Archive News

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  15 November 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Strike in the health sector: a constructive dialogue is urgently needed Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - There is chaos in the Ivorian health sector: a protest by health workers has been under way since Monday, November 5. Nurses, midwives, medical technicians, health administrators, carers, are on ...
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  15 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commitment of Caritas: Promoting peace, harmony, human rights Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to promote inter-religious peace and harmony in the country. Radical groups are well organized and it is our duty to make more efforts to build peace and promote human rights": say ...
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  15 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni exhorts the seminarians: "Become authentic missionary disciples of Christ and of the joy of the Gospel" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "With you and with this Church, I want to praise and thank the Lord for the gift of many vocations that the Lord does not cease to awaken in this young Angolan Church. While I admire and thank Go ...
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  15 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the formators of Luanda: "Mission is the goal and the horizon of formation" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude for the valuable contribution to the formation of priests, men and women religious of the country, together with the assurance that the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples "a ...
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  14 November 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "It is urgent to respect the democratic process in the Country" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Our mission and our only concern is to evangelize, faithfully fulfilling the Word of God, and to make known the principles and values of the Gospel, without other intentions or interests of ...
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  14 November 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: let us help promote a "spirituality of exile and of return" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Bible contains a rich patrimony of writings useful to develop a suggestive and fruitful spirituality able to support and comfort the people who experience the displacement from their ho ...
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  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Taytay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay (Philippines), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Edgardo Sarabia Juanich. (SL) ...
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  14 November 2018
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Pope Francis to visit Morocco; "We look forward to it", says the Archbishop of Rabat Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - "For us who want to live and deepen the communion between us and the Moroccan people, Pope Francis’ visit will be a magnificent opportunity to show and live our communion with the Bishop of Rome ...
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  14 November 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - General elections after Christmas: satisfaction of Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The general elections in Bangladesh will be held on December 30th, the date announced by Nurul Huda, Electoral Commissioner. Previously there was talk of a date on December 23, too close to Christ ...
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  14 November 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Army and traditional leaders called to collaborate in the fight against jihadists: a hope for Fr. Maccalli Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The western part of Niger, on the border with Mali and Burkina Faso, has become in recent years the scene of operations by terrorist groups that carry out deadly attacks in these three countries ...
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  14 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the religious women of Saurimo: intimacy with Christ in prayer and generous service to the world Saurimo (Agenzia Fides) - The apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium and the announcement of the extraordinary Missionary Month, which clearly mark, together with other aspects, the missionary tone of the entire Pontifi ...
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  13 November 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic women are committed to promoting human dignity and prosperity Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesian Catholic women are committed to promoting human dignity, prosperity and harmony in society. This was reiterated by over 600 delegates attending the 20th Congress of the Catholic Women ...
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  13 November 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops again denounce the sectarian drifts of Lebanese politics Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The teaching of catechism as an essential part of the mission of proclaiming the Gospel to which the Church is called, is the central theme of the 52nd ordinary session of the Assembly of Cathol ...
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  13 November 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the priests of Saurimo: only from the encounter with the Lord one renews the zeal and joy for the mission Saurimo (Agenzia Fides) - "This meeting offers me a favorable opportunity to wholeheartedly thank you for your service, your missionary witness and your commitment to awaken, among your faithful, the missionary awareness ...
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  13 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A priest: "Asia Bibi was freed by an order from the Supreme Court, not by the Pope" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "In Asia Bibi’s case it was not easy to issue an honest and independent verdict, in the Pakistan context, where people are not ready to face the truth. The Supreme Court examined the case an ...