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  7 March 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - The State Council overturns decision on expropriation of Armenian church in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The decree of the Turkish government, which two years ago had ordered the expropriation of St Giragos church, in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, was repealed by the State Council. The pronoun ...
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  6 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Record of blasphemy cases in Punjab: it is urgent to listen to the cry of the innocent Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Punjab and Lahore district are areas in which there has been an extraordinary incidence of blasphemy cases in Pakistan in the last three decades: this is what the NGO "Center for Social Justice", ...
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  6 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Cruel and inhuman reality": the situation of Venezuelan immigrants requires urgent answers Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuelan immigrants live "a cruel and inhumane reality that requires rapid, effective and articulate responses from Churches, the State and society in general". This is the opinion contained ...
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  6 March 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops: "A spiritual retreat for our leaders, to help them make peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We are dissatisfied that our leaders in both government and oppositions so far have been unable to put their own interest aside and make peace for the good of the people of South Sudan. We fear th ...
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  6 March 2018
  AFRICA/GHANA - Network Pastoral Africa: the challenges of young people in Africa, towards the Synod Tamale (Agenzia Fides) - The challenges posed by charismatic Pentecostal movements, Youth and family life in Africa, Youth unemployment and role of the church as well as the experiences and challenges of married couples ...
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  6 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The new evangelization in the Indian context, between secularization and communalism Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The new evangelization in the Indian context: this will be the theme which Bishops, experts, theologians, delegates from India and the Vatican will discuss, in the national symposium organized ...
• 5 March 2018
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Farafangana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I., Bishop of the Diocese of Farafangana (Madagascar), transferring him from the Diocese of Moramanga. (SL) (Agenz ...
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  5 March 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Violence started from Goutha, the rebel district: appeal by the Trappist nuns for the end of the war Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "When will weapons be silent? We, who live in Syria, are sickened by the general indignation that arises to condemn those who defend their lives and their land. We went to Damascus several time ...
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  5 March 2018
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Spirit of prayer and charitable service: nuns next to AIDS patients Gatare (Agenzia Fides) - Human and Christian promotion of the poorest and most needy children and youths; professional preparation and social inclusion; support for the educational works and the health pastoral care of t ...
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  5 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A statue dedicated to the Virgin Mary destroyed: the faithful forgive the vandals Bhubaneswar (India) - The grotto dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the complex of the homonymous church in the town of Aligonda, of the diocese of Berhampur (Indian state of Orissa), was destroyed by unidentifie ...
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  5 March 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Mysterious death of a religious Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The circumstances of the death of Fr. Florent Mbulanthie Tulantshiedi, of the Joséphistes Congregation, who worked in the parish of Christ the Savior of Ilebo, are still unclear. His body was ...
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  5 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new History of the Catholic Church translated into Urdu Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The edition of the "New Short History of the Catholic Church, 2011", written by English Jesuit, Fr. Norman Tanner SJ, has been completed and published in Urdu. The text, already translated i ...
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  3 March 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Instability and general violence: the Church's commitment to solidarity and peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Insecurity reigns in the Central African Republic: fighting among rebel groups continues even in the capital Bangui, until a few days ago it was an island of relative tranquility. In recent days, ...
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  3 March 2018
  AMERICA - Hispanic American Day: "The mission is in both directions" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "On this day we pray for the missionaries but also for many of our Latin American brothers and sisters who have come to live among us, enriching our society with their cultural traditions and the ...
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  3 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest against the abuse of blasphemy laws in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To condemn vitiated inquiry, torture and inhumane treatment against young Christians Patras Masih and Sajid Masih; ask for concrete measures to stop the abuse of the blasphemy law, especially a ...