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  2 May 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Attack against the Church and tear gas against the faithful during mass: appeal for respect for dignity and human rights San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - "This afternoon a horde of men from the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) attacked the church of Our Lady De Fatima in the Sucre district of San Cristobal": this is what Mgr. Mario del Vall ...
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  2 May 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Anniversary of the Camillian mission in Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Easter was very much felt by the Catholic population and by the sick of Flores for the exceptional presence of the relic of the heart of St. Camillus, which arrived in Indonesia on the occasion ...
• 2 May 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Belgaum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 1 May 2019 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Bishop Derek Fernandes, as Bishop of the Diocese of Belgaum (India), currently Bishop of Karwar. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 2/5/2019) ...
• 2 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary of South Africa, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 April 2019, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria and of the military ordinariate of South Africa, presen ...
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  2 May 2019
  AFRICA - A true spirituality of work, not the "religion of prosperity" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time in Africa to develop a true spirituality of work. A spirituality rooted according to the plan and the vision that God wanted for work and the worker", says to Fides Fr. Donald Zagore, I ...
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  2 May 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistani Church in communion with the people of Sri Lanka Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of faithful in Karachi gathered in St. Patrick's Cathedral to offer their solidarity to the victims of the recent massacre in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (see Fides 22/4/2019). “We de ...
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  30 April 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Social Services Australia: "Citizens vote for the rights of the weakest" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The success of a nation is not measured by the wealth of a few, but by the prosperity of all. Sometimes, the leaders of various Australian political parties have referred to values that speak of ...
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  30 April 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Bishops’ appeal: "It is necessary to grow together as a people and as a Country, without leaving anyone behind" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "In this unscrupulous world where we want to build the walls of division, we want to eliminate all forms of division: only in this way we can build a nation characterized by unity and harmony", s ...
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  30 April 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Xenophobia risks bringing us back to the times of apartheid" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "If unjustified violent attacks against migrants and refugees do not stop, South Africans run the risk of becoming like the oppressors of the apartheid era" warns Archbishop Buti Tlhagale o ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops of Argentina meet the Pope, a country with 13 million poor and malnourished children Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today the ad limina visit of the Argentine Bishops begins. 106 Bishops will gather to meet with Pope Francis to report on the pastoral work of the Church in the Country. Argentina is experiencing ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious habit testifies, attracts and encourages evangelization Irondale (Agenzia Fides) - "People do not need religious people who are like one of them, just as children do not need parents who are their friends or companions. They need religious people who guide them to Heaven": sa ...
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  30 April 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - The "kafala" system, an instrument of oppression for African immigrant women Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Slaves and in an almost legal way. This is the fate of African women who have immigrated to many Middle Eastern Countries. Their dream of a better life is shattered against the "kafala". Migrant ...
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  29 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops in Assembly on pastoral emergencies, the Pope's help in welcoming migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - From today, April 29th until May 3rd, the Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Bishop’s Conference (CEM) will be held at the headquarters of Casa del Lago in Cuautitlán Izcalli, with the parti ...
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  29 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The martyrs of La Rioja beatified: "they lived and died out of love" La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Church is pleased to recognize that Enrique Ángel Angelelli, Bishop of La Rioja, Carlos de Dios Murias, conventual Franciscan, Gabriel Longueville, fidei donum missionary priest, an ...
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  29 April 2019
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - The testimony of a Slovak with an African heart Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - Among the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight, heading towards Nairobi which crushed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday 10 March, in addition to a Kenyan missionary and nu ...