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  24 January 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - High social tension, the faithful locked up in the Cathedral in Maturin Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In Maturin, about 700 people are still locked inside the Nuestra Señora del Carmen Cathedral, for fear of violent actions against the demonstrators. Maturín is a city in the eastern part of Ve ...
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  23 January 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - "They only ask for justice". Churches of the Middle East pray for the unity and future of Christians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Who takes advantage if this region is emptied of Christians, who helped create it?" This was the question posed by Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, in his speech on ...
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  23 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Supreme Court restores the registration and the civil value of Christian marriages Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has restored the value and the civil effects of Christian marriage. The Court ordered the "National Database and Registration Authority" (NADRA) of Pakistan and t ...
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  23 January 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops "It is urgent to listen to the popular cry of change" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "January 23, 1958 is a historical date for all Venezuelans, an inspiring sign of the triumph of social rationality in the face of the abuse of power, of the unity of the weak people before the d ...
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  23 January 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "Laudato Sì Generation", from Papua to Panama Panama (Agenzia Fides) - An "ecological conversion" is urgent, that derives from a change of lifestyle, in Papua New Guinea and in the whole world. "Deforestation with the consequent climate change, mining without protec ...
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  22 January 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - After the Days in the dioceses, WYD begins this evening: young people from all over the world "in serach of many answers" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30,000 young pilgrims from all over the world have arrived in Panama for World Youth Day (WYD) which will officially begin at 5pm today, with the opening ceremony and Mass. The ch ...
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  22 January 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - ACSE has been serving immigrants and refugees for half a century: "An adventure of solidarity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago, in 1969, ACSE, Comboni Association Service for Migrants and Refugees, was born in Rome thanks to Father Renato Bresciani, a Comboni missionary who had worked in South Sudan where h ...
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  22 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church in Mindanao in favor of the autonomous Muslim region Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic leaders in Mindanao support the new autonomous region that could end the conflict in the south of the country. On the occasion of the referendum in which the people of Mindanano were cal ...
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  22 January 2019
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - The Pope and the Imam of al Azhar together at the Conference on "Human Fraternity" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The international interreligious meeting will take place in Abu Dhabi at the beginning of February, to coincide with the visit of Pope Francis in the United Arab Emirates (3-5 February). The B ...
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  22 January 2019
  AFRICA/BENIN - Mission of care and assistance for the mentally ill, abandoned and marginalized Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - Care and reintegration of the mentally ill, who in Africa are marginalized even by family members because they think they are carriers of evil spirits: this is the responsibility of the Saint Cam ...
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  22 January 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops: "There is a need for clarity concerning the recent inter-communal clashes" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a need for clarity concerning the recent inter-communal clashes in order to ascertain the responsibility and to ensure that justice is done", says a note sent to Agenzia Fides by t ...
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  22 January 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Self-criticism in all social areas against corruption that contaminates the new generations Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We have heard the word corruption a lot in recent years. But who really dares to face it? It seems that it is easier to publish cartoons on the Internet, criticize it or represent it in fil ...
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  21 January 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The current tide of violence risks jeopardizing the vote in May" warns "Justice and Peace" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The current tide of political violence coupled with the worrisome degree of impunity among perpetrators is a worrying situation which may make the management of the 2019 polls chaotic and plun ...
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  21 January 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Star Singers of Holy Childhood for the first time in the Senate of the Republic Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in history, the Star Singers, the children of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society (MCA), visited the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Polish Republic. On January 16, ...
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  21 January 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - A year after Pope Francis’ visit, corruption continues to be the most serious problem Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 20, the first anniversary of the Pope's pastoral visit was celebrated with a solemn mass and the coronation of the image of the "Immaculate Virgin of the Door", in Otuzco, ...