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  15 February 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fr. Scalese: "We pray for the nation, but the Catholic community gets smaller and smaller" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope for a Lent rich in spiritual fruits. Let us pray so that Afghanistan may regain some peace and resume its path of human, political, social and economic growth", says Fr. Giovanni Scalese, ...
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  15 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Quality education to break the vicious circle of poverty and war Wau (Agenzia Fides) - La Loyola Secondary School (Lss) in Wau, South Sudan, is a school but also a shelter. It is a place where boys and girls can find serenity and can build the future beyond violence and war. "The qual ...
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  15 February 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops appeal for Lent: "Overcoming violence" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Violence marks daily life in Brazil, a country where 13% of the world’s murders occur, although its population represents only 3%. Every hour five people are killed by firearms. The National ...
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  14 February 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Arson attacks on Venezuelan immigrants Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - "The racist attacks against Venezuelan migrants in Roraima, Brazil, require special attention on behalf of institutions and international community. Every border of the world, in fact, is turn ...
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  14 February 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The 5th American Missionary Congress: "America on mission, the Gospel is joy" Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - "The particular Churches of the Americas are committed to the mission of announcing the Good News of Jesus Christ in the demanding social reality of our continent, in response to ...
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  14 February 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Reception and education for orphaned children in order to allow them to build their future Gitega (Agenzia Fides) - "Education is a priority for the children of our orphanage, because their future depends on education": says to Agenzia Fides Sister Capitoline Bedetse, a Burundian nun who is Superior of the Goo ...
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  14 February 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian and Muslim leaders discuss the bill against early marriages Kaslik (Agenzia Fides) - The different religious communities are called to confront themselves and to promote a reflection to review their own customs and community rules if they want to concretely contribute to overcomi ...
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  14 February 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Nobody knows the ways of the Lord: the story of an African who returns to the origins Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - Djery is a young man originally from the village of Alibi, Togo, but who lived in the Ivory Coast and in Europe. "I was a Muslim, but I returned to the religion of my ancestors. I rediscovered ...
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  14 February 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - The elderly in need, protagonists of the "Lent of Fraternity" launched by Caritas Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Your contribution and my experience are important" is the title of the campaign for the Lent of Fraternity 2018, promoted by Caritas Chile and aimed at assisting the most vulnerable elderly, t ...
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  14 February 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Catholics between Lent and Lunar New Year Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Pontianak (in Indonesian Borneo) has given dispensation from abstinence from meat and fasting on 16 Feb 2018 in view of the Lunar New Year to Chinese Catholics. The Archdioces ...
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  13 February 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Education and a renewed mentality, key factors for the development of Christians Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Education is the only way to emancipate the Christian community in Pakistan. A change of mentality is urgent; too many young people do nothing but replace their parents who work as street or sew ...
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  13 February 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - New health system: big announcement, but not very feasible New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The recent announcement of the federal government on the new health system for 2018 - the largest health insurance project ever proposed in the world - could be "just a big announcement, but n ...
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  13 February 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - A decree provides for the complete restitution of 30 ecclesiastical assets to the Syriac Orthodox Church Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - A decree has ordered the full restitution of ecclesiastical assets scattered in the Mardin region to the Syriac Orthodox Church and that in 2017 had been placed under the control of Turkish publi ...
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  13 February 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops for Lent: the courage of conversion following the example of martyrs Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Concern but also hope, in the Lenten message of the Guatemalan Episcopal Conference (CEG) released at the end of the annual assembly. "Open crime", which "spreads like an epidemic in an i ...
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  13 February 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Malnutrition affects half of the children under the age of 5 Quetzaltenango (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child malnutrition continues to be one of the main emergencies afflicting Guatemala. The latest data, just published, show that in 2017, 80% of the deaths among the youn ...