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  25 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On October 27 the peace process with ELN begins, the Church ready to give its support Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The formal start of the peace process between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will take place on Thursday, October 27 in Quito (Ecuador). For this occasion, the Co ...
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  25 October 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Blogger arrestati: appello per il rilascio Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - La scorsa settimana la blogger vietnamita Nguyen Ngoc Quynh è stata arrestata con l'accusa di "propaganda" contro lo Stato. Il governo sostiene anche che la donna sia affiliata a un gruppo defin ...
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  24 October 2016
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "Today is a time of mission and a time of courage!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before reciting the midday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Sunday, October 23, the Holy Father stressed the celebration of World Mission Sunday, commenting on the ...
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  24 October 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mass at the border for migrants, the number of Haitians increases in Nogales Arizona (Agenzia Fides) - "The economic migrant is not a criminal. The economic migrant is someone looking for a decent way of life for himself, for his family", said His Exc. Mgr. Gerald Frederick Kicanas, Bishop of the ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Missionary market" of the small community of Adaba Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "The 'missionary market' is becoming a tradition that Catholics of the small community of Adaba, Ethiopia, organize to collect offerings in favor of the missionaries on the occasion of World Missi ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - After 50 years of presence in the Country, the newly Camillian Province has been established Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 16 October in Ouagadougou the 50th anniversary of the presence of Camillians (M.I.) in Burkina Faso together with the canonical establishment of the New Camillian Province of the C ...
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  24 October 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Ethical strengthening of the democratic system": the request of the Bishops to the presidential candidates Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2017 Ecuador will vote for the President and Vice-President of the country. At the end of the Annual Plenary Assembly, the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE) called on the "ethi ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "transition period will have to end in 2017; majority and the opposition may find agreement" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops "take note of the resolutions" of the two meetings that were held recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo to lead the Country out of the serious crisis caused by the ...
• 24 October 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Bishop of Ebolowa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 October 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Philippe Alain Mbarga, Rector of the Inter-diocesan Major Seminary of Theology in Nkolbisson (Yaoundé) as Bishop of Ebolowa (Cameroon). R ...
• 24 October 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Archbishop of Garoua, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 October 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Antoine Ntalou. The Holy Father a ...
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  24 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Battle of Mosul, the NGOs: "It is urgent to ensure the safety of civilians" Nineveh (Agenzia Fides) - While the Kurdish peshmerga are now at the gates of Mosul and Isis prepares its last resistance in Iraq's second city, the arrival of displaced people in camps in the southern areas of the gover ...
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  24 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - "Becoming a Nation": Christian philosophers confront each other Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are proud to live in a country that is sovereign, secular, a democratic republic, with a Constitution that protects the fundamental rights of its citizens. The Indian tradition of plurality a ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest killed in Lubumbashi; Bishops denounce attacks on parishes and convents Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Don Joseph Mulimbi Nguli, 52, vicar of the parish of San Martino in the municipality of Katuba, Lubumbashi, capital of Upper Katanga Province was killed by unknown persons in the southern Demo ...
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  21 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Laudato Sì" in Urdu: reference point for the care of environment in Pakistan Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – The encyclical 'Laudato Sì', translated in Urdu and distributed to the faithful, is the reference point for the care of environment in Pakistan: said Bishop Joseph Arshad, Pastor of Faisal ...
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  21 October 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Let us open our eyes" campaign for the prevention of trachoma in Ethiopia Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Following the success of the first issue, Italian non-profit organization CBM (Christian Mission for the blind in the world) launches the second issue of Occhiolino, the magazine which was born fr ...