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  5 April 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tobin's statement on the proposed funding cutoff for the Northern Triangle Newark (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with a profound sense of sadness that I have read about the proposed cutoff of humanitarian aid to the Northern Triangle countries of Central America. I continue to be amazed that some sti ...
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  5 April 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Here I am, send me": theme for "The Year of Youth" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Youth in Pakistan will be a time to nourish our future, to take care of young people, to listen to them and to accompany them on their journey of faith and to grow in holiness": as ...
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  5 April 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops deplore the US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Maronite Church have deplored in clear terms the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan. The position was expressed by ...
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  5 April 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Ciclone Idai: special collection of the Catholic Church in Zambia for the victims Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "May the words of the Gospel remain our inspiration: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed ...
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  5 April 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Catholics involved in the politics of five countries confront the Bishops Marianela (Agenzia Fides) - There will be about 80 participants in the meeting of Catholics with political responsibilities at the service of the peoples of the Latin American Cono Sur, which will be held from 10 to 12 A ...
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  5 April 2019
  AFRICA - The light of the Gospel to rebuild a reconciled Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Too much blood, too many deaths in our streets, too many tears and cries fill our rivers, too many dramas in the heart of the history of the African continent": this is the comment that Father Don ...
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  4 April 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic women kidnapped by human traffickers: alarm of the Church Natore (Agenzia Fides) – There is concern in the Catholic community in Bangladesh due to the abduction of a young woman, Teresa Sheuly Rozario, 19, who has ended up in the hands of human traffickers. As Agenzia Fides l ...
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  4 April 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - CELAM meeting of indigenous pastoral workers Latacunga (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of indigenous pastoral workers, organized by the CELAM Department of Culture and Education, is taking place in Latacunga, Ecuador, from 1 to 6 April, through its executive secretar ...
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  4 April 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Upcoming elections: "Catholics in politics to build the common good" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Our position is clear: as Indonesian citizens, Catholics participate in politics in a broad sense. We hope that a legal and transparent process is respected in the electoral campaign and during ...
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  4 April 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - New rules on the personal status of Christians, to eliminate the rules that penalize women Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In Jordan, while Parliament is discussing the change in laws governing personal status, the Churches have also embarked on a path of revision of the canonical-ecclesiastical rules that determine t ...
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  4 April 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The UN representative for Central Africa praises the efforts of religious leaders for peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I particularly wanted to thank Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga and Imam Layama Kobine for the excellent work they do together to resolve the crisis in the Central African Republic, and in partic ...
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  4 April 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Over 60 dead in a terrorist attack followed by inter-communal violence Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 62 people lost their lives near Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso, on the border with Mali, in a jihadist attack followed by inter-communal clashes, between Sunday 31 March and Tuesd ...
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  4 April 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The law on religious freedom pending the signature of the President La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia will have a law that intends to regularize the activity of evangelical groups and Aymara ten years after the approval of the Constitution, which guarantees full religious freedom and wors ...
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  3 April 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Bishops' appeal: "choose good candidates" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Choose carefully "good candidates" and express a free vote without being conditioned and exercise with responsibility. This is the appeal sent by the Indonesian Bishops' Conference (KWI) in a me ...
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  3 April 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A day to bring families together in memory of the dead Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "When I arrived in Taiwan in 1965, on November 2nd I went to visit some cemeteries. My desolation was to see all the deserted cemeteries! When I returned home, I asked my Chinese teacher to give ...