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  21 February 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal of religious leaders: "Stop targeted violence on minorities" Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop targeted violence against Christians": this is the appeal launched by Christian leaders to the Prime Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Chauhan, and to all Indian political ...
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  21 February 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - National political dialogue begins: Catholics pray for peace Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - National political dialogue among the various political parties in Togo has begun in Lomé: the government and the coalition of the 14 opposition parties, which organized demonstrations almost ...
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  21 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops applaud the State of the Nation Address by President Ramaphosa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are at a moment in the history of our nation when the people, through their determination, have started to turn the country around", said the newly elected President of South Africa Cyr ...
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  21 February 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar is "open" to Coptic students (but they must memorize the Quran) Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The University of al Azhar, the most prestigious theological and academic center of Sunni Islam, supports the consolidation of a "modern and democratic" State in Egypt, and does not exclude openin ...
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  21 February 2018
  AMERICA - Synod on the Amazon: "To show the closeness of indigenous and Christian values" Amazzonia (Agenzia Fides) - "I could not say no, I agreed to contribute with all of my years of experience among the indigenous peoples, in the liturgy, catechesis and inculturated evangelization, as well as contributing ...
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  21 February 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops: National day of civil commitment to save dreamers Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The US Bishops have launched a special "National Catholic Call-In Day for the Protection of Dreamers", the young immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors and without legal documents to follo ...
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  20 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Overcoming the sin of tribalism: a challenge for the Church of Africa Ahiara (Agenzia Fides) - The well-known ethnic and tribal crisis that struck the Nigerian diocese of Ahiara "is just the tip of the iceberg", reports Ivorian theologian Donald Zagore, missionary of the Society of African ...
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  20 February 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy on social media: a Christian arrested Lahore (Agenza FIdes) – 17-year-old Christian Patras Masih was accused of blasphemy on social media and arrested yesterday in Lahore. As Fides learns, the complaint, based on Article 295-c of the Pakistani Penal Code ( ...
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  20 February 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli Parliament rejects bill on recognition of "Armenian Genocide" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli Parliament rejected a bill, which would have recognized the "Armenian Genocide". Sponsored by Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid, the bill was rejected in a preliminary vote whic ...
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  20 February 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "A campaign of defamation of the Church underway while the Country prepares to vote" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We denounce the campaign of discrediting and defamation of the Catholic Church and its hierarchy", says the National Episcopal Conference of the Congo (CENCO) in the statement published at the ...
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  20 February 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Student movements, of all religions, committed to peace and coexistence Amboina (Agenzia Fides) - Young Indonesians will not let themselves be intimidated or provoked by those who want to create new inter-religious clashes in the country: is what 16 leaders of student and youth organizations ...
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  20 February 2018
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops' Challenge: participation of the excluded and vulnerable young people in WYD 2019 Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Young Panamanians, young people make their way looking at the future with hope; you are missionaries of Jesus. I invite you to WYD 2019 in Panama, a feast where we will meet Jesus, together with ...
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  20 February 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Encounter with the poor Christ": young people on mission in rural areas Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - An army of 1,300 missionaries aged between 18 to 33 will crowd 13 rural areas and a juvenile prison in Paraguay from Easter Tuesday to Easter, with the aim of announcing the Good News to about ...
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  19 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Repentance and reconciliation are urgent", says Archbishop Okpaleke announcing his resignation as Bishop of Ahiara Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the announcement of the appointment, there have been violent reactions and resistance from a group of the Ahiara diocesan clergy, the laity and others", stresses His Exc. Mgr. Peter Ebere O ...
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  19 February 2018
  VATICAN - Press release of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on the Diocese of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has today released the following statement. "The Holy Father, after having accepted the resignation of His Excellency, the Most Rev. Peter ...