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  18 January 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Four months of imprisonment for Father Maccalli: his "adventure of faith and hope" continues Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday 17 January, all the faithful communities in the diocese of Niamey, recalled the 4 months since the kidnapping of father Gigi Maccalli during the Masses. We also remembered the burning ...
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  18 January 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Bishops of Holy Land "Coordination": cuts to humanitarian resources increase poverty in Palestine Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The condition of "misery" in which the Palestinian populations live in the territories occupied by Israel "has been deepened by severe cuts to humanitarian funding by the US government". This ...
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  18 January 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Veneration of ancestors and value of the family unit at the base of the Lunar New Year Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - China, like other countries of the Far East, follows the lunar calendar, starting this year from 5 February. "The feast begins with the eve of the new year - says Fr. Giuseppe Dido, a Camillian m ...
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  18 January 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "total rejection of any form of terrorism and violence" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) strongly rejects the recent terrorist act that occurred at the "General Santander" National Police School in Bogotá, which caused 21 deaths and at lea ...
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  18 January 2019
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Bishops appeal for dialogue: "Let us rebuild hope for a better future" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - We need to return to the spirit of November 2017 when hopes for a better future prevailed. This is the meaning of the Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of Zimbabwe sent to Agenzia Fides on the drama ...
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  17 January 2019
  VATICAN - "The entire Church, all the Churches for the whole world": towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The entire Church, all the Churches for the whole world": this sentence of blessed Paolo Manna, Pime, whose liturgical memorial is celebrated on January 16, inspired the Day of spiritualit ...
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  17 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - The icon of the "Mysterious Supper" returns to the Syrian village of Maalula Maalula (Agenzia Fides) - A copy of the icon of the Mysterious Supper - stolen from the shrine of St. Sergius and Bacchus in Maalula in 2014 when the Syrian village was occupied by al-Nusra jihadists - has been relocated ...
• 17 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Nearly 900 people killed in the West in clashes among communities Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 900 people were massacred in four villages in community violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), between 16 and 18 December. This was reported by the UN High Commi ...
• 17 January 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Tuticorin and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tuticorin (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Yvon Ambroise. The Pope appointed Rev. Fr. ...
• 17 January 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ijebu-Ode and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Albert Ayinde Fasina. The Holy Father appoin ...
• 17 January 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Confirmation of Fr. Salvator Ngendabanyikwa as National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 28, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Salvator Ngendabanyikwa, of the diocesan clergy of Ruyigi, as Nati ...
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  17 January 2019
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Protests for fuel price hikes; the Bishops invite not to listen to incitements to violence Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Three people killed, around 200 wounded, more than 600 arrested. This is the toll of the clashes which took place in past days in Harare and in other cities of Zimbabwe, between the police and de ...
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  17 January 2019
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "May religions be united in promoting spiritual values in a secularized society" Singapore - "It is important that all religions work together to ensure that there are signs of closeness and sharing especially in the various religious feasts, celebrations and other occasions, this is important in the ...
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  17 January 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young Koreans bring their passion for peace to WYD Cartago (Agenzia Fides) - Young Koreans bring their passion and commitment for peace to World Youth Day in Panama: as Agenzia Fides learns, 41 Korean pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Seoul, accompanied by Mgr. Peter Chun ...
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  17 January 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Young representatives of indigenous peoples bring their expectations and hopes to WYD Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - 2019 World Youth Day will bring together young people from all over the world in Panama from 22 to 27 January. Among them are eight young Brazilian natives, representatives of different peoples a ...