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  7 March 2019
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops appeal for Lent: "Let us fast from lies" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "A fast of lies that inundate and poison interpersonal and social relations". This is what the Bishops of Benin propose in their Lenten message, in which they exhort the faithful to remain silen ...
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  7 March 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: peace between India and Pakistan, in the name of Francis of Assisi Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Peace between India and Pakistan "is necessary and it is the only viable way, because both countries cannot afford a war, while peace is the only way to prosper and make progress". As Agenzia Fid ...
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  7 March 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionology Symposium: "Pope Francis’ missionary appeal" in the face of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - Promoted by the Faculty of Theology of Northern Spain, today the 29th Symposium of Missionology in Burgos begins, under the theme "Pope Francis’ missionary appeal" before the Extraordinary Miss ...
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  7 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Archbishop of Granada: "Among tensions and violence, the baptized live the message of Christ’s love with profound faith" Granada (Agenzia Fides) - "In a context marked by tensions and violence, the baptized live their faith, and remain faithful to the message of Christ’s love and to the Church. Church structures are often used as a shelt ...
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  6 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Witnesses, companions and advisers will participate in the national dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Witnesses, companions and advisers" will take part in the national dialogue in Nicaragua. The agreement reached in the last two days therefore provides that in addition to the two parties (Go ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - The journey of a small community with faith “inherited by their grandparents” Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan has been rooted for a very long time, but has undergone great changes throughout history: present in the country for at least 150 years, the Catholic community ...
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  6 March 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "In Kenya, evil is celebrated and good condemned. May Lent help us to heal" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, evil is celebrated and good condemned, says His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Muheria, Archbishop of Nyeri, in his homily at our Lady Consolata Cathedral Grounds in Nyeri during the launch of the N ...
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  6 March 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the name of the Trinity, a bond of communion between the Church of Adaba and the Diocese of Anagni-Alatri Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - The new church of the Pastoral Center of Adaba, in the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe, Ethiopia, has been named after the Most Holy Trinity. This is what Fr. Giuseppe Ghirelli, fidei donum missionar ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Jubilee for the Marian Shrine in Orissa. Christians: "We entrust our suffering to Mary" Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - More than 45,000 people attended the Jubilee celebration of the Marian shrine of Partama, in Orissa, in eastern India on March 5. Archbishop John Barwa, at the head of the diocese of Cuttack-B ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop writes to the Premier: stop to new urban settlements in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Nineveh Plain, a region of historical roots of the indigenous Christian communities in the territories of present-day Iraq, urbanistic and real estate strategies are underway that run the s ...
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  6 March 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Expocatolica 2019: a great meeting space to "continue to walk together" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord in the Gospel tells us that we are the light of the world and that light should not be put under a bushel, but we must put it high up, so that it enlightens all, this is what Expocatól ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Desire of God in the distant communities": mission of the priests in the Amazon area of Chapare Corocoro (Agenzia Fides) - The vast Amazonian territory of the parish of Chapare welcomed a group of 19 priests and a permanent deacon of the prelature of Corocoro, together with Bishop Mgr. Percy Galván, for three days ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church has not yet been officially invited to the National Dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua have not yet been invited to join the negotiating table that the representatives of the Government and the Civic Alliance started again last week (see Fides, 2/3/2019): ...
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  5 March 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Young Eritreans celebrate the first WYD in the history of the national Church Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - The Youth of the four Eparchies, comprising of 550 delegates came together for the occasion, which was the first celebration of the National Youth Day of its kind in the history of the Church in ...
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  5 March 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "May new leaders take concrete commitments for better governance" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not agree with the results of the elections, but we want to collaborate with the authorities for the good of the country, asking them to found institutions on ethical values because only ...