reception offered in their honor by Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch of the Orthodox Sy ...
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  8 February 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Electoral violence in Accra; the condemnation of the Bishops: "Illegality and violence are a threat to democracy" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn in no uncertain terms the reported shootings and assaults perpetrated by some unidentified groups resulting in injuries", say the Catholic Bishops of Ghana in a joint statement sent to ...
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  7 February 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Flood in Townsville, the Bishop: "Do not give up: there is new life after death" Townsville (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary to remember that we may have lost clothes and personal belongings, but we have our lives. When we can all return to our homes, we can put everything back in its place. It i ...
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  7 February 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - A light against human trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Together against trafficking" is the theme of the fifth World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking, celebrated on 8 February, on the day when we remember the liturgical memorial ...
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  7 February 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Silsilah" movement: "The Abu Dhabi Declaration is a sign of hope for Mindanao" Zamboanga city (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome with joy the new document signed in Abu Dhabi by Pope Francis and by Ahmad Al-Tayyib, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, on human fraternity for world peace and living together. This doc ...
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  7 February 2019
  TURKEY - Erdogan: needless to insist on reopening the theological school of Halki, if the problems of Muslims in Greece are not resolved Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - A "Do ut des" that links the question of the theological school of Halki - an academic center connected to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, closed by the Turkish authorities in 1971 ...
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  7 February 2019
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The electoral mission of the Church for the vote of 24 February begins Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Faithful to its mission to build peace through justice, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace will send its observers to the presidential elections of February 24, 2019", writes Fr. Alph ...
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  7 February 2019
  EUROPE/FRANCE - MEP colloquium: Theology of the mission ad gentes, towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Paris (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 360th anniversary of the foundation of the "Missions Etrangeres de Paris" (MEP), and in preparation for the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019, organized by Pope ...
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  7 February 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop Kilaini: "From the Emirates a message of peace and harmony that will help Africa" Bukoba (Agenzia Fides) - "The great conference held in Abu Dhabi, attended by the Pope and the Great Imam of Al Azhar, was organized by the Muslims. It shows that the faithful of Islam wish to build peace and harmony in ...