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  20 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are under siege" says the Archbishop of Kaduna where 4 seminarians were kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege", said His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, Archbishop of Kaduna, ...
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  20 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the encounter between St. Francis and the Sultan comes to an end: a peace commitment in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - With a joint reading of passages from the Holy Bible and the Koran, the closing ceremony of the celebrations commemorating the 800 years since the conversation between St. Francis of Assisi and S ...
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  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul Apotre" Philosophical Seminary in Antsirabé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 March 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Antananarivo ...
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  18 January 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Week for Christian unity: "a unity that does not exclude anyone, especially the most disadvantaged, and among these migrants" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The material for living the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, from 18 to 25 January, was prepared this year by the Christian Churches of Malta and Gozo. Every year on February 10th they ce ...
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  18 January 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - A social, political, religious and cultural revolution is urgently needed to promote female leadership Kara (Agenzia Fides) - In many African countries it is time for elections. "Social structures, such as politics, religion and culture, sometimes constitute real obstacles to promoting female leadership", notes the Ivoria ...
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  18 January 2020
  VATICAN - Week of prayer for Christian unity: "Hospitality is a virtue that testifies to the loving encounter with others" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are called to pray, so that all Christians will become one family again, to witness together love for Christ": this is what Fr. Anthony Currer, official of the Pontifical Council for th ...
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  18 January 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Patriarch Sahak II denies criticism of the Armenian diaspora attributed to him by Turkish media Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Sahak II Masalyan, the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople elected on December 11, wanted to at least partially deny the critical statements towards the Armenian diaspora communities scatt ...
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  18 January 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The whole Church in East Africa greets the Rome Declaration on the peace process in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to hear about this declaration. It is only my hope and prayer that the two parties – the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and the Opposition – will keep it. You know that t ...
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  18 January 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Assembly of Bishops: extraordinary elections of parliament on January 26 among the topics under consideration Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the mass presided by Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos OFM, President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) and President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), concelebrated by all the Bish ...
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  17 January 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Week of prayer for Christian unity: ecumenical meeting in Guayaquil on 24 January Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - From 18 to 25 January the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated around the world, which in 2020 has the theme "They showed us extraordinary hospitality" (Cf Acts 28, 2). This ...
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  17 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The President of the Bishops' Conference calls for national reconciliation in view of the vote Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray in the name of Christ, let yourself be reconciled with God. Dear brothers and sisters, Christians, like Paul, we have reconciled ourselves with God through the mediation of Christ; he h ...
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  17 January 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Melkite Patriarch: we are in the Middle East not to "spread the Christian civilization", but to demonstrate the work of the Holy Spirit in our life Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Church, also in the Middle East, is not to "spread Christian civilization in place of other civilizations", but to "demonstrate the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives and help ...
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  17 January 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio to politicians: "True leadership is in favor of young people" Tombura (Agenzia Fides) - "People from all walks of life are urging South Sudan to achieve peace. Foreigners are even investing their money for this goal. They all want peace for our country. It is time for leaders to sh ...
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  17 January 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishop of Myitkyina: "Stop violence, which slows down development" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The bloodshed that continues in some parts of Myanmar "is a cause for concern for all, is a brake on development, blocks the construction of a sustainable future": says Bishop Francis Daw Tang ...
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  17 January 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A human rights defender killed every day, the Bishops ask for an immediate response from the institutions Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Colombia feel "immense pain and concern in receiving, every day during this 2020, news of assassinations of leaders and threats to communities", express "solidarity with the surviv ...