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  14 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Meeting street children is like meeting Christ Nagpur (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting, visiting, assisting street children means encountering Christ: this is what a group of young Catholics in Nagpur, a city in central India experienced when they went in search of street c ...
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  14 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi in the face of popular protests: "We cannot be indifferent to the suffering of families" San Cristóbal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas, His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, has agreed to mediate in the conflict in the Mexican town of Altos de Chiapa ...
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  14 January 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Indigenous people, poor people, young people and migrants: "the new faces of the excluded" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Social Pastoral Caritas in Chile, a body of the Episcopal Conference, presented the document "Equity and development in Chile: the new faces of the exc ...
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  13 January 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Tensions between Kurds and Christians in the province of Hassake Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions between Kurds and Christians increase in the Syrian region of northeastern Jiazira, where we find the cities of Qamishli and Hassaké and where large areas of land are in the hands of ...
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  13 January 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Less trade, more spirituality in the Church Lingayen (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has to deal with spiritual and pastoral matters, and not give the idea of being a commercial enterprise: with this in mind the Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, north of Mani ...
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  13 January 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Lahham: in the Middle East torn by sectarianism, the mission of Christian schools is even more valuable Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the historical life of the Churches in the Middle East, there has always been a valuable role carried out by Christian schools especially in the present scenario ravaged by sectarian conflict. ...
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  13 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Dialogue between Vishnus and Christians Tirupati (Agenzia Fides) - In India there is need to bear witness to the power of prayer combined with action to build a community of peace and harmony: this is the result of the recent session of dialogue between Christ ...
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  13 January 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops call for an end to the expulsion of illegal immigrants Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the United States has asked the government in recent weeks to end deportation raids of Central American families without valid documents. According to information ...
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  13 January 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Alert for the spread of the zika virus among pregnant women San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Following the declaration of the local Ministry of Health of the state of alert in 47 municipalities of 11 departments in the Country due to the presence of the vector that transmits the zi ...
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  13 January 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Peña Rodríguez’s appeal for the elections: "Do not choose people without morals" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Dominican Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, Bishop of the Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, called on the Do ...
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  13 January 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Health care for nomads and the poor in East Darfur Ed Daein (Agenzia Fides) - The Zakat Chamber in eastern Darfur has announced the launch of programs and health care assistance for nomads by the end of January, with the goal of providing the best services to the poorest ...
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  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Albert the Great" Seminary in Abeokuta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 October 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Anselm Izuade Ekhelar of the diocesan clergy of Auchi as Rector of ...
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  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "We are shocked and surprised by the proposed regulation of worship" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - With "shock and surprise" the Bishops of Kenya say they have received the news that the government has formulated new rules that, "if implemented, will have direct and negative impact on our eva ...
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  12 January 2016
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Malnutrition emerges silently Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - On top of the interior highlands of Papua New Guinea, the most populous island in the Pacific with 7.3 million inhabitants, rural communities carry out strenuous work in the wilderness, alm ...
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  12 January 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Kurdish militants attack a checkpoint controlled by Christian self-defense forces Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - Kurdish militiamen of the YPG (Yekineyen Parastina Gel, protection popular units, linked to the PKK) yesterday attacked by surprise a checkpoint in the Governorate of Qamishli in northeastern S ...