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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 ...
• 13 January 2016
  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 ...
• 13 January 2016
  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 ...
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  12 January 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch: we offer the "fast of Nineveh" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Chaldean Christians, in accordance with its liturgical tradition, are preparing to observe the so-called "fast of Nineveh" (Bautha of Ninwaye), preceding the three weeks of Lent. For three days, ...
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  12 January 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New Year begins in the sign of unity between Catholics and Muslims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A new year marked by an atmosphere of unity and brotherhood between Christians and Muslims in which the experiences of cooperation and coexistence between them has increased in Indonesia. In man ...
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  12 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Kerala give their support to farmers Kottayam (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Bishops of Kerala - which brings together the Bishops of various rites present in the state, support farmers in their needs and calls on the government not to neglect their probl ...
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  12 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For the Bishops: the capture of 'El Chapo' should give hope that crime will decrease Celaya (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, Bishop of Celaya, said that the new capture of "El Chapo", the well-known criminal, head of a Mexican organization dedicated to international dr ...
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  12 January 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - Mgr. Serpa and the prisoners in Cuba: Being imprisoned, “shut in”, is not the same thing as being “shut out” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Cuban diocese of Pinar del Río, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Serpa said that in Cuba there are political prisoners, and these are people with long convictions for whom he has asked a re ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Hundreds of displaced South Sudanese stranded at the border with DRC Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of South Sudanese have been abounding the capital of Western Equatoria State, Yambio, to take refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, where they are deprived of humanit ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Bishop of Port-Gentil Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 January 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Euzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu, Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Libreville as Bishop of the Diocese of Port-Gentil (Gabon). The ...