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  28 October 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - XIV Scalabrinian General Chapter begins: migrants and refugees "at the center of the Church" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The XIV General Chapter of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) opened, with the theme "Consecrated for the mission with migrants and refugees. ‘Walk humbly with your Go ...
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  28 October 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Vote with conscience and attention to the common good: the Church indicates the criteria for the presidential elections Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Participate in the vote with conscience and enthusiasm, choosing candidates who care about the common good of the country, considering challenges such as economic and social development, reconci ...
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  28 October 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The Catholic community restarts from the extraordinary missionary Month Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "In the extraordinary Month that the Church wanted to dedicate to missions, we decided to meet every day to recite the prayer of the Rosary. For this reason, we meet with the faithful in the pa ...
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  28 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Dal Toso closes the National Mission Congress: now may each one of us evangelize through words and with our lives Benin city (Agenzia Fides) - It is not enough to organize a Congress on the topic of evangelization if this does not have an impact on the life of all those who have participated, so that each one of us may evangelize th ...
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  28 October 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Vargas: a country in the search and commitment to find solutions Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the painful events we have seen these days, beyond the urgent need to face its serious consequences for the good of the entire population, with responsibility and according to the ...
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  28 October 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "No to the attempt to provoke an ethnic and religious crisis", says the Premier, Nobel Peace Prize Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "An attempt to provoke an ethnic and religious crisis". Thus the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali, described the violence that caused the death of 67 people last week in the great ...
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  26 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Dal Toso at the National Congress: "The extraordinary missionary Month is a starting point" Benin city (Agenzia Fides) - The Extraordinary Missionary Month that the Church is experiencing in this October 2019 is not only a celebration, but must a starting point, so that our Churches assume the missionary mandat ...
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  26 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the PMS to Bishops: from welcoming missionaries to becoming missionaries Benin city (Agenzia Fides) - After his speech at the National Missionary Congress of Nigeria, in Benin city, on the theme "The Church of Christ in Mission in Nigeria" (see Fides, 24/10/2019), Archbishop Giampietro Dal To ...
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  26 October 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Baptized and sent": "Mission is a divine action witnessed by men and women" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Without hesitation, let us ask the Lord that the baptism we have received bears all its fruit in fullness, without half measures, without calculation, without fear. The missionary nature of our ba ...
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  26 October 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' appeal: "Stop violence and resume dialogue" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest responsibility is held by those who have taken leadership positions in political and social life. It is necessary to rely on their good faith and their ability to reach agreements ...
• 25 October 2019
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Extraordinary Missionary Month: towards a new era, with the mission in Turkmen language Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - The whole pontificate of Pope Francis is at the service of marginalized margins, missions and suburbs. This missionary awakening is positive and necessary for the whole Church", says Fr. Andrze ...
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  25 October 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "The Extraordinary Missionary Month is an opportunity to renew our personal relationship with Christ" Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "The Extraordinary Mission Month is meant for each person to renew one’s personal relationship with Christ", said Fr. Barney McAleer, who previously worked in the SACBC (Southern Africa Catho ...
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  25 October 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - US Parliament puts the vote on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the agenda Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The US House of Representatives, a branch of the United States Congress, is preparing to put to the vote a resolution that would entail the official recognition by the US of the Armenian Geno ...
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  25 October 2019
  AMERICA - Religious: let us take on the anxieties and hopes of the peoples who suffer in Latin America Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "From Assisi, together with the Saint of Peace, the Latin American Confederation of Religious (CLAR) places before the God of Life, the hopes and anguish of the brothers of many peoples of our b ...
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  25 October 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The profile of the Australian Catholic community: a Report of the Pastoral Research Center Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Of the more than 5 million Catholics surveyed in Australia, 1,304,993 were born overseas, 136,360 do not speak English well and 305,823 live in poverty: these are some of the data in a Report on ...