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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 ...
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  17 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The victory of the National League for Democracy confirmed Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In the first free elections after 25 years, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi, obtained an absolute majority of the seats: With more than 80%, 25 ...
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  17 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Aggression against Christians to "convert to Hinduism" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremists attacked members of the independent Pentecostal Church in Kohkameta in the state of Chhattisgarh, causing several injuries. The faithful were dragged out of the church and bea ...
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  17 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Parish priest in Cook has been missing for days Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Puebla made a complaint to the Attorney General for the disappearance of Fr. Erasto Pliego de Jesus, parish priest since 2011 of Our Lady of the Nativity in Cuyoaco, in ...
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  17 November 2015
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The Bishops: "We hope these unspeakable acts do not give reason to those who take advantage of these attacks to instill hatred" Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - "Living among the Muslims we witness their conviction and their deep humiliation of knowing that these acts are committed in the name of Islam", write the three Bishops of Algeria in a letter to ...
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  17 November 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops concerned about the consequences of urbanization and unemployment Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ghana are concerned about the growing number of street children, a consequence of the increasing urbanization of the country. In the statement, published at the end of their plenary ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "Christians in Pakistan pray for Paris" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are terribly shocked. The massacre in Paris shook all Pakistanis. We condemn all forms of violence. Pakistan is a state which for years has fought against terrorism that has hit the streets, ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christian women spread a manual on domestic violence Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The manual on domestic violence prepared by the Association of young Christian women in Jordan, drawn up as part of the project titled "my dignity", was presented on Saturday, November 14 in Amman ...
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  16 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The child martyrs of Tlaxcala: martyrs of all Latin America Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) - On November 14 with a solemn and heartfelt celebration of the Eucharist, the Apostolic Nuncio His Exc. Mgr. Christophe Pierre presided over the closure of the Jubilee Year for the V centenary o ...
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  16 November 2015
  AMERICA - Latin American Bishops protagonists of the "Pact of the Catacombs" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 16 November, 50 years after the "Pact of the Catacombs", marks a special moment in the life of the Church, particularly in Latin America, as the Jesuit missionaries in Peru point out in a no ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: fight terrorism without "duplicity" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Time has come for the world to stand united against terrorism, and to confront the reasons of terrorism such as feelings of "oppression, hatred, bad education and fanaticism", with no "double- ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The closeness of the Church in Korea to French nationals Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grief, closeness and prayer on behalf of the Church in Korea for the victims of the massacre in Paris: is what Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, writes in a message sent to the A ...
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  16 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Shootings in Bujumbura, also in the central areas Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – There are ongoing shootings in Bujumbura, say local sources to Agenzia Fides from the capital of Burundi. "We heard gunfire and explosions up to 40 minutes ago. People fought and are fightin ...