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  11 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Lent in prayer for Father Maccalli, six months after his abduction Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The more time passes, the more we must resist the temptation to resign ourselves and to soften our attention. In the diocese we want to continue to propose moments of prayer for the release of F ...
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  11 March 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Conclusions of the Assembly of Bishops: "Let us not allow negativism to paralyze us" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Panama have published a document at the conclusion of the 209th Plenary Assembly of the Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) held from February 25th to March 1st. "With the h ...
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  8 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Itinerant service of the Scalabrinians on the border between Mexico and United States: "there are still too many women who suffer in the world" Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - In conjunction with International Women's Day, 8 March, the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of San Carlo Borromeo (Scalabrinians) launches a new apostolic initiative: the "Itinerant Servi ...
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  8 March 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The community of baptized people increases in a climate of dialogue and peaceful coexistence Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "If I were to take stock of the last 10 years, I would say that the Uzbek church has not grown in number but in the composition of people, because many have emigrated and at the same time new g ...
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  8 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionaries from Asia and America preparing themselves to go to Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – A Portuguese language course is taking place these days for missionaries starting their work of evangelization in Brazil. The course will last 7 weeks and will end on April 17th. The first me ...
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  8 March 2019
  AFRICA - There is no mission in Africa without women Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Today in Africa, mission cannot be conceived without direct, close and effective collaboration with women. In our continent women are a fundamental link in the missionary activity of the Church": ...
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  8 March 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Léonie Kandolo, a Catholic woman committed to the common good Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the testimonies of Congolese female figures, there is Léonie Kandolo, member and spokesperson of the Committee for the Coordination of the Laity (CLC), a body which was the protagonist d ...
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  8 March 2019
  ASIA - Joint appeal of the Directors of the PMS of India and Pakistan: "Dialogue is urgently needed for the common good of our peoples" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The rulers of India and Pakistan must sit down at a negotiating table and start dialogue sessions to address and resolve the long-standing issue of Kashmir. We are aware that it is an anci ...
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  8 March 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox priest: negotiations under way in Baghuz for the release of Archbishop Mar Gregorios Baghuz (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian Orthodox priest Samuel Gümüs, engaged in the pastoral care of the Syrian Orthodox communities present in Germany, declared that the Orthodox Syrian Metropolitan of Aleppo, Mar Gregorios ...
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  7 March 2019
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Promoting inter-religious dialogue, respect and good relations between Christians and Muslims Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "To dialogue, share, witness, are all attitudes that bear fruit. Conflicts do not help, we must instead work on common points. This is what I learned in my 25 years in a post-Soviet and Muslim ...
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  7 March 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches "regularized" by the Egyptian government rises to 783 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt the process of "legalization" of Christian places of worship built in the past without the required permits, along with the granting of authorizations for the construction of new churches ...
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  7 March 2019
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Extraordinary Missionary Month: from the oldest baptistery to the sending on a mission Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - With a ceremony to be held on 1 October at the Riva San Vitale baptistery in Ticino, the Extraordinary Missionary Month (EMM) will begin in Switzerland. According to information sent to Agenzia ...
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  7 March 2019
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops appeal for Lent: "Let us fast from lies" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "A fast of lies that inundate and poison interpersonal and social relations". This is what the Bishops of Benin propose in their Lenten message, in which they exhort the faithful to remain silen ...
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  7 March 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: peace between India and Pakistan, in the name of Francis of Assisi Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Peace between India and Pakistan "is necessary and it is the only viable way, because both countries cannot afford a war, while peace is the only way to prosper and make progress". As Agenzia Fid ...
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  7 March 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionology Symposium: "Pope Francis’ missionary appeal" in the face of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - Promoted by the Faculty of Theology of Northern Spain, today the 29th Symposium of Missionology in Burgos begins, under the theme "Pope Francis’ missionary appeal" before the Extraordinary Miss ...