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  14 May 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Young people who evangelize young people: leadership training workshops Azogues (Agenzia Fides) - "Our apostolate is the mission Ad Gentes, in particular the evangelization of young people", says to Agenzia Fides Juan Manuel Rubín de Celis Alba, national coordinator of the "Movimiento Juven ...
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  14 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Attacks on three churches, the Catholic parish priest: "Let us forgive the terrorists" Surabaya (Agenzia Fides) - Three attacks yesterday, Sunday, May 13, 2018, struck three churches in the city of Surabaya, in the eastern part of the island of Java, just before the start of Sunday Masses. The first explo ...
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  14 May 2018
  AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops' appeal to the Countries in the north of the world: "Help us to recover money unfairly stolen from our development" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, poor management of oil revenues, lack of dialogue between majority and opposition, an unjust international system of economic exchanges and debt financing: these are the causes o ...
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  14 May 2018
  AFRICA - The Church in Africa lives and works for the salvation of every man, with the proclamation of the Good News Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Christian faith and Pan-Africanism are not two incompatible realities", says African theologian Fr. Donald Zagore, noting that most of those who unconditionally adhere to the various Pan-African m ...
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  14 May 2018
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "Mission Manifest": mission is the top priority in European countries Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - "We are Catholic Christians from Austria, Germany and Switzerland, who grieve about the erosion of the Catholic faith that Pope Francis speaks of. We are aware of the fact that our home countries ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Dam bursts due to heavy rains, at least 45 dead; the solidarity of the Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by the loss of human lives, injured people and the enormous material damage that has occurred throughout the Country, the worst and most shocking tragedy was the collapse ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Flood emergency: people with disabilities among the most vulnerable Kabarnet (Agenzia Fides) - The violent floods that have been devastating large areas of Kenya since March, where the previous drought led to soil erosion, continue. The toll, according to the Red Cross, speaks of at leas ...
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  12 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Muslim leaders gathered in Indonesia to seek a path for peace Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Important Muslim scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia met from 11 May in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to discuss and develop a way in the conflict that has blooded Afghanistan f ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese NGO: "Virunga Park, a World Heritage Site, under-threat" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least two British tourists were taken hostage in Virunga natural park in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A statement sent to Agenzia Fides by CEPADHO (Center for Studies on ...
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  12 May 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Latin Catholics, root of faith in the United States Latinos are a growing minority: their influence in the United States is extremely significant, because the great socio-cultural and religious wealth continues to shape all the social and existential dimensions of the Uni ...
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  12 May 2018
  VATICAN - Archbishop Rugambwa in Namibia: "The appointment of a Bishop is a sign of God's love" Keetmanshoop (Agenzia Fides) - "The appointment of a Bishop is, in fact, a sign of God's love for his people. For the Church, and in particular for the Diocese of Keetmanshoop, God accomplishes the promise he once made t ...
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  12 May 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Koki Ruiz prepares an artistic work made with Rosary beads for the beatification of Chiquitunga San Ignacio (Agenzia Fides) - "In love" with Chiquitunga. This defines, wholeheartedly, Delfín Roque Ruiz Pérez - for all of us "Koki" - the artist who is preparing, after the memorable altarpiece for the Pope’s Mass ...
• 11 May 2018
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Cape Coast and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father Francis accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Matthias Kobena Nketsiah. The Holy Fa ...
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  11 May 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishops' appeal: Catechists should be skilled on Child Protection Policy Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "All Catechists in the Country have to be trained on TEC Child Protection Policy, which was passed by the Bishops in 2017", said Director of the Directorate of Social Services at the Tanza ...
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  11 May 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church celebrates the centenary of "Sunday schools", at the origin of the Coptic spiritual awakening Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations by the Coptic Orthodox Church to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the so-called Sunday School Movement will take place on Sunday, May 13. The centenary will be celebrated ...