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• 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 ...
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  28 March 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Single mothers, rejected by society, but recipients of God's love Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In Burkina Faso, Father Maurice Oudet is "the angel of single mothers". He welcomes them. He offers friendship, spiritual comfort, by offering the Word of the Gospel and the love of Christ. ...
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  28 March 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Year of Youth: an opportunity to rediscover and witness faith Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2018, proclaimed "Year of Youth" by the local Church, is a precious opportunity to help young people understand, live and witness their faith in Christ Jesus: this is what emerged from t ...
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  28 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Young people learn Amazonia "from within" and make a network Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people are the key to change. They have to realize that they are today's leaders, not tomorrow's. We must have the courage to live and witness the Gospel of Christ. To save Mother Earth an ...
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  28 March 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle to wash feet of migrants, refugees on Holy Thursday Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila will wash the feet of 12 migrants and refugees or displaced during Mass on Holy Thursday, March 29, at Manila Cathedral. As reported to Agenzia Fides by the ...
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  28 March 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - For the first time, an Oromo at the head of the government coalition: a turning point in the crises? Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Abiy Ahmed is the first member of the Oromo, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, to become President of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the coalition that has ...
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  28 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian tortured to death in a hospital Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Pakistani Christian died after the brutal beatings suffered by security guards and medical staff at a hospital in Lahore. As Agenzia Fides learns, Sunil Saleem, 26, was killed on March 26 while ...