News

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  19 September 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Former FARC guerrillas return to take up arms, new obstacles on the path of peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one week ago, on the afternoon of 12 September, 6 people were released who were held hostage by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group. The Church, together with the Red Cros ...
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  19 September 2018
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Decriminalize homosexual acts: for the Church it is urgent to protect the traditional family Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church regards everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, with equal respect: all the faithful are important to me, regardless whether they have same- or opposite-sex attraction. I feel ...
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  18 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Italian priest of the Society of African Missions kidnapped Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In the night between Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 September, Father Pierluigi Maccalli, of the Society of African Missions (SAM) was kidnapped by probably active jihadists in the area". The news was ...
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  18 September 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Card. Barreto: "Peru is living a highly democratic moment" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Peru is going through a highly democratic phase. We fully support President Vizcarra because the other two powers of the State, Legislature and Magistracy, are seriously ambiguous. Now the people ...
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  18 September 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Bishop of Batouri: "A Church full of hope for the future, despite the difficulties" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The east of Cameroon is full of hope for the future", says His Exc. Mgr. Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb, Bishop of Batouri, in the eastern part of Cameroon. The Bishop is in Rome to attend a Study Semi ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Gaza, the parish sports center destroyed during the last war re-opens Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - "Children must be able to play, study and grow in a peaceful environment", repeats Pope Francis. In the next few months a small contribution will be offered to children living in Gaza, in order to ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Christian communities renew their commitment to education Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Malaysia, also the Catholic Church, renew their commitment in the field of education, to teach the Christian virtues of discipline, diligence, charity, compass ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Third inter-Korean summit: "Hope and confidence increase" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hope and the hope for all Koreans is increasing. This third summit is an event that I would define as extraordinary. Concrete steps are being taken towards peace and reconciliation. Today we ...
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  18 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Italian missionary kidnapped "is probably in Burkina Faso, where the jihadists are based" Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of African Missions (SAM) confirms the kidnapping of father Pierluigi Maccalli in Niger to Agenzia Fides and adds some details to the first news released this morning. According to wha ...
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  17 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Priest attacked and robbed by three hooded people, the climate is always tense León (Agenzia Fides) - A Nicaraguan priest, Fr. Abelardo Toval, parish priest of the parish of Sutiava, was attacked on Saturday, September 15 by a group of three hooded men who entered his home before celebrating the f ...
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  17 September 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Mufti Shiite proposes a joint Committee with the Maronite Church to resolve confessional conflicts over land ownership Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan, Mufti Shiite of the Jafaarita school, has suggested creating a joint Committee between the Supreme Shiite Council and the Maronite Patriarchate charged with facing ...
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  17 September 2018
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Do not drag the name of Pope Francis into petty party politics" warn the Bishops Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The attack on the Holy Father, Pope Francis is an attack on the whole Church that is, One Holy Catholic and Apostolic". Thus the Episcopal Conference of Malawi invites political leaders, both ...
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  17 September 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - An impulse to catechesis to counter fundamentalism: the Bishops of AMECEA in view of the Synod Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Among the areas of intervention identified in the recent meeting in Nairobi, in preparation for the Synod of Bishops on young people to be held in the Vatican in October, by the Association of M ...
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  17 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pilgrimage to Korean Catholic sites: "A milestone for the Church" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that today's recognition given by the Holy See to the Catholic pilgrimage routes of Seoul as an 'international pilgrimage destination' will be a milestone for the Churches in Asia. Thes ...
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  14 September 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Thank you Fr. Anastasio for your love for missions, evangelization and the Church Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Nothing is lost in the hands of the Lord. The missionary disciple puts himself in the hands of the Lord. Blessed Don Anastasio, died believing what the Lord said": said Cardinal Carlos Osoro, Ar ...