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  5 December 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Assassination of the missionary Vicente Cañas: executioner condemned Cuiabá (Agenzia Fides) - The only accused survivor, Ronaldo Antônio Osmar, former civil police delegate, accused of participating in the murder of the Spanish Jesuit missionary Vicente Cañas, in April 1987, was found ...
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  5 December 2017
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Defeating violence against women: the commitment of Christian communities Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Women in Sri Lanka still face an increasing rate of violence after decades of ethnic conflict and civil war. The Christian community in Sri Lanka is called to a strong commitment to eradicate v ...
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  5 December 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop Gomes: "We are all involved in asking the Rohingya for forgiveness" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "By coming to Bangladesh the Pope first of all wanted to show, as spiritual leader, trust in our country and attention towards the Bengali people. We are grateful. The whole country stopped to wel ...
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  5 December 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Heads of Churches meet "global" leaders: Orthodox Patriarchs meet Putin, Archbishop Warda meets Pence in the USA Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The contribution of the Russian military allowed the Syrian army to "free" even the areas of Syria most dear to Christians "from terrorists". And the collaboration between the Patriarchate of Mos ...
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  5 December 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic politicians of Latin America: "We ask for a more fraternal civilization" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "The scourge of corruption is the most damaging for our peoples of Latin America, public corruption erodes societies, injustice and the lack of unity increase in industrialized countries, the gl ...
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  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the Bishop of Christchurch Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Paul Martin, M.S., bursar general of the Marist Fathers in Rome, as Bishop of the diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand. The new Bishop was bo ...
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  4 December 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Gualberti: "The defense of democratic values loses moral force if it is not pursued with peaceful means" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the reasons for the protests and the defense of democratic values, institutions and the expressed will of the people are right, they lose their moral strength when they are not pursu ...
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  4 December 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: the proclamation of the Gospel is not "proselytism". Only the Holy Spirit "attracts" and converts hearts Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel "is not making proselytism". The Church grows "for attraction". And to exercise the attraction that can change and convert hearts are not our "apologetic explanations ...
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  4 December 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Fr. Rozario, released after the seizure, he will remain for a period in the Bishop's residence Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. William Walter Rozario, the Bangladeshi priest of the diocese of Rajshahi who disappeared on Monday and then found by the police in Syleth, in the north-east of the country, was released by ...
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  4 December 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A trace of mercy in a Buddhist country: Francis’ legacy Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis left an evangelical trace of compassion and mercy in a majority Buddhist country. The Burmese population clearly perceived his message of peace and reconciliation: this is what remai ...
• 4 December 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Resignation of the Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - on December 2, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bouar, Central African Republic, presented by H.E. Msgr. Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. ...
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  4 December 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Pope Bergoglio, apostle of love in a Muslim country Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Without love we cannot do anything to this world: this value is lacking much in our world. In Bangladesh and also in Myanmar, Pope Francis showed here what love means, not only towards refugees, ...
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  4 December 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - To overcome divisions to invest in peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We are never defined by our past but our present, as no matter ‎how hard the past, you can always start again. We wish to forget the wounds of the past and ‎move ahead towards peace", said Mgr ...
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  2 December 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church insists on dialogue to resolve the Mapuche conflict and avoid violence Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - "No kind of violence is the solution: A dialogue table should have been opened before or during the conflict, to avoid this repression and violence. Dialogue must always be present": these are ...
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  2 December 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Democracy for development": 200 associations to African and European leaders Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa needs democracy". This is the message launched by associations of the African civil society gathered in the platform "Let us turn page for a democratic change in Africa", gathered in Abi ...