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  22 May 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - "Mgr. Zerbo was pleasantly surprised of the appointment to Cardinal" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Archbishop was pleasantly surprised by the news. He did not expect the appoinment to Cardinal at all", said Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Mali, referrin ...
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  22 May 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - In the delicate transition phase, the Church is committed to peace, stability, secularism of the state Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, stability, freedom, human rights, secularism of the state; but also committment in social service and education: these are the themes on which the Catholic Church in Nepal "will continu ...
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  20 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni ordains 3 Bishops in Mongomo: "Be true, humble and generous Pastors" Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - Historical event for the Church in Equatorial Guinea: Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, this morning, May 20, presided the solemn Eucharist ...
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  20 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "For ethics in politics", even the Bishops denounce corruption in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Presidency of the National Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB) published an official note on Friday, May 19, entitled "For ethics in politics", which states that the Conference ...
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  20 May 2017
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Young activists rally to climate cause in Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - Two environmental activist groups in Trinidad and Tobago, powered by young volunteers, prepare to ramp up their climate change and sustainability activism. IAMovement and New Fire Festival ...
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  20 May 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church of Nicaragua prays for Venezuela Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "In communion with our brother Bishops of Venezuela and in solidarity with the beloved people of that nation who lives such a dramatic and painful situation, the Bishops of Nicaragua invite you ...
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  20 May 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Sister Glory, kidnapped one hundred days ago, no news yet Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Life continues timidly in the Diocese of Sikasso, on the one hand the community of the Franciscan Sisters of Maria Immacolata of Karangasso who had to stop working commitments, on the other no n ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Malnutrition emergency, infant and maternal mortality rate increases Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - With the collapsing economy, food and drug shortages and rising food prices, half of Venezuelan children under five years of age are at imminent risk of malnutrition. The alarm arrives from Cari ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The priest attacked in the Cathedral is still in serious condition Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico published a statement on the health conditions of Father José Miguel Machorro Alcalá, 55, stabbed while celebrating Mass in the Metropolitan Cathedral on Monday, ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Almost six million children and teenagers live in extreme poverty Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A study carried out by the Participatory Research Center for Economic and Social Policy (Cippes) shows that half of the children and teenagers in the country live below the poverty line. Ci ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - For the Bishops the Constituent Assembly is "not necessary and dangerous for democracy" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops' Conference (CEV) yesterday issued a Pastoral Exhortation as a conclusion of the Extraordinary Plenary Assembly held from 16 to 18 May (see Fides 17/05/2017). With regar ...
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  19 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas committed to countering the plague of child labor New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India multiplies its commitment to counteract the plague of child labor in the country. According to the 2011 Census data, the total number of working children (between 5 and 14 years ...
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  19 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to Priests and religious men and women in Malabo: "We must announce Christ, go to the suburbs!" Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to be in this beautiful country, a land of a young and promising church, for a second pastoral visit ... I chose to begin my stay with this meeting in order to get in touch with the l ...
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  19 May 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Crisis in the DRC: is an external intervention being prepared? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting on the crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi was held where representatives of the two States were not invited and Angola was the only African State admitted. The mee ...
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  19 May 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - No to death penalty: a petition to the Senate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 19, the "March for Life" reached Manila, to say "no" to the death penalty, a caravan of pilgrims who left from Midanao (Southern Philippines) on May 6, along a route that crossed the ...