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  7 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church of Punjab united, beyond the Indo-Pakistani border Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To overcome divisions, differences, political tensions that exist between India and Pakistan and rediscover the common roots, in the sign of culture, faith, fraternity: with this spirit the Dio ...
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  7 May 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Rai again meets political leaders to discuss the institutional crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Almost two years after the end of the mandate of Michel Sleiman, the office of President of the Lebanese Republic remains vacant due to the vetoes among different political blocs. In the face of ...
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  6 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - If elections are not held by November all institutions will be delegitimized Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to become the only Country in the world where all institutions will not have a mandate, therefore, illegal and illegitimate". This is what is said in ...
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  6 May 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Let us not stop aid": volunteers are concerned about the earthquake victims Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - First breakfast, lunch and a snack: this is what homeless families, volunteer rescuers and firefighters receive every day, thanks to the work of a large group of faithful organized by the Cap ...
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  6 May 2016
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - Schooling for 75 million children in Countries where there is humanitarian crises London (Agenzia Fides) - About 75 million school age children and adolescents, who live in Countries affected by the crisis, need schooling programs. This is what the British organization Overseas Development Institute ...
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  6 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 9,000 children suffer domestic violence in the State of Michoacán Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Michoacán 15.5% of girls and 19.4% of boys between 6 to 9 years of age suffer abuse and beatings by parents. Data were collected by Children and Youth Study 2012. Equall ...
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  6 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Families are fleeing violence", denounces the Bishop of Tibù Tibù (Agenzia Fides) - Farming families flee due to the increase in homicides, for the presence of armed groups that threaten and extort the population, denounced the Colombian Bishop of the Diocese of Tibù, His Exc. M ...
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  6 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Religious superiors: "Let us spread the message of ‘Laudato Sì’ " Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Pollution of the water, of the land, of the air; deforestation and cutting of trees, burning the forests, overgrazing and desertification and oil exploitation as the major income for the country b ...
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  6 May 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: Lebanon looks like a ship without a helm Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Arab world is threatened in its very existence by "murderous identities", and crises and wars which upset the whole region have their deep roots in "regional conflicts" and "international po ...
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  6 May 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop kidnapped: three priests arrested New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian police arrested 14 people, accusing them of having organized and participated in the kidnapping of Mgr. Prasad Gallela, Bishop of the diocese of Cuddapah, in Andhra Pradesh, kidnapp ...
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  6 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple burned alive for blasphemy: impunity of perpetrators Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The trial regarding the culprits of the lynching of a Christian couple Shahzad Masih and Shama Bibi, burned alive for alleged blasphemy on November 4, 2014 appears to be complicated. In yeste ...
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  6 May 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - European Award for the Armenian church in Diyarbakir, confiscated by the government Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Giragos (San Ciriaco) in Diyarbakır has been awarded for its recent restoration by the European Union, but the awards ceremony and the laying of the comm ...
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  4 May 2016
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - To walk together, in an era of movement, moved by the Spirit Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - The "movements" of our time involve everyone. Some people are forced to move, even to flee, leaving forever their history and their context, and there are those who, under the illusion that mo ...
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  4 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops: "President, we are with you in the fight against corruption and violence" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We commend your efforts in the fight against Boko Haram and against corruption. We encourage that justice be done according to the rule of law, with no sacred cows to be spared", said His Exc. Mg ...
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  4 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The sad phenomenon of children born in prisons from mothers in prison Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Currently there are more than 13,000 women in Mexican prisons and most are mothers. In male and female detention centers of Santa Martha, in Mexico City, there are also 550 children who were ...