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• 13 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ruteng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev.do Siprianus Hormat, of the clergy of Ruteng, currently Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Conference, as Bishop of the Diocese of Ruteng (Indone ...
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  13 November 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Bethlehem, pilgrims increase. Opening hours at nativity Church has been extended Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The increase of pilgrims and tourists to Bethlehem continues, the Palestinian city where Jesus was born, and also for this reason the Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine an ...
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  13 November 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Seminar on integral development begins today with the participation of the Holy See Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Integral human development, the path to peace". This is the theme of the Seminar which begins today, November 13th, and ends on November 15th, organized in Abidjan by the Embassy of the Ivory C ...
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  13 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - National dialogue and the end of violence, because "Chile cannot wait!" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Chile calls for national dialogue without exclusions and to end all forms of violence. In a message published on 12 November, as part of the 119th Plenary Assembly ...
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  12 November 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sr. Neusa de Fatima Mariano re-elected Superior General: “great challenges to face in the next six years” Rocca di Papa (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Neusa de Fatima Mariano was re-elected Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo – Scalabrinians. She will therefore continue to lead ...
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  12 November 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence increases: Indian Christians claim their constitutional rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Atrocities against Christians are on the rise. In 2014, about 150 episodes of violence against the community were reported. In 2016, the count rose to 200 and in 2017 it went up to 270 accide ...
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  12 November 2019
  AMERICA - The President of CELAM: "Throughout our region there is a sort of unprecedented ‘social explosion’ Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - "I wish to express my strongest rejection of violence, wherever it comes from, and appeal to the rulers and the authorities of our region to implement concrete and real policies that guarantee ...
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  12 November 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - An Australian Bishop: "Refugees live in inhuman conditions" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "I’ve heard of the precarious conditions of refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea. However, after meeting some of them, I realized that the situation in which they live is inhum ...
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  12 November 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Dialogue and evangelization in the family Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Constant and eloquent dialogue in families is essential to build healthy relationships". As Fides learns, this was the main message by the Vicar General of the Diocese of Goroka, Fr. Piotr ...
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  12 November 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian priest and his father killed in Deir ez Zor. Archbishop Marayati: "for us they are martyrs. And the war is not over" Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of the Armenian Catholic priest Hovsep Hanna Petoyan and his father Hanna Petoyan took place this morning in Qamishli, killed on Monday 11 Novembe. The two were attacked by unidenti ...
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  12 November 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "Join the campaign against corruption" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are joining forces to fight corruption in the Country". Thus the Bishops of Kenya ask all Kenyans to support the campaign entitled "Let us Break the Chains of Corruption" launched by them on ...
• 11 November 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and succession of Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 November 2019, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Abuja (Nigeria), presented by His Eminence Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan. He i ...
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  11 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - After the resignation of the President, appeal for non-violence and a peaceful constitutional solution La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets a few hours ago in La Paz to celebrate the resignation of Bolivian president Evo Morales, at the end of the protests and disputes over the results of the O ...
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  11 November 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: three days of fasting to call for peace to return in Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - From Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 November "the sons and daughters" of the Chaldean Church are called to fast and pray God for the gift of peace and for the return to stability in Iraq. This was as ...
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  11 November 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Archbishop Dal Toso at the closing of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: Africa is a big hope for the Church Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - With the hope that the missionary seeds planted during the Extraordinary Missionary Month continue to germinate and bear fruits in missionary apostolate, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, Pr ...