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  8 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Decriminalization of homosexual relationships: the Church promotes the union of love between man and woman New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court has decriminalized the homosexual act between consenting adults. "First of all I would like to remind you that the homosexual act between an adult and a minor is always illeg ...
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  7 September 2018
  AFRICA - China-Africa Summit: where is the Church, "expert in humanity"? Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "The massive participation of African heads of State at the China-Africa Cooperation Forum (Focac) is impressive: it is a real record. The fate of millions of Africans is sealed by political and ec ...
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  7 September 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Fr. Anastasio Gil, National Director of the PMS has died Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Anastasio Gil, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, died today in Madrid. He was known as a tireless missionary and man of God. Anastasio Gil García was bo ...
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  7 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: the new summit in Pyongyang is "a milestone towards peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy that the two Heads of State of North and South Korea decided to meet in Pyongyang again on 18 September, following the preceding 2 historical summits this year. I am also very gra ...
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  7 September 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Archbishop Athesyan praises the government's policy towards religious minorities Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Today's Turkey "is not what it used to be", because since the Party of Justice and Development (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power, things have changed, and there is a "strong ...
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  7 September 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Archbishop of Johannesburg: "Xenophobic violence is a violation of the commandment of love" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again, we had to see media images of well dressed, well fed South Africans looting foreign owned shops, assaulting the owners, threatening them with death and leaving destruction and ...
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  7 September 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops on the moral crisis: "Our Country must be governed by good and true politicians" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the worrying situation of moral crisis in Peru due to corruption within the judicial system (see Fides 25/07/2018), the Bishops, gathered for the plenary assembly of the Episcopal Co ...
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  6 September 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Scarpellini: a democracy that does not listen to the people can become authoritarianism El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - "A democracy without respect or does not listen to the people can lead to authoritarianism that, in a pharisaic way, governs and legislates with the aim of defending its power and interests of t ...
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  6 September 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Christian Federation of Malaysia: it is urgent to eradicate corruption and poverty Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of Malaysia must commit itself to formulating laws and implementing policies to eradicate corruption and poverty from society: this is what is asked, in an appeal sent to Fid ...
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  6 September 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Too many individual interests hinder the achievement of peace; Ethiopia and Eritrea are positive examples", says Mgr. Hiiboro Kussala Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There are still too many individual interests that hinder the full achievement of the peace agreement", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Barani Edward Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, ...
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  6 September 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: the new government must guarantee freedom and limit religious discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The new government in Pakistan aims at creating a social state according to the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (the founder of Pakistan), in which the state is responsible for educat ...
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  6 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian priest kidnapped on September 1 has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Christopher Ogaga, pastor of the Emmanuel Catholic Church in Oviri-Okpe, in the State of the Delta, kidnapped on the evening of Saturday, September 1 while traveling from Okpe to Warri, in s ...
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  6 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - UN Human Rights delegation expelled from the country: "Sad and deplorable". Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The UN Security Council yesterday, September 5, discussed the situation in Nicaragua, at the request of the United States, despite the opposition of China, Russia, Bolivia and Ethiopia, that do ...
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  5 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Salesian missionary missing in Amazonia during a storm São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 3 September Salesian missionary Norberto Hohenscherer disappeared while he was traveling alone on his canoe, down the river Uaupes, in the Brazilian Amazon. According ...
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  5 September 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Week for Peace re-launches dialogue with ELN and the release of all the kidnapped Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Week for Peace (see Fides, 1/09/2018), which coincides with the first anniversary of the Pope’s visit to Colombia (see Fides, 6/09/2017), the president of the Social Pas ...