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  22 March 2016
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - 4,000 children die for lack of clean water every day London (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Water Day, which is celebrated today, March 22, the NGO for development cooperation and humanitarian aid Plan International has denounced the death of more than 4,000 chi ...
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  22 March 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Gualberti: "The rule of law threatened, we need the truth!" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day the media reports news of people who take advantage of power to enrich themselves, even resorting to corruption, lies and deception. In an attempt to conceal the facts against the ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Experience of evangelization in the street for the youth in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A witness of public faith, with a Christian message in the streets, and an appeal for the gift of peace on the Korean peninsula: is the initiative launched by young people in Seoul who experienced ...
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  22 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Assumptionist priest, who denounced the exploitation of Coltan to the detriment of local populations, has been killed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Why are you killing me?" are the last words of Fr. Vincent Machozi, Assumptionist priest killed in the night of Sunday, March 20 in the village of Vitungwe-Isale, 15 km from Butembo in the Ter ...
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  22 March 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Thousands of catechumens will be received into the Catholic Church at Easter Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people across the United States will be welcomed into the Catholic Church on Easter Vigil, March 26. Among them, many dioceses around the country are welcoming entire families w ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Holy Thursday in prayer for peace and for Fr. Tom, kidnapped in Yemen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A call to prayer for peace, with a special intention for Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen (see Fides 04/03/2016, 17/03/2016): is what Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime asks all the Sa ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace built by children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A peace march, carrying signs with messages of peace and harmony for the country: is the initiative experienced by Muslim and Christian children of the group created by the Council for interrelig ...
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  22 March 2016
  AMERICA - Three American Countries on the black list of human rights Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Cuba, Venezuela and Guatemala are on the blacklist compiled by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (CIDH). Is what emerges from the 2015 annual report just published. In these count ...
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  21 March 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Cucuta invites the ELN to peace talks Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve, announced yesterday, through social media, that in the coming hours Corporal Jair Villar Ortiz, who had been kidnapped in the city of ...
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  21 March 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Health emergency: dengue in 14 regions Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Ministry of Health (Minsa) has declared a health emergency for 90 days: cases of dengue have been reported in 14 regions. The alert is intended to strengthen the prevention and treat ...
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  21 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Adorno father seriously injured in a road ambush in the northeast Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor (Adorno Fathers) was seriously injured in a road ambush yesterday, Sunday, March 20, in Katwiguru, 30 km from Rutshuru in North Kivu, eastern ...
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  21 March 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa: "The government has to protect citizens and their property" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened in Tumeremo is very serious. The government has to carry out its duty to protect the safety and property of Venezuelans, said the Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savin ...
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  21 March 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Destitute, malnourished, displaced children Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The children of Burundi, who account for half of a population of ten million people, live in the most destitute Country in the world, where most of the population survives on less than $ 1 a d ...
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  21 March 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - First round of presidential elections opens under communications blackout imposed by the government Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday, March 20, the first round of presidential elections, which took place in the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), opened under communications blackout imposed by the gov ...
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  21 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians call for protection and security for Easter New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in India are asking the government for the protection of churches and safety, in view of the Easter celebrations. As reported, in a statement sent to Fides, the Global Council of In ...