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  27 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “For Christians quake offers opportunity for interreligious solidarity" Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - "The earthquake devastated Peshawar and the number of dead has risen to 500, while the injured number at least two thousand. The government is doing its best. Christian NGOs have also mobilised ...
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  27 October 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - UN programme to combat poverty and marginalisation and guarantee respect for the rights of women and children Mandera (Agenzia Fides) – For many women in the town of Mandera, in a district in north east Kenya unsafe, arid, and difficult to reach, life is a continual struggle for survival, from infancy to adulthood. Young girls ...
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  27 October 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishop Emiliani encourages “Honduras can do it, can stand up, can react” San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) – "So many die because of violence and worship of money, perhaps the worst idolatry of all, the most bloodthirsty god, a monster, calmed only by the shedding of blood. Sadly, most of thes ...
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  27 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Drugs are drugs even when sold as medicines”: the Catholic stance Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – "A drug is a drug even when sold as a bland medicinal balsam. Feeble Mexican imitators are attempting to follow in their neighbours’ footsteps putting on the table of ‘healthy democrac ...
• 26 October 2015
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of new Bishop of Porto Novo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 24 October 2015, appointed as Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) Rev. Aristide Gonsallo of the clergy of Parakou, presently Parish priest at S. Martino di Pana ...
• 26 October 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishops put reconciliation at the centre of celebrations to mark 40 years of independence Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Angola’s 40 years of national independence from Portugal will be the central theme of the 2nd Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Angola and Sao Tomé (CEAST) to take pl ...
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  26 October 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - First stage of Bishop’s beatification process expected to take two years Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – A member of the Ecclesiastical Court of the diocese of La Rioja (Argentina), Rev. Roberto Queirolo, expects the first stage for research and collection of material concerning Bishop Enriq ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Respect for creation and sustainable environment in the name of Francis of Assisi Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Francis as a model for teaching correct relations between human persons and creation: in this spirit the Capuchin Friars of Pakistan organised in Lahore a St. Francis of Assisi and Nature ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - A shell hits Latin Church in Aleppo during the celebration of Mass. Bishop Abou Khazen: it could have been a massacre Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – In the evening of Sunday 25 October in the Aziziyeh district of Aleppo a shell hit the Latin church dedicated to Saint Francis where evening Mass was being celebrated. The grenade, coming from ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Institutionalising non-violence and human rights: lessons in peace building in war zones. Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) Educate in human rights and non-violence and offer the key to knowing how to mediate in a conflict in the affected area, is the goal which the Academy University of Non Violence and Human Rights in ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA - Young people Heralds of the Gospel Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Young Asian Catholics are acting as Heralds of the Gospel to tackle difficulties such as moral relativism, discrimination for reasons of religion, poverty and marginalisation: this was affirme ...
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  26 October 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Morales is the new president of Guatemala Città del Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) – Guatemala yesterday, Sunday 25 October, had a second round of presidential elections. According to the local media Jimmy Morales won, although the official announcement has yet to ...
• 26 October 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - “The Bishops are certain the visit of Pope Francis will reinforce national unity Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Visit of Pope Francis will help reinforce national unity, endangered by terrorist attacks, corruption and political policies which aim to divide in order to exploit the ethnic element, Ken ...
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  24 October 2015
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi foreign minister warns: Russian intervention in Syria fuels sectarian conflict Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – L'intervento militare russo in Siria a sostegno dell'esercito governativo rischia di provocare una ulteriore radicalizzazione del conflitto siriano, esasperando le contrapposizioni settarie che ...
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  24 October 2015
  VATICAN - Proclamation and Dialogue truly missionary work: inclusive school for children with disabilities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On a visit to the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, spoke to Fides about a sc ...