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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops' message: "Day of the Paraguayan woman" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Paraguay greet all women on their day and remember the historical role they had and continue to have in the building of society and culture": this is how the message of the Epis ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - "Let us help them Grow": campaign to donate school supplies to vulnerable children Lima (Agenzia Fides) - By People, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting people with cancer, has urged the population to provide school supplies to patients of the National Institute for Neoplasia (INEM) and H ...
• 26 February 2016
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Leopold Kropfreiter Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 13, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Leopold Kropfreiter of the Servants of Jesus and Mary, SJM as Nat ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian court sentences 4 Coptic Christians to 5 years in prison after they mock Isis beheadings Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian court in Minya issued a heavy sentence against four Coptic students accused of contempt of Islam after mimicking an Islamic State (Isis) beheading video of a Muslim faithful who was p ...
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  26 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A website on the martyrs of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - A website to describe the ordeal that the survivors of anti-Christian massacres in Orissa still live at a social, judicial, religious level: is the initiative launched by a group of activist ...
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  26 February 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Door open to mercy, recalling the 150th anniversary of the persecution of Byeong-in Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 February 1866 the greatest persecution of the history of the Korean Church began: about 9,000 people, almost half of the total Catholic population at that time, were killed for their faith. ...
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  26 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - For Iranian Christians: to participate in the elections is a "national duty" and a "sign of belonging to the people" Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian Assyrian Christians, like those of other confessions, perceive that the participation in elections scheduled for them today is a "national duty" and also "an important sign of their b ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Mobile clinic campaigns to help the displaced Lui (Agenzia Fides) - CUAMM’s commitment to assist the displaced in Mundri East County, South Sudan, continues. CUAMM is working tirelessly in cooperation with local authorities to manage surgical and obstetric emergen ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The exhortations of the Bishops to the authorities: Fight against Boko Haram and corruption, economic development Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - To put an end to the violence of Boko Haram, fight corruption and develop the economy to improve the general living conditions. These are the main exhortations addressed to the Government by the N ...
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  26 February 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Two days of formation: "Taking on new commitments in cooperation with the PMS" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 and 26 February, the Formation Days for employees and volunteers of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain was held at the house of retreat San Jose, El Escorial in Madrid, in its ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - The President of Ghana commends the efforts of the Church for the unity of the African peoples Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Countless heartbreaking stories of development plans torn apart and destroyed homes come from different areas of Africa and the world, all because inhabitants were not able to forgive and forget ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Dioceses without borders", initiative for the reception of migrants Nogales (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented religious celebration took place on Sunday, February 21, at the border between Agua Prieta (Mexico) and Douglas (United States), and in a few months will be repeated at the bord ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Towards the elections: the Provisional Electoral Council almost complete Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The various social sectors that make up the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of Haiti have begun to nominate their new representatives in this body, following the resignation of six of ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Artisanal fishing destined mainly for export Algarrobo (Agenzia Fides) - In Chile, artisanal fishing accounts for over 90% of fisheries worldwide, and workers in the sector, about half of whom are women. According to the Regional Office for Latin America and the Ca ...
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  25 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou: "Hope for the election of a new President, but we continue to suffer the presence of the LRA" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "At last we have a new President. Beyond the person who holds the office, what is important is that we have a new President that we hope will lead the Country out of the abyss into which we sank ...