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  29 November 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian jihadists accused of their involvement in the massacre of Copts killed in Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian justice has accused some compatriots of being in touch with Islamic State jihadists (Daesh) and involved in the massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts killed in Libya in the winter of 2015 (se ...
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  29 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Millions of children orphaned due to conflict and exploitation Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Millions of children orphaned, victims of violence have continued to rise in Goma since 1994. The complaint comes from the "En Avant Les Enfants" center INUKA. According INUKA, more than 4 million ...
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  29 November 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuela Caritas: no response on medicines still blocked at customs Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Still no response from the authorities to Caritas Venezuela on medicines sent from abroad to assist cases of emergencies. The director of Caritas Venezuela, Yaneth Marquez, yesterday said to Uni ...
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  29 November 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Catholic church of Santa Chiara under construction: threats by Islamic radicals Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We will burn the church if the shipyard continues the work": with this threat more than 500 Muslims protested in Bekasi, a vast suburb of the metrolpolis Jakarta, to prevent the construction of ...
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  29 November 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - No trial for the authors of the threats to the Armenian newspaper Agos Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The two militants of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organization responsible for threats and intimidation regarding the newspaper Agos, the bilingual Armenian weekly published in Istanbul, were ...
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  28 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop of Nogales denounces: "Migrants as bargaining chips" Nogales (Agenzia Fides) - "Migrants are seen as bargaining chips when they enter Mexico for transit", said the Bishop of the Diocese of Nogales, His Exc. Mgr. José Leopoldo González González, "this is how they appear ...
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  28 November 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The feast of Our Lady of Caacupé dedicated to young people Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7,000 young people arrived in Caacupé this weekend for the great feast of Our Lady of Caacupé, to the shrine dedicated to her. The celebrations, which begin today and extend through ...
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  28 November 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr. Andrea Santoro: man, believer, a pastor and a witness of the Gospel Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened a decade ago on February 5th in Trabzon church moved and wounded beyond the confines of the Diocese of Rome and the Vicariate of Anatolia in Turkey, but it is a wound from which spir ...
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  28 November 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The apostolate is oriented towards national reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka supports the "steps of reconciliation" initiated by the national government after the civil war: is what was said to Fides by Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, who h ...
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  28 November 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Proposals of 60 adolescents for sustainable development and the overcoming of child poverty Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A group formed by 60 adolescents from 11 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean presented a set of proposals for the achievement of Sustainable Development Objectives in 2030 and the overcomi ...
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  28 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 35 civilian Hutus massacred in a village in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty-five civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an attack perpetrated by the Mai-Mai militiamen at 4.30am on Sunday, November 27 in the village of Luhanga, in the Territory of Lubero ...
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  28 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A year ago Pope Francis’ visit, on 11 December Mass presided over by Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "There really is a before and after Pope Francis’ visit" sources of the Church in the Central African Republic told Agenzia Fides one year after Pope Francis’ visit, from 29 to 30 November 20 ...
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  25 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: population census is urgently needed Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A population census in Pakistan is urgently needed, to also update the data related to religious minorities: is the request raised by the Pakistani Bishops gathered in recent days in Lahore in ...
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  25 November 2016
  AMERICA/CANADA - 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace-Caritas Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace – Caritas Canada in 2017, His Exc. Mgr. Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., Bishop of Hamilton and President of ...
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  25 November 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - After hurricane Otto, earthquake and tsunami warning Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The population of Central America continues to be hit by natural disasters. A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake, prompting a tsunami warning for Nicaragua, come after hurricane Otto devastated Nic ...