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  14 December 2018
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Advent: for baptised Christians time for spiritual renewal Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) – “Every year during the week before Christmas, we, the community of Catholic priests and religious in Uzbekistan, gather for two days of spiritual renewal and to exchange Christmas season ...
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  14 December 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop Shukardin: "God chose us to spread the Gospel" Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "God chose me and every baptized Christian to be a missionary, to be always ready to serve His people with humility, doing our best, listening and praying . My mission is to meet, to visit ...
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  14 December 2018
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Catholic Church intends to regulate the sale of holy pictures Kibeho (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Rwanda says it intends to regulate the commerce of statues and holy pictures to prevent sales by non authorised persons. “we are forming a committee to examine the s ...
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  14 December 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES Solidarity of US Catholics helps brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America awarded over $3.2 million in funding for 173 grants to support the pastoral work of the Churc ...
• 13 December 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY- Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Fr. Giuseppe Pizzoli li Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 October 2018 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in It ...
• 13 December 2018
  EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG - Rev. Maurice Péporté confirmed National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 October 2018 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in ...
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  13 December 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Two Copts killed by security guard charged with church surveillance Minya (Agenzia Fides) – A security guard at a church in the Egyptian city of Minya used his service weapon to kill Copt Christians Imad Kamal Sadiq, aged 49, and the latter’s 21 year old son David. The double murd ...
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  13 December 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Social media: channels for promoting peace and opposing fake news Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not use hard language on social media. We must maintain moral values in what we write: each of us is responsible for what is published ": said Friar Qaisar Feroz OFM Cap, executive Secre ...
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  13 December 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Catholic Church in Nigeria does not support or subscribe to any political party. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “No Catholic priest or people of consecrated life should be actively involved in partisan politics in obedience to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church ” says a statement issued by the Bishops ...
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  12 December 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The local Church is preparing an Extraordinary Mission Year as well as the Extraordinary Mission Month Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei has announced that the solemnity of Epiphany next January will mark the opening of an "Extraordinary Mission Year" to culminate w ...
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  12 December 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops say, we must continue to pray for peace in our country Yei (Agenzia Fides) – “The Bishops of AMECEA, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, together with the governments of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, helped promote the signing of the P ...
• 12 December 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Srikakulam Vatican (City Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis accepted today the resignation of Bishop Addagatla Innayya Chinna from the pastoral government of the diocese of Srikakulam (India). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 12/12/2018 ...
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  12 December 2018
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Trump signs law regarding so-called “Genocide of Christians” in the Middle East Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday the American President Donald Trump, signed the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018. The law, which defines as Genocide crimes perpetrated in recent year ...
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  11 December 2018
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Apostolic Vicar Hinder: “The Pope in the Emirates, historic step for Muslim-Christian dialogue and for peace” Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - " Pope Francis’ visit to the Arabian Peninsula, the first visit of a Pope, is a key moment for dialogue between Muslims and Christians": Fides was told by Bishop Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vic ...
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  11 December 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan priest killed in a robbery Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – A Kenyan priest has been killed in a robbery. The morning of 10 December, Fr. John Njoroge Muhia parish priest at Kinoo, Kiambu, 25 km from Nairobi, was on his way to a bank in the town of ...