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  7 November 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More space for "good news" to counter the propaganda of the Islamic State Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - "There are already many precious experiences in Mindanao that show the spirit of dialogue and peace. We saw them during the period of siege in Zamboanga in 2013 and also in Marawi this ye ...
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  7 November 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Tunisia: culture promotes interreligious dialogue In Tunisia, culture plays a very important role in interreligious dialogue and mutual understanding and acceptance among different peoples and civilizations. This is what the director of the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Moncef ...
• 6 November 2017
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Bishop of Franceville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 4, 2017, the Holy Father appointed as Bishop of the diocese of Franceville (Gabon), the Rev. Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba, currently rector of the “Saint Augustin” national major sem ...
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  6 November 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nomadic herdsmen in Taraba force settled farmers to flee Jalingo (Agenzia Fides) - Many ethnic groups live in the state of Taraba, one of Nigeria’s 36 States situated in the eastern part of the Country, bordering Cameroon. Tribes are divided into settled farmers, mostly Cath ...
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  6 November 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Philippines's Youth Day begins: the young - "agents of change" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "National Youth Day" in the Philippines begins today, November 6. The so-called "national WYD", which will last from 6 to 10 November, will see the presence of over 2,300 young people from all ...
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  6 November 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch on Hariri's resignation: vigilance over "any sabotage scheme aimed at undermining Lebanon's stability" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Following the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, "there must be vigilance and full awareness against any sabotage plot or scheme aimed at undermining stability in the country". Thi ...
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  6 November 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Presidential elections on 23 December 2018; the opposition protests: "so Kabila remains in power until January 2019" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential, legislative, provincial and local elections will be held on December 23, 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "At 6pm, yesterday, Sunday, November 5, 2017, the election calen ...
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  6 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar on the massacre in the US church: all religions forbid to shed innocent blood Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Violence acts "which desecrate the holiness of places of worship and destroy innocent lives threaten the people's stability and security". And the shedding of innocent blood, irrespective of race ...
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  6 November 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Dialogue is a form of life, control of religions, a necessity of the state Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Kazakhstan comes from a tradition of peaceful coexistence. If active politics of control of religion are being carried out today, it is because of the fears of instigators who often come from ab ...
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  4 November 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Rosary "for national unity", a prayer that unites Christians and Muslims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Rosary, the Marian prayer par excellence, is today a support for national unity and inter-religious harmony in Indonesia. And it is a prayer also appreciated by Muslims, "especially because, ...
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  4 November 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Violence and insecurity in Venezuela The nation is going through a deep crisis: it is ranked second among the most violent countries in the world, with over 91 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. The State seems to have handed over the control of securi ...
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  4 November 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haitian lay people called to rediscover their mission in society and the Church Port au Prince - (Agenzia Fides) - 180 Catholic lay faithful from all the dioceses of Haiti took part in the National Congress of Laity held in Port au Prince from 31 October to 3 November. The meeting, promoted by the C ...
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  3 November 2017
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The President of the Bishops' Conference: "A church which grows in Malawi, thanks to the laity" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy because in Malawi, the Church is very active at a pastoral level and counts on the precious contribution of the laity": says Mgr. Thomas Msusa, Archbishop of Blantyre, Presiden ...
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  3 November 2017
  AMERICA - Positive peace signs in the continent Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - "Although security in Latin America is still precarious, the first signs of peace are beginning to be registered": this is what emerges from the data in the Global Peace Index 2017 report, recei ...
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  3 November 2017
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The "big family" of a small church under the protection of John Paul II Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Church is very small, but for this reason we feel a big family. We all know each other and are very close. For example, on 8 October, on the occasion of the first female solemn religious p ...