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  5 April 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Church: the use of parish premises as polling stations may only be authorised by the local Bishop Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The decision whether or not to allow parish rooms to be used for Lebanon’s legislative elections scheduled for 6 May, falls only to the local Bishop, and it may not be imposed by any other ...
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  5 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Where government is absent, the Church is present ”: commitment to education for children and young people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most reliable institutions in the fields of education, health care and charitable work. Numerous local and inter ...
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  5 April 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Barnabite Fathers : Concrete Peace Building Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - “Positive signs from Afghanistan in the first quarter of 2018 cannot say that the war is nearly over, but they do give signs of hope. We must see them with trustful eyes and above all with heart ...
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  5 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu lives a Holy Week of Passion: at least 11 dead in terror attacks Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Holy Week was a dramatic time in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Easter Sunday in the diocese of Goma unidentified gunmen kidnapped Célestin Ngango, parish p ...
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  5 April 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Conclusion Congress "Medellín: 50 Years On" Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) – “We intend to reflect on pastoral care as an intrinsic part of ecclesial and theological work, and not simply the pastoral or practical application of theology and the life of the Church” ...
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  5 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN -- Bishop Shukardin: “It is essential to accompany young people in vocation discernment ” Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Take your vocation seriously. Be ready to carry the Gospel of Christ to other young people”: this was the message addressed by Bishop Samson Shukardin, who leads the Catholic communit ...
• 4 April 2018
  AFRICA/R D CONGO - Resignation of Bishop of Inongo, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis 31 March 2018 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Inongo (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by Bishop. Phil ...
• 4 April 2018
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - Resignaton of Bishop of Kenge, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis on 31 March 2018 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kenge (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by Mons. Jean ...
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  4 April 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY- Arguments and protest follow civil authorities’ intervention in internal matters of the Armenian Patriarchate Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Within the Apostolic Turkish Armenian community protests and division continue regarding the results of the process of election of the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, with see in I ...
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  4 April 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Fr. Walter, assassinated, like the Gospel's “grain of wheat” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – "Those who offer themselves for love of Christ to serve the poor, will live like the grain of wheat which dies only apparently ": Fides was told by Mons. William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera, ...
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  4 April 2018
  AMERICA UNITED STATES-A Guide to include Native Americans in Catholic Pastoral Care Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) – Recently the archdiocese of Los Angeles issued a Pastoral Guide for communities of Native Americans. During a rally for Urban Native Americans held at Kuruvungna Cultural Springs Centre, t ...
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  4 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We are all committed to obtaining the release of rev. Célestin” Fides was told by the bishop of Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are doing all we can to obtain the release of Rev Célestin” Fides was told by Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka, of Goma, main city in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
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  4 April 2018
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - White Fathers’ Cultural Centre bears witness to the “universality” of the Church Ouargla (Agenzia Fides) – Precious volumes and photographs testifying to the history of the Christian presence, but also courses in English and French and Informatics: all this is found at the Cultural Centre of the W ...
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  4 April 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishop of Barrancabermeja: "Join forces to overcome environmental disaster" AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Bishop of Barrancabermeja: "Join forces to overcome environmental disaster" Santander (Agenzia Fides) – “Words cannot express the deep sadness, given the vastness of this environmental disaster ...
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  4 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Massacre of innocent Christians: minorities under attack Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - "It is sad to see that once again our people are attacked and killed on the occasion of one of our religious festivities. First the bomb at Christmas and now a massacre of the innocents at Ea ...