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• 18 April 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Harar, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Harar (Ethiopia) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F ...
• 18 April 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of San Andrés y Providencia, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia), presented by His Exc. Msg. Eulises ...
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  18 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Care and solidarity to the victims of terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Need to express concrete solidarity and to take care of the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Lahore, which took place on Easter Day: is the initiative launched by the "Cecil Chaudhry & ...
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  18 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Chomali after the churches burned: "The Mapuche issue is a political issue" Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali, who worked with the Mapuche people for several years, interviewed by the local press after churches were set on fire in past day ...
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  18 April 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Still demonstrations to support the immigration reform El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - Today, April 18, the Supreme Court of the United States will listen to the presentation of the initiatives proposed by President Obama, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the ...
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  18 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Marian Center in Tel Aviv: an oasis for migrants Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - It is a place where migrant communities get together to practice their faith and participate in the numerous pastoral activities organized: the pastoral center dedicated to "Our Lady Woman of V ...
• 15 April 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - National Director of the PMS, Fr. Manfred Ejong Nokwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 24, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Manfred Ejong Nokwe, of the diocesan clergy in Mamfe as Nationa ...
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  15 April 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops invite the State to listen to the demands of farmers Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) has requested the presence of the State alongside farmers, the promotion of programs to prevent the uprooting of families and highlighted the strength ...
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  15 April 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops' message: "Christians cannot relinquish their participation in politics" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the General Assembly of Bishops of Brazil (see Fides 07/04/2016), the president of the Bishops' Conference (CNBB), the Archbishop of Brasilia, His Exc. Mgr. Sergio da Rocha ...
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  15 April 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church establishes a committee to monitor the changes of Christian property ownership Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate has announced the creation of an hoc committee to monitor sales and transfers of property ownership - houses and land - belonging to Christian citizens in Baghdad. The ...
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  15 April 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "The Ghetto Kids": street dance to remove children from violence Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - A group of street children in Kampala has formed "The Ghetto kids". All together they dance and do choreography that are already proving to be very popular on the net. Through dance, the child ...
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  15 April 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Half a million children in conditions of neglect Quito (Agenzia Fides) - At present there are 500,000 children and adolescents in the age group between 0 and 17 years, living without any family ties completely left on their own in Ecuador. This is what emerges from a s ...
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  15 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Israel behaves as a theocratic State Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Israel, "although it proclaims itself a secular and democratic State, it is really behaving more and more like a denominational Jewish military regime". This is how the Latin Patriarch of Jeru ...
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  15 April 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Food disaster, but "the real crisis will be in June" says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of June will lead to an unprecedented food crisis" foresees Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfort missionary, who sent a note to Agenzia Fides on the dramatic food situation in Malawi. "Ba ...
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  15 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In Faisalabad, the Church nurtures ecumenism and interreligious dialogue Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Ecumenism and interreligious dialogue are fundamental steps of life, essential in a country like Pakistan: this is what emerged from the recent interreligious meeting held in the diocese of F ...