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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Son of a Protestant pastor kidnapped New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The son of a Protestant pastor was kidnapped in the Indian state of Andra Pradesh. According to preliminary police investigations, 20-year-old Issac was kidnapped by Maoist groups. So far, the ...
• 6 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi threatens the risk of a civil war Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We directly live the concerns expressed by the international community on the situation in our Country, because every day we see the bodies of people killed during the night here in Bujumbura ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: no to the division of Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The prospect of a division of Syria on a sectarian basis worries the Maronite Bishops, who propose to look to the institutional model of Lebanon to try to neutralize the centrifugal sectarian for ...
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  6 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Middle East Council of Churches: unify the date for the Easter celebrations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The path for the Promotion of Christian Unity also involves the adoption of concrete measures such as a common date for the Easter celebrations. This is what was reported in the final declaration ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: more confessors in the Shrines for the Holy Year of Mercy Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrims who come to Holy Land during the upcoming Year of the Holy Mercy will have better access to the sacrament of confession in churches and shrines scattered in the land where Jesus l ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Even Christians demonstrate in Erbil against the law on the Islamization of minors Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, November 4 hundreds of people belonging to the non-Islamic components of Iraqi society demonstrated in front of UN representatives in Erbil to protest against the law that allows t ...
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  5 November 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Eight hundred children in feast: they will not study any more in the rain or under the hot sun Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Work has begun to rebuild two new classrooms in the Primary School '19 de Outubro of Ngalunde, 42 km from Maputo, district of Marracuene. The news of the great feast, which involved all the 800 p ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mining company withdraws from La Rioja: statement of the Bishop and the Deputy Governor La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The mining company MIDAIS withdraws from Angulos, Department in Famatina in La Rioja (Argentina). This was officially announced by the Bishop of the Diocese of La Rioja, His Exc. Mgr. Marcelo D ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Voting is a pilgrimage of hope" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - While we are experiencing "a crucial moment in the history of Myanmar", in the last days before the vote "there is the need to remain vigilant. We hope that these elections are carried out in a t ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A year ago a Christian couple was burned alive: today new life for their children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A year ago, on November 4, 2014, an episode generated a wave of horror in Pakistan, shocking the whole world: a Christian couple Shama and Shahzad Masih were thrown in a brick kiln by a crowd of ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' appeal for peace: "Dialogue with everyone, even with organized crime" Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - The four Bishops of the dioceses of Guerrero State have asked the government to "talk" with organized crime in order to reverse the serious situation of insecurity and violence that exists in t ...
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  ASIA/CHINA - On the feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude, two communities welcome new deacons and priests Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Two communities, rich in vocations, welcome new workers in the Lord’s vineyard at the end of the month of missions and of the Rosary. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, on the day ...
• 5 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society: "There are foreign jihadists in our region despite what the UN says" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are foreign fighters operating in the ranks of the ADF-NALU, a Ugandan guerrilla group that for years has raged in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This is what a note s ...
• 5 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Pope Francis' visit is a blessing and an opportunity for Kenyans" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that the Pope will begin his visit in Africa here, in this great nation, is a blessing and an opportunity for us Kenyans", said His Exc. Mgr. Alfred Rotich, Ordinary Military, Presiden ...
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  4 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim students in defense of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Necessary to put an end to discrimination and prejudice against religious minorities in Pakistan: with this spirit more than 500 young Muslims gathered in recent days in Lahore thanks to the in ...