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  21 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas India responds to India’s monsoon fury New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India, the social service arm of the Catholic Church, collaborates with state governments and NGOs to bring relief to millions of people affected by the devastating monsoon with heavy ...
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  21 August 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Rural Missionaries" 50 years alongside the poor Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Clergy, religious and lay members of the "Rural Missionaries of the Philippines" (RMP), involved at a pastoral and social level, celebrated their 50th founding anniversary, confirming the work to ...
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  21 August 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 198 thousand families received help from Caritas in 2018 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Peru helped more than 198 thousand families in the country in 2018: this is the figure that emerges from the Social Report of Caritas Peru which describes the activity of th ...
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  21 August 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appeal to national unity after the massacre of the military; the Bishops denounce the attempt to trigger an inter-religious conflict Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Instability is worsening in Burkina Faso, where on August 19, 24 soldiers died, 7 others were injured while 5 of their comrades were reported missing during a jihadist attack. The assault o ...
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  20 August 2019
  ASIA - Catholic journalists in Asia: together to announce the Gospel values Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - To announce the tidings of Good news, to stay away from sensationalism and fake news: is the commitment made by journalists, editors, and Catholic communicators from Asia gathered in Kuala ...
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  20 August 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops: it is urgent to stop violence against women Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to stop all actions that undermine the dignity of women in Mexico: this is the appeal launched by the Archbishop of Puebla, Mgr. Víctor Sánchez Espinosa, who once again highli ...
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  20 August 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishops' send condolences for the victims of the fuel tanker explosion Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Tanzania sends condolences to Mr. President and to all citizens. We urge Tanzanians to support the families who have lost their loved ones and who have suffered tra ...
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  20 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ecumenical prayer of Christians for "the Muslim brethren of Kashmir" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A special prayer for "the Muslim brethren of Kashmir" was organized in past days by the Ecumenical Solidarity Committee Lahore. Religious Leaders from the Catholic, Church of Pakistan, Anglican C ...
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  19 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A ten-point resolution sent by religious minorities to the Prime Minister Karachi (Agenzia Fides): "We are faithful to our beloved homeland, Pakistan. We are not strangers: our Churches, religious institutions, hospitals and office buildings have a raised flag of Pakistan. We have lived in thi ...
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  19 August 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - Cardinal Filoni at the shrine of Zakopane: "Mary is present and alive among us" Zakopane (Agenzia Fides) - "One wonders: why so many Shrines in the world, why so much affection and devotion to Mary? In truth, from the moment Mary lost Jesus, she adopted, as Mother, the Church born of the blood of he ...
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  19 August 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Church calls for justice for Faustine Brou N’Guessan, parish secretary killed in her office Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Let there be full light on the murder of Faustine Brou N’Guessan. The Church is merciful, but mercy is carried out through justice", said Fr. Augustin Obrou, at the head of the social communi ...
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  19 August 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Catholic world calls for "authentic dialogue between government and society" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot resign ourselves, as individual citizens and even less as organized civil society, to having a government that unilaterally manages the major problems of this country": says Catho ...
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  19 August 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Police are investigating the death of a Polish missionary Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of the Mission of Puerto Rico and the Vincentian Family of Puerto Rico are mourning the unexpected death on August 18, 2019, of Polish missionary Fr. Stanislaw Szczepanik, CM, in ...
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  13 August 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Legislation for asylum seeker- Bishops' comment: "unlawful, unjust, and unwise", Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Fides received a statement from the US bishops regarding the legislation recently released by the Trump administration on migrants residing in the country. A 30-day period was given to submit ...
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  13 August 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - First pediatric cancer hospital in Peru and South America, also supported by the church Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - With the blessing of Mgr. Nicola Girasoli, Apostolic Nuncio in Peru, and Mgr. Richard Alarcón, Archbishop of Cusco, the first pediatric cancer hospital in Peru and South America was presented to ...