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  4 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Mgr. Kariuki Njiru: "No to political controversy on anti-tetanus vaccines. They are safe because controlled" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Anti-tetanus vaccines are controlled and are safe", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Kariuki Njiru, Bishop of Embu and President of the Bishops' Commission for the Pastoral Care of Kenya, speaking at th ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "It is urgent to stop the violence on the Rohingya" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop any form of violence on the Rohingya population. It is dramatic that, with fighters coming from abroad, a new conflict front in the state of Rakhine is being opened. The gov ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The annual Synods of the Chaldean Church and the Syro-Catholic Church have begun Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synods of the Syro-Catholic Church and the Chaldean Church have begun almost simultaneously. The Syro-Catholic Bishops, under the presidency of Patriarch Ignatius Youssif III Younan ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities under attack: it is urgent to repeal the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Washaal Masih and his colleague Bhola Ram of Hindu religion, two humble workers, employed in the town of Behawalnagar, in the South of Pakistani Punjab, were arrested for blasphemy, wit ...
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  3 October 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon: An Atlas displays conflicts and tensions in 338 municipalities Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - There are 338 municipalities in the Amazon that live in situations of conflict due to land. In the State of Acre, half of the municipalities, 11, are involved. The State experienced a tough fig ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishops of Local Churches: the clash on the independence of Kurdistan independence must not be "internationalized" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Potential conflicts triggered by the referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan can only be prevented by "genuinely sitting at the table of negotiation for dialogue". The clash between the ...
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  3 October 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - New clashes in the English-speaking regions: law enforcement agencies accused by NGOs Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - 17 people were killed in the clashes with the security forces in the English-speaking region of Cameroon on Sunday 1 October (see Fides 2/10/2017) according to Amnesty International, which call ...
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  3 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister at the Vatican to promote pilgrimages on "The Path of the Holy Family" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian Tourism Minister Yahya Rashid returns to the Vatican with the mission of finding support and collaboration in the efforts made by the government of Cairo to relaunch pilgrimages along the ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - New consecrated women in the Catholic Community of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the Indian state of Orissa (or Odisha), which has suffered violence and massacres in recent years, is not discouraged and generates new vocations to consecrated lif ...
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  2 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bilateral ceasefire between Government and ELN has begun, the Church protagonists in the path to peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "To help find the way to ensure peace, a solid and complete peace, this is the purpose of our participation in the dialogues", said His Exc. Mgr. Juan Carlos Barreto, Bishop of the Diocese of Qu ...
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  2 October 2017
  AMERICA/PORTO RICO - "United we stand, divided we fall ": Archbishop of San Juan’s appeal for the rebirth of the Country devastated by hurricanes San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "Puerto Rico has been demolished but not completely destroyed", reports to Fides Mgr. Roberto O. González Nieves, OFM, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, President of the Epis ...
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  2 October 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Jesuits: One cannot build a nation on the dead bodies of the Filipino people Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot build a nation on the dead bodies of the Filipino people. We cannot fight evil with guns and bullets", said the Jesuits of the Philippines in a widespread appeal to all the dioceses, c ...
• 2 October 2017
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Apostolic Vicariate of Francistown elevated to Diocese and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, the Holy Father elevated the apostolic Vicariate of Francistown (Botswana) to Diocese with the same denomination and territorial configuration, making it a suffragan of the metropoli ...
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  2 October 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Church: "no to the independence of the Anglophone regions, yes to the administrative decentralization" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - At least seven people were killed in several clashes between separatist demonstrators and security forces in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, where yesterday, Sunday 1 October, the independe ...
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  2 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch and the leader of Hezbollah: Syrian refugees must return to Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is creating an unsustainable situation that can only be addressed by promoting the return of Syrian refugees to their Country. This is what Maronite Pat ...