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  22 October 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - A global network of volunteers for minors at risk Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) – For boys and girls at risk in Santiago de Chile the organization VE Global (VE) is recruiting and training volunteers for a global network to promote equal opportunities for childre ...
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  22 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two lynched: Bishop urges, seek justice but with humanity Puebla (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez of the diocese of Tehuacan (Puebla), has firmly condemned the lynching of two men employed by a marketing company, and suspected kidnappers. The crime was commi ...
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  22 October 2015
  AMERICA/GUYANA - More funds and enforcement of laws to eradicate child labour Georgetown (Agenzia Fides) – A government survey has revealed a concerning rate of child labour in Guyana. Minors involved in prostitution and five year olds exploited on farms using toxic substances. The tragic situat ...
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  22 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Catholic Church demands protection for Dalits and prevention of violence against them New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “This murder of two Dalit infants was an abominable crime. As representative of the office of the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the Development of Dalit peoples, I attended, t ...
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  22 October 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Towards a new Cuba: acknowledge the place of the Church in society once and for all Havana (Agenzia Fides) – "Following the papal visit of Pope Francis" is the title of an editorial published by Palabra Nueva, the Catholic weekly of the archdiocese of Havana. The editorial, a copy of which was sent to ...
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  22 October 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic Bishops disassociate from choice of presidency candidate for Independent National Election Commission Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has dissociated itself from the choice for the new presidency of the Independent National Election Commission (INIC), made by the platform ...
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  22 October 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT -Election: good results for Coptic candidates, Salafi party crash Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – News circulating on the results of a first round of political elections in Egypt held 18 and 19 October in 14 provinces of Upper Egypt (see Fides 19/10/2015), speak of good results for Coptic ca ...
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  22 October 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Leading members of Maronite Foundation stress necessity of recovery of nationality law for expatriate Lebanese Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The law on the recovery of nationality for Lebanese expatriates is “necessary to preserve balance in Lebanon”, also from a religious point of view. This was affirmed by former MP Michel Edd ...
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  21 October 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Food Poisoning for children in a refugee camp in North Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - Food poisoning has affected 81 children in two primary schools in the refugee camp in Zamzam, North Darfur. Forty-four were taken to hospital in El Fasher for treatment, while others were taken to ...
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  21 October 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The damage of Typhoon Koppu: Dead, missing, harvests destroyed Cabanatuan (Agenzia Fides) - According to local sources, at least 39 people have died due to Typhoon Koppu which in recent days has devastated the north-east of the Country, knocking down trees and electricity posts. Ove ...
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  21 October 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Elections on 25 October: the concerns of the Church Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Less than a week before the presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections, scheduled for Sunday, October 25, the Episcopal Conference of Haiti (CEH) has expressed some concerns. Fir ...
• 21 October 2015
  AFRICA/CONGO - Clashes for the referendum on the third presidential term, the Bishops had long called for dialogue Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - At least four people have died and a dozen injured: is the toll of the violent demonstrations that took place yesterday, 20 October, in the two major cities of the Republic of Congo, the cap ...
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  21 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The legalization of marijuana is being discussed, another serious social problem Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico will discuss the legalization of marijuana, an issue that the Church proposed to be dealt with in a thorough way and analyze the problems ...
• 21 October 2015
  AFRICA/CONGO DRC - Three years after the disappearance of the three Congolese Assumptionists, no word on their fate Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There is still room for hope" says Fr. Joseph Delvordre, of the congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists) talking to the Congolese newspaper "Le Potentiel" three year ...
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  21 October 2015
  AASIA/HOLY LAND - Olive harvest has begun in Gethsemane Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The olive harvest in the garden of Gestsemani began on Saturday, October 17 and will last at least one week. As usual, even this year the Franciscan friars, guardian of the Sacred Garden where ...