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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Release Fr. Maccalli": appeal by the Muslim leaders of Niger Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim leaders of Niger express firm condemnation over the abduction of Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli and ask for his immediate release, as stated by an appeal relaunched by the Interreligious Commit ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Nigerian Catholic priest died four days after he escaped from his abductors’ den Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Catholic priest died four days after he escaped from his abductors’ den. Louis Odudu, died in a hospital in Warri, in the State of Delta (southern Nigeria), on September 19. The imme ...
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  24 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Food assistance: the Bishops of the province of Buenos Aires meet the Governor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Fourteen Argentine Bishops from the province of Buenos Aires met the Governor of Buenos Aires, Maria Eugenia Vidal, on September 21, at the headquarters of the provincial government, in the ...
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  24 September 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The election campaign kicks off: Widodo chooses a Muslim vice president Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - On September 23, Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially kicked off of the campaign period for next year's election in Jakarta. About 186 million voters in the world's largest Muslim-majorit ...
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  22 September 2018
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Msgr. Dal Toso: mission pours from communion Salzburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The local church and universal church are mutually and essentially linked", said Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Presiden ...
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  22 September 2018
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission's commitment to health development in Uganda Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, women, men and children in the Bujuni community can access an ever-increasing number of effective health and education services, in an environment that also takes into account religious n ...
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  22 September 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Christian and Muslim religious leaders: dialogue and peace must prevail in the English-speaking regions Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - In Cameroon, Christians and Muslims join forces to demand that peace prevails in the English-speaking provinces. In a joint statement, the Council of Protestant Churches, the Supreme Islamic Co ...
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  22 September 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Venezuela: the Church defends freedom of information While a very harsh report by Amnesty International on violence, the right to life and public security in Venezuela is being published and as the international community intensifies pressure on President Nicolás Maduro's ...
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  22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China on the appointment of Bishops The Press Office of the Holy See today released the following communiqué that we faithfully report: "Within the framework of the contacts between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China that have been underwa ...
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  22 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church renounces the procession of the patron saint, in protest against the violence of the government Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Masaya has decided to celebrate the Patron Saint San Jeronimo, which is celebrated on September 20, in prayer and silence, without public expressions and the traditional re ...
• 22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Briefing Note about the Catholic Church in China With a view to sustaining the proclamation of the Gospel in China, the Holy Father Pope Francis has decided to readmit to full ecclesial communion the remaining “official” Bishops, ordained without Pontifical Mandate ...
• 22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Erection of the Diocese of Chengde Desiring to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend with greater efficacy to its spiritual good, the Supreme Pontiff Pope Francis has decided to constitute in China the Diocese of Chengde, which wil ...
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  21 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "Release Leah Sharibu", the girl in the hands of Boko Haram who refused to denounce her Christian faith Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We see with great dismay that the violence we denounced in the past continues unabated", the Nigerian Bishops denounce in a statement published at the end of their Second Plenary Assembly held in ...
• 21 September 2018
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres, Bishop of Arecibo as National Direct ...
• 21 September 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the Rector of "Saint Charles Lwanga" Theological Seminary in Kiryama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 June 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Giscard Hakizimana, of the archdiocesan clergy of Gitega as R ...