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  4 May 2017
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Scalabrini-Fest 2017: migration seen from a different perspective Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - In many parts of the world walls are being built against migrants and refugees and many lose their lives at the borders of countries that could welcome them. Yet the international community re ...
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  4 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The population is starving, Caritas Caracas responds with "solidarity pots" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Caracas continues with the initiative "Olla solidaria" ("Solidarity pots"). The program, also called "Community Pots", is promoted by Caritas Venezuela and despite the difficu ...
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  4 May 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Myanmar in the Year of Peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Church which declared 2017 the "Year of Peace", "the Holy See and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar have jointly agreed to establish diplomatic relations", reports a note of ...
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  4 May 2017
  VATICAN - The heroic virtues of Cardinal Francesco Saverio Nguyên Van Thuân have been recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was received this morning in audience by the Holy Father who authorized the Congregation to promulgate ...
• 3 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 March 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Mauricio Silva Jardim, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Porto Alegre, as ...
• 3 May 2017
  EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 16, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Luka Tunjic, of the Archdiocesan clergy in Sarajevo, as National Dir ...
• 3 May 2017
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 June 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Matjaz Kriznar, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Ljubljana, as the Natio ...
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  3 May 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II claims his role as "protector" of Arab Christians Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Hascemite Monarchy will renew its efforts to protect the existence and identity of Arab Christians. This is what King Abdullah II of Jordan reiterated during a meeting with Archbishop Justin W ...
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  3 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The situation of anguish and poverty involves everyone", says the Bishop of Los Teques Los Teques (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Los Teques, His Exc. Mgr. Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez, published a message to the community where, in 8 points, he recalls the feelings of the Catholic Church ...
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  3 May 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Over 90,000 children suffer chronic malnutrition Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Lack of food, access to basic health services, drinking water and hygiene are some of the causes that year after year favor the increase of chronic childhood malnutrition in Honduras . Accor ...
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  3 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian forum to the government: it is urgent to protect places of worship and the life of minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to protect life, personal security and places of religious worship of Christians in the country: a report entitled "Minorities on the Margins: Freedom of Religion or Belief and ...
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  3 May 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops denounce: "Politicians waste the scarce resources available to buy votes while drought kills" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The inability by most of these political parties to conduct clean and transparent elections demonstrates the fragility of the Kenyan political system on the eve of the general elections in Augu ...
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  3 May 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Proposal of the Church regarding the autonomy of the Mapuche people, an open question in the country Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Accept the essential truths of the failure of State negotiations - Mapuche people, with the obligation to negotiate peace without fear of national diversity and autonomy": this is the proposal ...
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  3 May 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syriac Orthodox Patriarch reconciles with four Bishops who had accused him of "betrayal of faith" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aprem II, Primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church, has forgiven four of the six Metropolitan Bishops of his Church who in February had accused him of "betrayal of faith". T ...
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  2 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Still clashes, Maduro announces a Constituent Assembly, guarantees for an intervention from the Holy See Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " There is no stop to the arrival of dramatic news about the situation in Venezuela and the aggravation of the clashes with many dead, wounded and detained. As I unite myself to the pain of the fam ...