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  21 November 2016
  AFRICA/RWANDA - "Let us ask forgiveness for the genocide", write the Bishops at the conclusion of the Year of Mercy Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot talk of Mercy in Rwanda without talking about genocide", explains to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Philippe Rukamba, Bishop of Butare and President of the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda ...
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  21 November 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - In thousands for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy in the name of the family Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - They were thousands who participated in the march under the slogan "One step for my family", national demonstration organized for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy, which was held yester ...
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  21 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Popular mobilization allows the release of a kidnapped deacon Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A deacon was released by his captors through the mobilization of the population in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Godefroid Paluku was kidnapped on November 18 on the Kiwan ...
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  19 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the occasion of the closing of the Jubilee, the government releases 69 prisoners Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - A gesture of clemency, as requested by Pope Francis, on the occasion of the Jubilee of mercy: on the occasion of the closing of the Jubilee of mercy, 69 inmates of the central prison in Faisa ...
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  19 November 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - For the Year of Mercy: pardon and better conditions in prisons Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, announced yesterday, 18 November, the granting of pardon to 16 prisoners, mostly women, answering the request pronounced by Pope Francis to heads of s ...
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  19 November 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria decides to restore female deacons Alexandria of Egypt (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, held at the Patriarchal Center of Alexandria of Egypt from 15 to 17 November under the chairmanship of Patr ...
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  19 November 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The coalition Jubilee USA Network: "People are suffering, the crisis is getting worse in Puerto Rico" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "People are suffering, the crisis is getting worse in Puerto Rico", said Eric LeCompte, presenting the testimony as executive director of the coalition "Jubilee USA". LeCompte collaborates with ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' message: "To live mercy in the practice of justice" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to live together on the foundations of truth, without deceiving, with respect, without aggression. Special interests must give way to the common good, especially for the most vulnera ...
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  18 November 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The Holy Doors in continental China close, but "the door of mercy in our hearts remain open forever" Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Door is closed, but the mercy of the Lord is upon us forever; the proclamation of the Lord's mercy continues; the door of mercy in our hearts remain open forever; the work of me ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Abandoned at the mercy of the sun, hunger and parasites San Diego (Agenzia Fides) - The march of children and immigrant families from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to the United States, fleeing violence and poverty does not stop. The alarm was launched by the Ag ...
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  18 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic leaders: "demonetization only affects the poor" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A measure that targets the poor: this is how some Catholic leaders have judged the recent measure of the Indian government defined by economists "demonetization". In recent days, the governmen ...
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  18 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of a new Premier; the mediation of the Bishops continues Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "CENCO continues its mission with different political actors. Our desire is to see everyone join efforts to overcome the socio-political crisis in the Country", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi ...
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  18 November 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Purges continue, Turkey removes the only Christian co-mayor Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - In the institutions and Turkish political bodies purges ordered by the central government against politicians and officials continue, accused of being supporters of the network of Fethullah Gulen ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The suspension of the hydroelectric project El Quimbo requested by the population Garzón (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is not merely the absence of war; nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies; nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly an ...
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  18 November 2016
  AFRICA - The U.S. Bishops approved making permanent their Subcommittee on the Church in Africa Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Bishops approved making permanent their Subcommittee on the Church in Africa and the hiring of two people to assist the subcommittee in carrying out its work. The Bishops in 2004 h ...