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  3 March 2018
  AMERICA - Hispanic American Day: "The mission is in both directions" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "On this day we pray for the missionaries but also for many of our Latin American brothers and sisters who have come to live among us, enriching our society with their cultural traditions and the ...
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  3 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest against the abuse of blasphemy laws in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To condemn vitiated inquiry, torture and inhumane treatment against young Christians Patras Masih and Sajid Masih; ask for concrete measures to stop the abuse of the blasphemy law, especially a ...
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  3 March 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Priesthood in Pakistan: challenges to proclaim and live the Gospel Lent and Easter Season a busy season for Catholic Priests in Pakistan. Presence of the Priest is highly demanded in all the programs, gathering and festivals besides the Eucharistic Celebration, the main service of the P ...
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  3 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - New violence and harassment against Christians in Orissa Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) - New violence and atrocious harassment are recorded against Indian Christians in Orissa, a state of central-eastern India. As Agenzia Fides learns, in the village of Tangaguda, which is located i ...
• 2 March 2018
  AMERICA/SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and unification in the Diocese of La Rochelle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 March, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon presented by His Exc. Mgr. Pierre-Marie Gaschy, C.S.S ...
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  2 March 2018
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - The new president is by young people’s side: Street children see hope for their future Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The long period of political unrest and uncertainties, civil, religious and ethnic crisis that led to the expulsion of thousands of Liberians outside the Country has long broken young people’ ...
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  2 March 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "We live in fear awaiting the constitutional referendum that would allow the President to remain in power until 2034" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "In Burundi, we are living in a state of terror because of pressure from President Pierre Nkurunziza to approve the reform of the Constitution", sources of the Church tell Agenzia Fides that d ...
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  2 March 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "It is time for a new law for the common good in Mindanao" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace in Mindanao is possible only if we educate everyone to consider themselves as brothers and sisters": says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, missionary of the Pontifical Institute fo ...
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  2 March 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi religious leaders: a law is needed to punish fanaticism that instigates hatred Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Heads of religious communities in Iraq will ask the Iraqi parliament to pass a law to punish forms of religious propaganda that instigate hatred and violence. This is what was reported by the Pa ...
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  2 March 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "No Ecuadorian must justify, tolerate or relativize corruption" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the strong accusations of corruption and the reciprocal reprimands of which various authorities in the moral, legal and political fields are protagonists", the Bishops of Ecuador p ...
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  2 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The educational system promotes intolerance and discrimination: the new "Faith and a Future" Report Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Textbooks, educational programs and the education system in Pakistan fuel the promotion of intolerance and discrimination against religious minorities. The State, with a Muslim majority, has c ...
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  1 March 2018
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Young Catholics: learning leadership from Jesus Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus Christ is the model and the best example from whom to learn the style of leadership: as Fides learns, this is what young Catholics of Vietnam think gathered in the Catholic youth group "Nhom ...
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  1 March 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "The increase in VAT and the price of fuel will be felt mostly by poorer people" warn the Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in VAT will be felt mostly by poorer people" warns the Parliamentary Liaison Office of the SACBC (Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference) in an analysis of the economic ...
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  1 March 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: democracy must be guarded Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipinos should "celebrate, guard and cherish the gift of democracy", gained after overthrowing dictator Ferdinand Marcos on February 25, 1986: say the Bishops of the Philippines recalling the 3 ...
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  1 March 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government "legalizes" 53 churches built before the law on Christian places of worship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian government has provided full legal certificates to 53 churches with annexed service buildings already built before the new law on the construction of Christian buildings of worship pa ...