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  12 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Five Bishops will participate in the public phase of the talks between government and ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, Archbishop of Tunja, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, speaking to Radio Caracol highlighted the details of the participation of th ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Indonesians, salt and light in a world without boundaries Manado (Agenzia Fides) - "The Day of Indonesian youth was a typical expression of Indonesia's diversity: we know that Indonesia is a plural country, cradle of the diversity of cultures, languages and faiths; the Church i ...
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  12 October 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The University of Cairo abolishes the voice "religious affiliation" in documents and certificates Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The University of Cairo has ordered to eliminate the "voice" regarding religious affiliation that was to appear in documents and personal certificates of the students and staff of all faculties an ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian conflict, the Pope calls for a ceasefire. The Armenian Archbishop of Aleppo: we know that his heart is with us Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the Pope’s heart is with us. We also saw it when he chose to include Archbishop Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio in Damascus, in the list of future Cardinals. But while he calls for ...
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  11 October 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest killed along the road near Rio de Janeiro Nova Iguaçu (Agenzia Fides) - Father Francisco Carlos Barbosa Tenorio, 37, was found dead Sunday morning, October 9, along the RJ-081 road, in Nova Iguaçu, in the Baixada Fluminense region, Rio de Janeiro state. Accord ...
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  11 October 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillian missionaries: so many children have died, many others will die of cholera Turin (Agenzia Fides) - "I wish to inform you the latest news from Haiti, in particular from Jeremie" informs Father Antonio Menengon, head of Madian Orizzonti Onlus, an association that operates in Italy and in the Cami ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the liberation of Mosul must not become the occasion to dismember the Iraqi unity Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - While there are multiplying warnings of an imminent attack to free the city of Mosul from the domain of the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh), Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis I Sako recall a ...
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  11 October 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - International Day of the Girl Child: alarm on early marriages Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Marriage and early pregnancy are the main obstacles affecting the development of minors. The United Nations report that in Mexico there are over 19 million children and adolescents who make ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Reintroducing death penalty is a false solution to crime Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Death penalty does not solve the problem of crime. It is a false hope": says, in a note sent to Fides, the Commission for the prison ministry of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, urgi ...
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  11 October 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan: Corrupt judges arrested: "We need a clear and transparent trial to dispel fears of anti-democratic maneuvers" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "This case is a very clear demonstration of the confused situation our Country is experiencing" says to Agenzia Fides Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, commenting on the arrest on char ...
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  11 October 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Newly-elected Cardinal Porrai Cardozo: "It is not a personal award, but a recognition of our Church and Venezuelan society" Mérida (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Mérida, His Exc. Mgr. Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, is one of the 17 new cardinals appointed by Pope Francis on 9 October. "Union Radio" has sent Fides a first comment of M ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian Parties demand a new electoral law Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the continuing institutional impasse that characterizes the Lebanese political scene, recent hypotheses to overcome the paralysis and revitalize Parliament by resorting to a "law of necessity" ...
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  11 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - About 700 deaths in 120 attacks in two years in the Territory of Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - About 700 civilians have been killed in 120 massacres since October 2014 in the Territory of Beni, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, says Human Rights Watch report. The human ...
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  10 October 2016
  VATICAN - Among the new Cardinals, 6 are Archbishops in mission territories Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the Angelus yesterday, Sunday, October 9, the Holy Father Francis announced the creation of 13 new Cardinals. A Consistory will be held on the 19 of November. They also include an Archbi ...
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  10 October 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Treatment and prevention of malaria: commitment of Catholic structures on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest percentage of cases of malaria. In 2015, the 'ratio' of the disease was 5 per thousand. This means that 5 people out of a thousand were positi ...