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  20 February 2018
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops' Challenge: participation of the excluded and vulnerable young people in WYD 2019 Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Young Panamanians, young people make their way looking at the future with hope; you are missionaries of Jesus. I invite you to WYD 2019 in Panama, a feast where we will meet Jesus, together with ...
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  20 February 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Encounter with the poor Christ": young people on mission in rural areas Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - An army of 1,300 missionaries aged between 18 to 33 will crowd 13 rural areas and a juvenile prison in Paraguay from Easter Tuesday to Easter, with the aim of announcing the Good News to about ...
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  19 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Repentance and reconciliation are urgent", says Archbishop Okpaleke announcing his resignation as Bishop of Ahiara Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the announcement of the appointment, there have been violent reactions and resistance from a group of the Ahiara diocesan clergy, the laity and others", stresses His Exc. Mgr. Peter Ebere O ...
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  19 February 2018
  VATICAN - Press release of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on the Diocese of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has today released the following statement. "The Holy Father, after having accepted the resignation of His Excellency, the Most Rev. Peter ...
• 19 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ahiara and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria), presented by his Exc. Msgr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke, and at the same time appoin ...
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  19 February 2018
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Massacre in front of a church in Dagestan. Patriarch Kirill: they want to break the harmony among Christians and Muslims Kizljar (Agenzia Fides) - A gunman killed five women yesterday, Sunday February 18 as they left St. George's Cathedral in Kizljar, in the Republic of Dagestan. According to the Patriarch of Moscow the attack represents a ...
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  19 February 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Many do not feel represented by any party, but the Church calls for responsible voting San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We are discussing the right not to vote, in a democratic country, because this is also an expression of discontent. It seems that even the annulment of the vote is a right, it is not that ...
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  19 February 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The trishul or the cross? Appeal not to abandon Christian principles Kohima (Agenzia Fides) - Choose between the trishul and the cross: is the appeal addressed to voters by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) - the largest Christian organization in the state of Nagaland (eastern In ...
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  19 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Church invites us to pray for peace:"The country needs unity and compassion" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community, during Lent, and in particular on Friday 23 February, will pray for peace in the conflict-stricken nations of South Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Con ...
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  17 February 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian Minister at the Vatican: "We would like the Holy See lead a Conference on Jerusalem" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The unilateral decision of the US Administration to recognize Jerusalem as the exclusive capital of Israel "is undermining the possibility of having positive results concerning peace negotiations", ...
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  16 February 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 48 thousand baptized in 2017: the Church in China towards a new missionary impulse Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There were 48,556 newly baptized in 2017 in mainland China. The statistics published by "Faith Cultural Society" on the eve of the Chinese New Year, and sent to Agenzia Fides, "are not complete" ...
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  16 February 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - The diocese of Ngong promotes the Year of Youth: "Be strong in faith, do not be afraid" Ngong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Ngong has announced the celebration of the Year of Youth whose theme is: "You are the Light of the world". As Fides learns, the idea of the local Church comes in view of the XV Gene ...
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  16 February 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Young Peruvians, Bolivians and Ecuadorians question themselves on how to respond concretely to the encyclical "Laudato Sì" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The II National Meeting of Youth of the Partnerschaft was convened in response to Pope Francis’ appeal contained in the "Laudato Sì" and with the aim of "promoting the protagonism of young peopl ...
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  16 February 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a church: Christians forgive the aggressors Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - After the attack, the response was forgiveness. Pastor Samson Ashiq who leads the community of the faithful of the "Church of the Assemblies of God" - among the evangelical denominations present ...
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  16 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President Jacob Zuma’s resignation should have been presented a long time ago" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC), in a statement to Fides "welcomes the resignation of President Jacob Zuma. It is long overdue". Zuma resigned after being recalle ...