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  7 January 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al Azhar at the "inauguration" of the Cathedral and Mosque in the new administrative capital Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Sunni University of al Azhar, led by the Grand Imam Ahmed al Tayyb, also took part together with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi at the "official inauguration" of the n ...
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  7 January 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Comboni Missionaries attacked and robbed in their community Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "On 5 January 2019, the Foyer Community of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Bangui, in Central Africa, was attacked and robbed by a gang of about 8-9 people – said the Superior General of the ...
• 7 January 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Port Blair Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January 2019 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Port Blair, India, presented by H.E. Msgr. Aleixo Das Neves Dias, S.F.X. (SL) (Agenzia Fi ...
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  5 January 2019
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Anniversary of the first Mass celebrated in America: the benefits of the proclamation of the Gospel are still lived today Puerto Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church concludes today, Saturday, January 5, 2019, the celebrations of the 525th anniversary of the first Mass in the American continent, officiated in Isabela, Puerto Plata, o ...
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  5 January 2019
  VATICAN - The Secretary General of Holy Childhood: "Thanks to the encounter with Jesus one becomes a missionary: this is what the children live" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "When Missionary Childhood Day was established on 4 December 1950 by Pope Pius XII, all countries were asked to identify a date to be dedicated to Holy Childhood, but freedom was left. Many ...
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  5 January 2019
  AFRICA/LIBYA - A mass grave of 34 Ethiopian Christians executed by Islamic State militants has been discovered in Libya Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - The government authorities of the Libyan national agreement have announced the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 34 Ethiopian Christians killed in 2015 by jihadists affiliated to ...
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  5 January 2019
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Promoting harmony in a multireligious society: the commitment of Christians Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The baptized in Malaysia are committed to promoting interreligious harmony in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country. As Agenzia Fides learns, various activities were organized at Chris ...
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  5 January 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - The care of the Guanellian missionaries towards the disabled in Africa Adidome - School and work: along these lines the Fathers of the Opera Don Guanella have been carrying out a project of evangelization and charity for young people with disabilities in Adidome for eight years, in the dioc ...
• 4 January 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - A new sister of the Missionaries of Charity in Kabul Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - A new missionary sister has just arrived in Afghanistan and will work at the Children's Center of the "PBK - Pro Bambini of Kabul" Association. This is what Father Giovanni Scalese, a Barnabite mi ...
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  4 January 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops' appeal: "May 2019 be the year of peace and reconciliation" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "May 2019 be a year of peace and reconciliation", is what the Bishops of Burundi hope for in their message to the faithful for the Christmas holidays and for the new year. The country is going ...
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  4 January 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Sisi will also participate in the Christmas vigil presided over by Coptic Patriarch Tawadros Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi will take part in the solemn Coptic liturgy of the Christmas vigil, scheduled in the new Cathedral dedicated to the Nativity of Jesus, built ...
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  4 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 2019 is the Year of Dialogue in the Archdiocese of Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "People today use modern means of technology, but paradoxically have less time to communicate with each other. It is essential to motivate and accompany people to dialogue, dialogue is a tool tha ...
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  4 January 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Inculturation of the liturgy and the indigenous reality of the Amazon São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis insists on the fact that the local Church must have an Amazonian and indigenous face. To achieve this goal a process of inculturation is needed, one of the possibl ...
• 3 January 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Torit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father appointed Rev. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, of the clergy of Torit, Bishop of the diocese of Torit (South Sudan), currently Lecturer and Dean of the St. Paul National M ...
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  3 January 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Justice and Peace" applauds the introduction of guaranteed minimum wages but stresses that more needs to be done Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We applaud the President and the cabinet for taking the first step towards addressing wage disparities and the plight of the working poor" says His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Coadjutor Bishop ...