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  10 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKSTAN - Christians mobilize to help those injured by the attack on Quetta, the government is absent Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal not to forget the victims of the recent attack on the Methodist church of Quetta - devastated by a terrorist attack on December 17 - and a fundraising to help the affected brothers: th ...
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  10 January 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Political crisis, a missionary: "People do not feel safe" Sokodé (Agenzia Fides) - "The country has been going through a serious political crisis for five months, since a coalition of 14 opposition parties, have been organizing rallies and protests almost every week against th ...
• 10 January 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Jerzy Marian Faliszek, SVD Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 30, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Jerzy Marian Faliszek, of the Society of the Divine Word ...
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  10 January 2018
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - A mercenary at the head of the failed coup in Central Africa Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - There is a former high-ranking Chadian official with a past as commander of the Central African rebellion Seleka at the head of the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, thwarted by the authoritie ...
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  10 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Fr. Dario Bossi: "Mining activities weigh on the lives of indigenous communities: the Pope will not be deaf to this problem" Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - "The letter we sent to Pope Francis is very clear, as he goes into details, he explains to what extent the impact of mining affects the lives of the simplest and smallest, in particular th ...
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  10 January 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - Executive secretary for the "Mapuche pastoral": we do not expect political solutions to our problems from the Pope Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Mapuche are waiting for Pope Francis "to bless us, to strengthen our faith". They hope his homilies will favor "social peace". But they do not expect political solutions from him to ...
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  9 January 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Salvadorans without protection in America, the Church will not abandon separated families Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "The decision to terminate TPS for El Salvador is heartbreaking". As detailed in our recent delegation trip report to the region, El Salvador is currently not in a position to adequately hand ...
• 9 January 2018
  AMERICA/ANTILLE - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Esteban Kross Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 June 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Esteban Ramon Kross, of the diocesan clergy of Paramaribo (Suriname) a ...
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  9 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "It is urgent to promote peace and harmony in Pakistan" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us light the candle of peace, together with the hope to illuminate darkness and grow in faith. Let us pray so that this year may be full of peace, tolerance and solidarity among all religion ...
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  9 January 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Damascus, mortar shells on the Old City. Two churches hit Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A mortar shell hit the Bab Tuma area on Monday, January 8, in the old city of Damascus where several churches are concentrated, causing massive damage to the Latin Catholic parish of the Conver ...
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  9 January 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped religious sisters released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are happy; to God be the glory", said Sister Agatha Osarekhoe, Superior General of the Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Christ, announcing the release of the three sisters and three reveren ...
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  9 January 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - An open letter from a Catholic priest: "Should Christians worship India as a Hindu goddess?" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Should Indian Christians worship the goddess India and offer Hindu rites in their churches or institutions?": This is the provocative question Catholic priest Fr. Anand Muttungal, theologian, ...
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  9 January 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga: "2017 is a year marked by violence against the people and the Church" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Where are we going? What will the people of Central Africa in 2018 become?" asked Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, in his opening speech for the plenary meeting of the Bish ...
• 9 January 2018
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. José Mario Goncalves Moreira Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 15, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. José Mario Goncalves Moreira, of the diocesan clergy of Mindelo, as ...
• 8 January 2018
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of the Bishop of Chinhoyi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2017 the Holy Father appointed as bishop of Chinhoyi, (Zimbabwe), Rev. Fr. Raymond Tapiwa Mupa, C.Ss.R., currently regional Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in Harare. ...