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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: Asia Bibi’s acquittal is "a milestone in the history of the nation" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan appreciate the Supreme Court’s decision and recite prayers of thanksgiving for the acquittal and definitive freedom granted to Asia Bibi, the woman sentenced to death ...
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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: one million Iraqi Christians have emigrated in recent years Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years, with the migratory flows of the Iraqi population to other countries, about a million indigenous Christians have left Iraq. Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako recalls this in ...
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  31 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "And now let us work for a new Congo" says one of the members of the lay coordination committee Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - We must have strong institutions, not strong men" says to Agenzia Fides Thierry Nlandu, one of the members of the Comité Laïc de Coordination (CLC), organization of the Catholic laity that le ...
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  31 January 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - In 70 years 2,300 missionary priests from Spain to Latin America Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The mission is a fundamental element in the life of the Church, an aspect that this year will be highlighted even more with the celebration of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, in October. Am ...
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  31 January 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Catholic aborigines: "Postpone Australian Day to May 27" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "January 26, 1788 was not a day of celebration for the aborigines and the inhabitants of Torres Strait Islands, nor for the passengers of the 'first fleet', a mixture of prisoners and military pe ...
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  30 January 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - South-South Cooperation, in the name of organic agriculture and Laudato Sì Songea (Agenzia Fides) - A Brazilian ethnic Guarani professor will teach the youth and adults of the area of Songea in Tanzania, the techniques of organic farming, in the spirit of Laudato Sì. Thus a cooperation project ...
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  30 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Orthodox Patriarch Yohanna flies to Moscow and thanks Russia for supporting the reconstruction of Syrian sanctuaries Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Yohanna X, thanked Russia once again for its contribution to the fight against armed groups, and the Patriarchate of Moscow for the support offered to the ...
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  30 January 2019
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Church wants to mediate in order to restore peace in the Country Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "I wouldn’t want to get into details at this stage, but it was about getting clarification. It is the beginning of a process that I wouldn’t want to pre-empt at the moment. It was simply to g ...
• 30 January 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On December 19, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro, of the clergy of the Arch ...
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  30 January 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "We must all move from simple tolerance to true respect for others" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Faced with the tragic episodes of forced displacement of people for social, ethnic and ambition reasons, which have caused great suffering to some groups, all together we must overcome evil with ...
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  30 January 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishops’ appeal: The mental health of refugees and asylum seekers in Manus is exacerbated Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Despair, precarious state of health, self-harm: this is the context in which I found myself in Lorengau, on the island of Manus, and at the Pacific International Hospital (PIH) of Port Mor ...
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  30 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bomb in mosque, while the Week for inter-religious harmony is approaching Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "There are various reasons behind the recent terrorist attacks: a mix of political problems and misunderstanding of religion by some groups, in particular for the attack in Jolo, where threats ...
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  29 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops of Kananga greet "the first change as Head of State through the polls" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We want a new Congo. But this will not happen through a miracle, but from the work carried out by each of us", write the Bishops of the Episcopal Assembly of Kananga (in the south of the Democ ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "return" of Christians in the Nineveh Plain remains uncertain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 85 percent of the population who fled from the Nineveh Plain when that territory was conquered by the jihadists of the "Islamic State" (Daesh) is not yet ready to return to their region of origin, ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Respond to evil with good" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to fight the "cycle of hatred" that is taking place in society: this is what the Filipino Bishops say at the conclusion of their 118th Plenary Assembly held in Manila from 26 to 28 J ...