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  30 January 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishops’ appeal: The mental health of refugees and asylum seekers in Manus is exacerbated Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Despair, precarious state of health, self-harm: this is the context in which I found myself in Lorengau, on the island of Manus, and at the Pacific International Hospital (PIH) of Port Mor ...
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  30 January 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "We must all move from simple tolerance to true respect for others" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Faced with the tragic episodes of forced displacement of people for social, ethnic and ambition reasons, which have caused great suffering to some groups, all together we must overcome evil with ...
• 30 January 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On December 19, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro, of the clergy of the Arch ...
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  30 January 2019
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Church wants to mediate in order to restore peace in the Country Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "I wouldn’t want to get into details at this stage, but it was about getting clarification. It is the beginning of a process that I wouldn’t want to pre-empt at the moment. It was simply to g ...
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  30 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Orthodox Patriarch Yohanna flies to Moscow and thanks Russia for supporting the reconstruction of Syrian sanctuaries Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Yohanna X, thanked Russia once again for its contribution to the fight against armed groups, and the Patriarchate of Moscow for the support offered to the ...
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  30 January 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - South-South Cooperation, in the name of organic agriculture and Laudato Sì Songea (Agenzia Fides) - A Brazilian ethnic Guarani professor will teach the youth and adults of the area of Songea in Tanzania, the techniques of organic farming, in the spirit of Laudato Sì. Thus a cooperation project ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Supreme Court rejects a petition to review their previous decision: Asia Bibi is free Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan today rejected the request to review the verdict, presented against the acquittal of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy in 20 ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "No to the dam that deprives us of 'our mother', Irrawaddy" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We the people of Myanmar, with tears in our eyes, our hearts shaken by fear and sorrow, knock at the doors of our rulers and the international community. Faced with the sad prospect of losing ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Respond to evil with good" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to fight the "cycle of hatred" that is taking place in society: this is what the Filipino Bishops say at the conclusion of their 118th Plenary Assembly held in Manila from 26 to 28 J ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "return" of Christians in the Nineveh Plain remains uncertain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 85 percent of the population who fled from the Nineveh Plain when that territory was conquered by the jihadists of the "Islamic State" (Daesh) is not yet ready to return to their region of origin, ...
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  29 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops of Kananga greet "the first change as Head of State through the polls" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We want a new Congo. But this will not happen through a miracle, but from the work carried out by each of us", write the Bishops of the Episcopal Assembly of Kananga (in the south of the Democ ...
• 28 January 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Hà Nôi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 26, 2019, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam, presented by H.E. Msgr. Laurent Chu Văn Minh, ...
• 28 January 2019
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the Bishop of Kenema Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 January 2019 the Pope appointed as Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone) H.E. Msgr. Msgr. Henry Aruna, currently titular Bishop of Nasbinca and auxiliary of Kenema. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/ ...
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  28 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The case of Asia Bibi towards the definitive conclusion Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani Supreme Court has set a hearing date for the petition to review the acquittal of Asia Bibi, on the morning of 29 January. President Asif Saeed Khosa will preside over a jury c ...
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  28 January 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Pope: "The Lord and His mission are not something temporary, they are not only a World Day of Youth: they are our life!" Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis celebrated the closing Mass for the 34th World Youth Day in Panama City’s Metro Park on Sunday morning January 27. The theme for WYD was: "I am the servant of the Lord. May it be d ...