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  13 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Muslim-Christian dialogue: a Muslim university awards a Jesuit theologian Aligarh (Agenzia Fides) - The Aligarh Muslim University, a Muslim university in Aligarh, a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has awarded German Jesuit theologian Fr. Christian W. Troll the "Sir Syed Excellence A ...
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  13 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Jude Egbom killed during a robbery. "What is striking is the total lack of respect for life" says a priest Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It was an attempted robbery which ended badly", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of the Social Communications Office of the Archdiocese of Abuja, reporting the circumstance ...
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  13 September 2018
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - A theologian: "Economic policies are urgently needed for the poor" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Sometimes we have the feeling that our African economic policies, which enhance the fight against poverty, are in fact machines improved with care to fight the poor". This is how Father Donald ...
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  13 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Those suffering from hunger are on the rise, the government asks for help from churches to distribute aid Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A particular event took place yesterday in Buenos Aires: thousands of people marched and invited other citizens to food courts organized as "popular pots" (ollas populares), to share someth ...
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  12 September 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The reform of ministries can jeopardize the relationship of the State with religious realities Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Uncertainty and disorientation is causing the government of Ecuador to announce the reform of State bodies: the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Cult will in fact be part of the new Ministry ...
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  12 September 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian schools re-open in Qamishli after the "suspension" imposed by Kurdish autonomists Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Schools in the Syrian province of Hassaké affiliated with churches and Christian communities re-open after the temporary suspension of educational activities imposed by the politico-military f ...
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  12 September 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church recalls the "Christian martyrs" who gave their lives for the nation in the armed forces Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Numerous Pakistani citizens of Christian religion served the nation with honor and pride in the armed forces, giving the nation the gift of their life. Recalling their precious contribution, the ...
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  12 September 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops' alarm: "May the elections in the DRC be credible or they risk inflaming the Great Lakes region" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are worried about the state of the electoral process in our Country", stated in an appeal sent to the President of Zambia, Edgard Lungu, in his capacity as President of the SADC Troika on P ...
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  12 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Jude Egbom was shot dead by armed men on the evening of Monday 10 September 2018 in Nigeria", reports the Facebook page of the diocese of Orlu, in the State of Imo in southern Nigeria. At th ...
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  11 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "Grito" in defense of the rights of Venezuelan immigrants Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - "Life first of all" was the theme that this year characterized the "Grito de los Excluidos" initiative, which has been celebrated in Brazil for 24 years on September 7th, and coincides with Na ...
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  11 September 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "It is important to promote religious tolerance before the general elections" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important that the Indonesian government continues to tirelessly promote religious tolerance in view of the national elections scheduled for April 2019": this is what Fr. Markus Yumartana ...
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  11 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Awka, after the last kidnapping of a priest: "Why persecute those working out your salvation?" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic priests live on parishioners’ benevolence. Whatever they receive as gifts are what they live with, no additional income anywhere. They have given up everything — children, accumulati ...
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  11 September 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Bishop of Minya rejects the "reconciliation session" after sectarian violence Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Anba Makarios, Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Minya and Abu Qurqas, rejected the proposal to hold a "reconciliation session" between representatives of Christian and Muslim communities aft ...
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  11 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Leaders and youth on pilgrimage to the shrines of the Korean martyrs to draw from the sources of faith Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "As descendants of martyrs who have been forced to suffer persecution and suffering, and as members of the Asian Church, we invite all the faithful of the universal Church to follow the itinerary ...
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  11 September 2018
  EUROPE/POLAND - Solidarity in Europe: assembly of European Bishops Poznań (Agenzia Fides) - The spirit of solidarity in Europe is the theme of the annual Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) to be held in Poznań, Poland, from 13 to 16 September. A ...