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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 ...
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  3 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - DNA tests to identify the bodies of the Coptic martyrs of Libya Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian authorities have been conducting DNA tests on the deadly remains of the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded in Libya by jihadists linked to the Islamic State, whose bodies were found in early O ...
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  3 November 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops: after critical moments, the elections will allow to make choices regarding the present and the future Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP) will be in the Vatican from 5 to 12 November for their Ad limina apostolorum, "bringing with them the report of the episcopal ministry o ...
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  3 November 2017
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Patriarch Rai invited to Riyadh. Apostolic Vicar Ballin: Perhaps it is the beginning of a new attitude towards other religions Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, at the invitation of the authorities of the Country. This was confirmed by both official sou ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Withdrawal of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia from the Christian villages of the Nineveh Plain Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Peshmerga militia is preparing to withdraw from the areas of Nineveh Plain still under their control, according to an agreement that in the next few hours will see Iraqi troops in th ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian philosophers: "Pluralism and Inclusion in Indian Society" Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - "The diversity and pluralism of cultures and religions in India are not a problem, but an opportunity. Even those who live in the suburbs or are minority groups have a role and to allow them to ...
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  31 October 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - "Presidential elections in 2018": for the Bishops they are possible, for the US they must be held Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential elections are to be held by 2018. This is a point where both the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo and US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley agree on. On 27 Oc ...
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  31 October 2017
  AFRICA/NIGER - Guerilla in Niamey: the testimony of a missionary Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "On Sunday, October 29, the neighborhoods in the center of Niamey resembled the urban guerrillas of other ages", writes to Agenzia Fides Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society of African Missi ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Women's religious congregations mobilize to face the water emergency Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The German Foundation for International Cooperation (GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and the Jordanian Government, with representatives of the Catholic women's relig ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdish President Barzani announces his resignation; Church concerned over the controversy around the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate and the Chaldean Patriarchate expressed their concern for the recent events registered in the Nineveh Plain, the area of traditional roots of Christian communities ...
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  30 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tensions awaiting the results of the vote. "Kenians want peace, I have faith that the violence which took place 10 years ago will not be repeated", says a missionary Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still quite alarming, though tension has calmed down a bit in the last few hours. Kenya is awaiting the results of the vote", says to Agenzia Fides Alfonso Poppi, Missionary of ...
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  30 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Christian condemned to prison under the new anti-terrorism laws Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Andrew Nassif is the first Christian condemned to jail under the new laws laid down by the Egyptian government with the stated aim of countering terrorism. The conviction - according to Egyptian m ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian marriage: progress is being made regarding the law on civil recognition Islamabad (Agenzia FIdes) - The legislative law which aims at regulating the institution of Christian marriage in Pakistan and making it officially recognized by the state, so that it can be registered civilly, is making ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslims and Christians together for respect, tolerance and coexistence Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In Indonesia, Muslims and Christians actively collaborate in building a social and cultural fabric of respect and coexistence through education, particularly in family life", says to Agenzia Fi ...
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  30 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cardinal Filoni concludes the Jubilee of the Archdiocese of Kampala: "new commitment, new perspectives" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The past half-century has mainly been a period of consolidation of the excellent work begun by the missionaries. The coming 50 years should be, among other things, a period of deeper growth in ...