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  28 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 360° panorama of the Mission, virtual tour where missionaries worldwide work Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, on the occasion of World Mission Sunday, prepared a "virtual tour" of the Catholic Church throughout the world, elaborated with images sent by the ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: pray for corruption-free nation on Diwali New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A nation free of corruption, violence and divisive: is what the Catholic bishops in India want on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights which is celebrated on October 30. In their wa ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun almost President. The "congratulations" of Maronite Patriarch Rai Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The streets of Beirut are already filled with posters and pictures with the image of former General Michel Aoun, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement who is preparing to become the new Presi ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Religious leaders appeal for calm on the eve of the disputed constitutional referendum Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Read the text that you are asked to approve slowly and calmly. So you can express yourself with a clear conscience, because we are talking about the future of our Country", said His Exc. Mgr. J ...
• 28 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Princesa, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa (Philippines), presented by His Ex ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Pope and religious leaders of South Sudan: "Forgiveness and acceptance of the other is the privileged path to building peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received in audience in the Vatican the principal Christian religious leaders of South Sudan: His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Archbishop of Juba, Rev. Danie ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace in Kashmir: religious leaders' appeal Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Condemnation of the atrocities committed in Kashmir and a strong plea for peace: is the message spread by the representatives of various faiths, Muslim, Christian and Hindu, gathered in the "A ...
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  27 October 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Do not continue with this clash", warns Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The first meeting between the opposition and the government representatives to determine how to continue dialogue and unblock the serious situation in which the country finds itself will take pl ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to the Heads of State of the Great Lakes: "Terrorism is a threat to the entire area" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Need to also face the issue of security in North Kivu". This is the appeal launched by the Study Centre for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (CEPADHO) in Beni, in eastern Dem ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Release of 145 child soldiers Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan there are currently about 16,000 child soldiers involved in local armed groups and the national army. So far this year other 800 have been recruited. An initiative promoted by the Un ...
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  27 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the liberated towns of the Nineveh Plain: "It is our Holy Land" Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako with his auxiliary Bishop Basileo Salim Yado visited the five Christian towns of the Nineveh Plain already released in the concerted military operat ...
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  27 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Conclusion of the Meeting of Bishops of Southern Spain Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Bishops of southern Spain, which includes the dioceses of Seville, Granada, Almería, Cádiz and Ceuta, Córdoba, Guadix, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Jerez ended in Cordoba (Spai ...
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  27 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A case of alleged blasphemy solved thanks to political and religious leaders Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Islamic religious leaders who intervened to resolve a case of alleged blasphemy in Quetta, the Pakistani province of Baluchistan played a decisive role regarding two Christians. As ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "The conflict in the DRC threatens peace in the whole region", says the Vice President of Kenya Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Great Lakes Region is a threat to all States of the region underlined the Vice President of Kenya, William Ruto, during the summit which opened on October 26, in Luanda (An ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Supreme Court judge, who refused to hear Asia Bibi’s death penalty appeal, resigns Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge, Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, who on October 13, 2016, suddenly withdrew from the final death sentence appeal of Asia Bibi, causing a postponement of the hearing, ...