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  9 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian leaders concerned about two laws being debated in Parlament Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the association that brings together the main Christian denominations in Nigeria (including the Catholic Church represented by the Episcopal Conference) ...
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  9 June 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Youth launches a campaign to help Indonesian children Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Demonstrating its commitment to mission "beyond the borders", the Missionary Youth (JM) of Brazil has launched the "Corrente Solidaria" project, which provides for cooperation between the JM of ...
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  9 June 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Doctors are asking the Church's intervention to get medicines in hospitals Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis that affects the Central Hospital in Maracay due to the lack of medical supplies and surgical materials, has forced medical specialists of the main hospital of the state of Aragua to ...
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  AFRICA/NIGER - Critical situation for the 50,000 inhabitants of Bosso who escaped from Boko Haram Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The first Chadian soldiers of a contingent of 2,000 soldiers sent to Niger to counter the offensive of the Boko Haram Islamist sect from Nigeria borders arrived in the town of Bosso, Niger. In B ...
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  9 June 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Terrorist assault against the seat of intelligence, unanimous condemnation of Churches Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "The atrocious assault" perpetrated by gunmen against the General Intelligence Department deployed at the Baqaa refugee camp, which claimed the lives of five employees of the General Intelligence ...
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  9 June 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics mobilize for the anniversary of "Laudato Sì" Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The importance of awareness at a national level and to promote universal respect for nature, in the spirit of the encyclical "Laudato Sì" continue: is the aim of the Catholic Movement for glob ...
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  8 June 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Entrepreneurs urge the electoral Council to decide on international observers Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The superior Council of entrepreneurs, an institution which has a key importance in the economy sector in Nicaragua, insists on the request to have international observers in the presidential el ...
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  8 June 2016
  ASIA - The Friars Minor, evangelizing presence in Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 1,460 Friars Minor are present in Asia and Oceania and they carry out a valuable work of evangelical witness of life and service to the poor, "a sign to awaken hope", says OFM Minister General, Fri ...
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  8 June 2016
   AFRICA - Strengthening coordination among the 14 African Caritas Paris (Agenzia Fides) - To strengthen the coordination of 14 Caritas operating in Africa. This is the purpose of the meeting which opened yesterday, June 7, in Paris, attended by about fifty people, including 11 Bishops ...
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  8 June 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Demining in the country: sign of lasting peace Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Seven years after the end of a long civil conflict which lasted 26 years, Sri Lanka has agreed to join the Treaty to ban anti-personnel mines, also known as the "Ottawa Convention". The northern ...
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  8 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Opposition and civil society in Brussels to discuss how to "avert chaos" Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - A hundred delegates of the opposition and civil society of the Democratic Republic of Congo are meeting in Brussels on 8 and 9 June, at the invitation of Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the UPSD ...
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  8 June 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syriac Orthodox Patriarch meets President Barzani: thank you for having given shelter to Christian refugees Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation composed of nine Syriac Orthodox, Syrian Catholic and Chaldean Bishops, led by Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, was received today Tuesday, June 7 by Masud Barzani, P ...
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  8 June 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Simon Piorno to the new President: "It is time to think about the Country" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, expects the members of the new Congress to support the measures of the new Head of State. "I hope the fujimori ...
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  7 June 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The President rejects international observers in the elections, the Bishops are critical Granada (Agenzia Fides) - "Shameless observers. Your observation has finished here, now you can go and observe other countries": with these words, Nicaraguan President Ortega, in his speech at the Congress of the Sandini ...
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  7 June 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Peaceful mobilization of the Church against OEA and its policies Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The 46th Assembly of the Organization of American States (OEA is the acronym in Spanish) on the theme "Building institutional capacity for sustainable development in America", to be held i ...