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  24 April 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Catholic bishops address political and humanitarian crisis which: “ threatens the very essence of our free, fraternal and democratic nation” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Catholic Bishops Conference of Venezuela (CEV) issued a statement focussed on " the month long political and humanitarian crisis" in this country: " such major humanitarian chal ...
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  21 April 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Christians in Syria Middle East Christians are in serious danger. However to really understand this we must consider the context of the whole region. Sectarian division, the absence of authentic democracy, security, respect for civil righ ...
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  20 April 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Social welfare reform: protests explode, the Church says "No" to repression Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "How much barbarity! There is already at least one student killed in the university. I feel a lot of pain! Let's say No to repression": this is the heartfelt appeal of Mgr. Silvio José Baez, Au ...
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  20 April 2018
  AFRICA - The commitment of the African Church: Working for the physical well-being of man is an integral part of the mandate of the Gospel Kara (Agenzia Fides) - Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the areas of the earth most exposed to all kinds of disasters: wars, epidemics, famines, etc. The precarious health system of this part of the continent is very often n ...
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  20 April 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Migration becomes a social problem and divides the family Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of emigration in the Philippines has become a social problem that has negative effects on the stability of the family institution, says a priest who works with migrants. "One of th ...
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  20 April 2018
  AMERICA/CUBA - Presidential change among general indifference due to the economic situation and widespread pessimism Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Nobody expects a substantial political change with the election of Miguel Díaz-Canel as new Cuban president", comments María C. López, responsible for the communication of the Archdiocese of ...
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  20 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Christian chapel in a state university opens Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - There is a Christian chapel in the state university of Faisalabad, and is the first place of Christian worship present in a public university in Pakistan. On April 15th, Archbishop Joseph Ars ...
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  19 April 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest murdered in his office Cuautitlán (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Rubén Alcántara Díaz, 50, judicial vicar of the diocese of Izcalli, in the municipality of Cuautitlán (Mexico), was murdered last night, Wednesday, April 18, with a knife, just bef ...
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  19 April 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Rape of a Muslim girl: "Indian women protagonists in the fight for justice" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened to Asifa Bano is an inhumane act: the case highlights the thorny issue of violence on women and girls in India, and also shows the religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims" ...
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  19 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - St. Anthony's School of Padua in Boma to rescue abandoned children Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has been experiencing a generalized crisis for decades. The entire socio-economic fabric has deteriorated over the years. In this context, the Catholic Church h ...
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  19 April 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Wave of violence in the north caused by Colombian drug trafficking San Lorenzo (Agenzia Fides) - "We give support to the inhabitants of the northern border provinces, men, women, children, farmers, the Afro-Ecuadorian people and the Awá, Chanchis, Éperas, Cofanes, Secoyas and Sionas i ...
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  19 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Muslim leaders: stop attacks against minorities, yes to fast justice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To express serious concern about the repeated acts of violence against Christians in Quetta and Lahore; to condemn these attacks and dissociate oneself from the authors, disavowing those who ab ...
• 19 April 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Sumbawanga and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sumbawanga (Tanzania), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Damian Kyaruzi. The Holy Father appointed Fr. ...
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  19 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - International Day against Malaria: It is also fought with education Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Congo continues to live in a particularly unstable climate, but despite this, most deaths are not caused by the violence of the ongoing conflict but rather by malnutrition and its consequences ...
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  18 April 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Toward a society increasingly in search of sanctity, despite appearances Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite appearances, our society strongly aspires to holiness". This is how Father Donald Zagore, theologian of the Society of African Missions, underlines the prophetic character of Pope Francis' ...