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• 10 December 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis on 8 December 2018 appointed Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania) Rev. Filbert Felician Mhasi of the clergy of Mahenge, until now parish priest of the Cathedral ...
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  10 December 2018
  ASIA/JORDAN - Website shows irreverent images of Jesus. Latin Patriarchate Schools protest Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Schools in Jordan belonging to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem protested vehemently against the Al Wakeel website which recently caused scandal among the Christians of the Hashemite Kingdo ...
• 10 December 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Medan and appointment of successor r Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Farther Francis on 8 December 2018 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of Medan (Indonesia), presented by Mons. Anicetus Bongsu Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. The Hol ...
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  10 December 2018
  VATICAN - The beatification of the Algerian martyrs : “the Church wishes to continue to work for dialogue, harmony and friendship Oran (Agenzia Fides) – “Commemorating the death in Algeria of these nineteen Christian victims, the Catholics of Algeria and of the world wish to celebrate these martyrs faithful to God’s project for Peace that i ...
• 10 December 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Cuddapah Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis accepted today the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Cuddapah (India), presented by Bishop Prasad Gallela. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 10/12/201 ...
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  7 December 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - San Felipe de Jesús Foundation pulls children away from streets, mafia and exploiters Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Street children are "invisible: no one sees them", says Rev Francisco Crisanto, diocesan priest and director of the Foundation “Fondazione San Felipe de Jesús” FSFJ, which years a ...
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  7 December 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Advent young people principal actors Xi An (Agenzia Fides) –Young members of the local Seraphim Movement were the principal actors on the solemnity of Christ the King and continue mission work through Advent in Christ the King parish in the archdiocese of ...
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  7 December 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Alindao Massacre; Cardinal Nzapalainga calls for an international inquiry Bangui (Agenzia Fides)-“We ask for an international enquiry into the massacre in Alindao” said Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, archbishop Bangui, who went to the town in south-east of Central Africa where on 1 ...
• 7 December 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Bishop of Kaya resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kaya (Burkina Faso), presented by Bishop Thomas Kaboré. The Holy Father appointed ...
• 7 December 2018
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Maputo (Mozambique) Rev. António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo of the clergy of Chimoio, until now parish pr ...
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  7 December 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A remote diocese in the North East now has the largest church in the whole of Arunachal Pradesh Miao (Agenzia Fides) - In a small village in the district of Changlang, in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, north east India, the largest church in this Indian state was recently blessed and consecrated. Fides w ...
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  7 December 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Jesuit project: providing aid for migrants and fighting xenophobia Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Material assistance while fighting a cultural battle against rising xenophobia: these are the pillars of a project to assist Venezuelans fleeing their country launched by the Jesuits in Latin A ...
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  7 December 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Arshad: “May Baptised Christians be promoters of peace and hope” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Today there is urgent need of peace and hope in this city and indeed all over the country. The people are destitute and losing hope. As Christians in the Catholic diocese of Islamabad-R ...
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  7 December 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops say Syrian refugees must be repatriated without waiting for political solution to the conflict Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – Lebanon “can no longer carry the weight of Syrian refugees”, and therefore it is necessary to “dissociate the political solution of the conflict in Syria from the necessary return o ...
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  6 December 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Priest attacked in the cathedral with sulfuric acid Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday 5 December in the afternoon, rev Mario Guevara, aged 59 vicar of Managua Cathedral, suffered a sulfuric acid attack when a 24 year old woman threw the acid on the priest’s fac ...