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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 ...
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  4 October 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The pastoral enthusiasm of new priests in the Extraordinary Missionary Month Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Myanmar celebrates the Extraordinary Missionary Month, announced by Pope Francis for October 2019, with a special event that has a missionary dimension: the priestly ordina ...
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  4 October 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Caritas promotes the protection of creation and the commitment of young people against climate change Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "The life of the entire population of Papua New Guinea is strongly influenced by climate change", said Mavis Tito, National Director of Caritas Papua New Guinea, during the talk show broadc ...
• 4 October 2019
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Resignation of the Bishop of Palmerston North Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Palmerston North, New Zealand, presented by Bishop Charles Edward Drennan. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, ...
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  4 October 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Souraya Bechealany: Christians in the Middle East are not a "minority" and do not need "protections" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities in the Middle East "are not minorities and do not need protections". This is what Professor Souraya Bechealany, Secretary General of the Middle East Council, MECC in a speec ...
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  4 October 2019
  AMERICA HAITI - The opposition is firm in its request for the resignation of the President, an increasingly serious situation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The interreligious platform "Religions for Peace Haiti" informs that it has had no other choice but to withdraw and reject the request of the Head of State, formulated on September 26 and ...
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  3 October 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Bishops for the Missionary Month: "This is not the time for self-satisfaction, but for the announcement of the Gospel to the poorest" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "There are still many people in Korean society who do not know Jesus or understand his will. We must proclaim the Word of Jesus Christ and do our best to allow His will and His love to permeate ev ...