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  8 October 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - 150 years of "mission" of Catholic schools in Jordan Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic schools in Jordan celebrate the 150th anniversary of the beginning of their adventure in the lands now governed by the Hashemite Kingdom and reaffirm their cultural and spiritual mission ...
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  8 October 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes: "We continue to pray for those who disagree and persecute us" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, after the Sunday Eucharistic celebration on October 6, answered journalists' questions about the provocations of the military in some parishe ...
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  8 October 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Hope for national dialogue to end the secessionist crisis in English-speaking areas Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Everyone was able to express their point of view and everyone returns home with a result", said His Eminence Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, at the end of the gr ...
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  7 October 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas support for children with disabilities ìAlmaty (Agenzia Fides) - The support project for families with children affected by the Down syndrome continues and is expanding. It was initially launched by Caritas of Almaty in 2016, then extended to the rest of the ...
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  7 October 2019
  VATICAN - The Pope opens the Synod for the Amazon: "do not extinguish the fire of mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Rekindling our gift in the fire of the Spirit is the opposite of letting things take their course without doing anything. Fidelity to the newness of the Spirit is a grace that we must ask ...
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  7 October 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - An instrument for evangelization: Radio Maria Malawi celebrates twenty years of life Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Maria Malawi celebrated twenty years of life, confirming itself as a powerful tool of evangelization in the country. "Despite difficult times and daily difficulties, Radio Maria continues ...
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  7 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Creating partnerships between Church and civil organizations to combat human trafficking" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Each Bishops’ Conference and diocese are invited to create a Desk dealing with Human Trafficking in the spirit of Santa Marta. This is the main recommendation that emerged at the end of the se ...
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  7 October 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Extraordinary Missionary Month: many local initiatives to involve everyone Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019 (EMM), Archbishop Javier Del Río, Archbishop of Arequipa, presided the Mass for the missionaries to be sent, on Saturday 5 Oct ...
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  7 October 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops call for "peace, justice and dialogue" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Ecuadorian brothers, faced with the great social and economic challenges in which we live, coherent with our human and Christian principles and values, we invite all men and women of good will to ...
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  5 October 2019
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Extraordinary Missionary Month: "It is time to revive our missionary genes, to renew our hearts for mission" Maynooth (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to revive our missionary genes, to renew our hearts for mission" said the Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, President of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, during the Eucharistic co ...
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  5 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The spectre of another war hangs over the Ivory Coast: the warning of a missionary Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The current Ivorian political atmosphere fears a dark future for the Ivory Coast. "The spectre of yet another war hangs, unfortunately, over this earth", explains Fr. Donald Zagore, Ivorian theo ...
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  5 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Extraordinary Missionary Month preceded by the PMS Congress Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – To raise awareness of the needs of the mission; find new ways and strategies for missionary evangelization in Burundi and in the world; to study together how to support the Pontifical Missio ...
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  5 October 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Baptized and sent: called to life to build the Kingdom of God Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord called us and gave us the gift of baptism, through which we were born into the new life in Christ", reports to Agenzia Fides Brazilian Friar Valmir Ramos OFM, General Definitor of the Ord ...
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  4 October 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Rosary for missions: invitation of the Bishops' Conference to all communities Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Every October the Catholic Church promotes the prayer of the Holy Rosary and support for missions which this year are also joined by the Synod for the Amazon and the Extraordinary Missionary Mo ...
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  4 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity spreads in vast areas; the drama of the parish of Pissila Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of security is extremely serious. Not a day goes by without new victims". This is the cry of alarm launched by the Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Alpha Barry, on the precar ...