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  2 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - A Barnabite in Kabul: "These attacks are crimes against humanity" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked but we are well, thank God. Although the last attack took place near the Embassy, I did not suffer any consequences. The sisters, compared to me, are much more exposed because the ...
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  2 May 2018
  ASIA/LAOS - Four new priests: the Church rejoices Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Laos rejoices for the ordination of four new priests. As confirmed to Agenzia Fides, on April 29th the small Catholic community in Laos lived a solemn Eucharist celebrated in the ...
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  2 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: no to the use of symbols and religious references for electoral propaganda Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Candidates in the upcoming Iraqi political elections must avoid exploiting symbols and religious references as instruments of electoral propaganda. This is the request expressed by the Patriarch ...
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  2 May 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - National dialogue: need to talk about democracy, freedom, independence of powers Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The democratization of the country and the real independence of the powers of the State should be topics to be addressed in the national dialogue in which several Catholic Bishops will act as ...
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  2 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A priest killed in an attack on a church in Bangui, already assaulted in 2014 Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - An unreal and sad calm surrounds Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, after yesterday’s massacre, 1 May, where at least 16 people died, including a Catholic priest, Don Albert T ...
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  27 April 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Discovery of the body of Catholic priest taken hostage 3 April Città del Messico (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday evening through its official Communications Office the Archdiocese Primate of Mexico issued a statement “reporting with grief the discovery on 25 April in the town of C ...
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  27 April 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic prayers accompany inter-Korean summit Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – While the leaders of North Korea and South Korea met for an inter-korean Summit on 27 April, South Korean Catholics in the different dioceses were praying that the meeting would be a success. ...
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  27 April 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Let the President step down if he is unable to defend the nation” Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “It is time for the President to choose the path of honour and consider stepping aside to save the nation from complete collapse ”. With these words the Bishops of Nigeria demand the resignatio ...
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  27 April 2018
  VATICAN - Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples to visit Namibia and Botswanan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides)- Archbishop Rugambwa Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples will make a pastoral visit to Namibia and Botswana, from 1 – 12 May 2018. The main hopes of the visit ...
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  27 April 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Not Too Young to Run”: young people ready to be leaders AFRICA/NIGERIA- Not Too Young to Run: young Nigerians ready to be leaders Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Presidential and parliamentary elections in Nigeria are scheduled for16 February 2019, and the deadline for the pre ...
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  27 April 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop You: “We entrust to our Korean martyrs peace in Korea ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop You: “We entrust to our Korean martyrs peace in Korea Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - “I was deeply moved while watching on television the meeting of the two Korean leaders. Then I prayed, I th ...
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  27 April 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Religious life in the Pan-Amazon region: “being present there where life is most in danger” Tabatinga (Agenzia Fides) - "This meeting has been a gift of God’s grace " Fides was told by Bishop Adolfo Zon, Alto Solimões (Brazil), in whose diocese of Tabatinga, from 20 to 24 April there was a meeting of Religio ...
• 26 April 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Batouri appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis 25 April 2018 appointed as Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon), Rev. Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb of the clergy of Douala presently rector of Notre Dame des Nati ...
• 26 April 2018
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The Bishop of Daloa resigns, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis accepted 25 April 2018 the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire), presented by Bishop Maurice Konan Kou ...
• 26 April 2018
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Bishop of Nacala resigns, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis on 25 April 2018 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Nacala (Mozambique), presented by Bishop Germano Grachane, C ...