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  19 November 2015
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Archbishop Hilarion: France and Russia allies against terrorists "servants of Satan" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Russia and France were allies during the last great war and defeated the Brown Plague (Nazism, ed) together. Now we must together oppose the plague of international terrorism for the sake of the ...
• 19 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Weak signs of hope thanks to pressure from China and Kenya for an inclusive dialogue" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Bujumbura seems to be calm after yesterday’s fighting in several districts of the capital of Burundi (see Fides 18/11/2015). This is reported by local sources to Agenzia F ...
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  19 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Open discussion on the mission in Africa 50 years after the "Ad Gentes" apostolic decree Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are proud and happy of the good news that we have received thanks to the action of missionaries. It is necessary for us to pause on the decree on the universal mission 50 years after its pu ...
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  19 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: participate in the elections and give your support to honest and competent candidates Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and pastoral operators have to encourage "all citizens, and in particular young people, to participate in the second phase of the electoral process". Coptic voters must choose competent an ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad: "Putin is the only defender of Christian civilization" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - According to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "is the only defender of Christian civilization we can trust". This is what President Assad said in an interview, rele ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Religious culture" exam for Armenian students Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – As from this year, more than two hundred Armenian students who attend schools in Istanbul linked to the Armenian community will have to take a "religious culture and moral knowledge" exam to ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Attack against a PIME missionary Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Piero Parolari, 64, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), was hit this morning, on his way to the public hospital where he was serving the sick. He has two wounds to ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Francis of Assisi and the encyclical "Laudato Sì" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in Pakistan reflect on Francis of Assisi's love towards nature and Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì": as reported to Fides, this was discussed in a recent meeting organized b ...
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  18 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The missing priest's body found, he had been set on fire Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Puebla informs the violent death of Fr. Erastus Pliego de Jesus, pastor of St. Mary of the Nativity in the small town of Cuyuaco, who had been missing for a few days (see Fides ...
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  18 November 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops meeting: Bring the Gospel to those who use "the digital world" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua are meeting these days (16, 17 and 18 November) to examine the pastoral work of each Commission and reflect on the commitment of the Church i ...
• 18 November 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The bull distributed to the faithful of Our Lady of Carmel parish in Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Six hundred copies of Misericordiae vultus, the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy bull proclaimed by Pope Francis, were distributed to the faithful of Our Lady of Carmel parish in Beijing during Ma ...
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  18 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Shooting during the night in Bujumbura Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting was heard last night in Bujumbura, also near the Seminary of the capital of Burundi. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by local sources who have requested anonymity for securit ...
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  18 November 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attack in the northeast while the President denounces: "the army sabotaged by corruption" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least 32 dead and 80 wounded in a suicide bombing in a petrol station in Yola, capital of Adamawa State, in the north-east of Nigeria. The attack is attributed to Boko Haram, the group responsi ...
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  17 November 2015
  ASIASIA/SYRIA - Pax Christi: need to put an end to the support to jihadist groups Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - The new round of international talks to seek a solution to the Syrian conflict, which began in Vienna soon after the terrorist massacres in Beirut and Paris, seems to have started a political pro ...
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  17 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Family, formation of priests, environmental problems: the topics analyzed by the Bishops Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Gualeguaychú and President of the Episcopal Commission for Social Ministry, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Lozano, presented a summary of the topics discussed during the 110th Plenary A ...