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  12 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Clarification on Christians killed in Qaryatayn, denial regarding the news about the "jihadist" massacre Qaryatayn (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months, in the Syrian city of Qaryatayn, many Christians were killed in different circumstances, in different ways related to the fact that the region in which that city is situated ...
• 11 April 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Gaitán, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 April 2016 the Holy Father, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Luis Horacio Gómez Gonz ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The memory of the dead in the light of faith urges evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to Chinese tradition and culture, following the lunar calendar, the Day of the Dead falls on April 5. Even the Chinese Catholic community, which dedicates the memory of the dead on Nov ...
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  11 April 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - A "children's clubs" to prevent diseases Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The health center of Guarambaré has just launched a "children's club", a space where the little ones and their parents will be together once a month. The statement sent to Fides says that the ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: we hope that the Pope's appeal for Father Tom reaches the consciences of his kidnappers Aden (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no news about the kidnapping of Father Tom. But the appeal Pope Francis launched for his release yesterday from St. Peter's square gave us comfort. Now we hope it also reaches the conscie ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: pain and prayer for the victims of the explosion at a Hindu temple New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Bishops are saddened by the tragic explosion that took place yesterday morning, April 10, in a local Hindu temple near Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala, where over 100 people we ...
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  11 April 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The suffering of displaced women and children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months the violence of the Islamist Boko Haram group has intensified in the northeast of Nigeria and the border with Cameroon, Chad and Niger, causing a serious increase in the number of ...
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  11 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Assembly of Bishops concluded: concern over the violence in Araucania Punta de Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - Particular concern for the violence in Araucanía and an appeal to collaborate in first person in the building of a better life was expressed by the Chilean Bishops in their concluding ...
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  11 April 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - First International Congress on human rights and Catholic thought in Latin America La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the First International Congress on human rights and Catholic thought in Latin America, which took place from April 7 to 9, the Bolivian "San Pablo" Catholic University (UCB) stress ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian disabled brutally killed Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nazir Masih, 50, a Christian disabled and father of four children, was attacked by three Muslims who brutally killed him. As Fides learns, the complaint of the tragic incident, which occurred on ...
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  11 April 2016
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The Church in North Africa is directed more and more towards sub-Saharan Africans Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in North Africa questions about the African dimension of its Countries and its communities. This was stated in the final communiqué by the Assembly of CERNA (Conférence des Évêques ...
• 11 April 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Justice and Peace" denounces: "The hunger for money is killing us" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "For over 20 years we have been through rough moments with incalculable consequences on our daily life and our ecosystem" says the statement of the "Justice and Peace" Diocesan Commission of th ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The construction work of the separation Wall in the Cremisan have started again; condemnation of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The construction work of the separation wall in the Cremisan has intensified at the beginning of April 2016 and has entered its operational phase. After excavators and bulldozers, cranes are n ...
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  9 April 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The experience of the missionary children: "Listen to the word, communicate it to those who still do not know it" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to tell you about the initiative that I am carrying out with my Catholic children in Adaba" says to Fides Don Giuseppe Ghirelli, a diocesan fidei donum missionary. "Every week, on Thursday ...
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  9 April 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - The critical health situation after a year of conflict Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Data reported by WHO: Since the escalation of the conflict in Yemen, more than 6000 people have been killed and 30 000 injured in Yemen. More than 21 million people, 82% of the total population a ...