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  21 October 2016
  VATICAN - WORLD MISSION DAY - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2016 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, which this year celebrates it 90th anniversary on Sunday, October 23, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of t ...
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  20 October 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls World Mission Sunday and the urgency of the missionary commitment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the greetings to the Slovak-speaking pilgrims during his general audience yesterday, Wednesday, October 19, the Holy Father recalled World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated on ...
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  20 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Capuchin Tertiary support help programs in Equatorial Guinea Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish NGO Promotion and Solidarity with the poor of the Third World (PROYSO), founded by the Congregation of the Capuchin Tertiary, has assisted more than 4,600 children in Equatorial Gui ...
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  20 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Success of the "dead city" protest in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The population of Kinshasa participated en mass to the opposition’s call for a ‘dead city day’ – a stay-at-home strike. The opposition did not sign the agreement with the presidential m ...
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  20 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliament discusses two measures in favor of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the Parliament of Pakistan two bills on issues that touch the lives of religious minorities are being discussed: the first is the establishment of a special "Pakistan Minority Rights Commissio ...
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  20 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Refugees want to return to Mosul Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - "The people hospitalized in refugee camps in Erbil, in Dibaga and Kirkuk are concerned: many have friends and relatives forced to stay in Mosul, but many are relieved because they think that one c ...
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  20 October 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - "Free political prisoners not regularly judged" ask the Bishops Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Free the political prisoners who have not been duly judged". Is the appeal that the Bishops of the Republic of Congo launched to the national authorities at the end of their 45th Plenary As ...
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  19 October 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Child workers: over 320 thousand in the age group between 5 and 17 Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In the Dominican Republic the phenomenon of child labor is more prevalent among boys and girls who live in urban areas than in rural areas. According to official statistics more than 320,0 ...
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  19 October 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Six months after the earthquake many children still need help to overcome fear Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - To meet the needs of children who are still living in informal shelters and rural areas six months after the earthquake that devastated the Country, continues to be a major challenge. Accordi ...
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  19 October 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - State of emergency, the prohibition against newspapers of minorities increase Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the ongoing "State of emergency" declared by the Turkish government after the failed coup of July 15, new rules to regulate the activities of newspapers and publications, where there a ...
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  19 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians and Hindus together for the care of creation Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Hinduism and Christianity meet on the value of respect and care for creation: says a seminary organized by the "K.J.Somaiya Bharatiya Sanskriti Peetham" Hindu Institute, an organization that aims ...
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  19 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A peace centre opened by the Church in Southern Sudan devastated by civil war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Good Shepherd Peace Centre". A well-wishing name for a Country torn by civil war like South Sudan. The center was opened on October 15 in kit, in the Archdiocese of Juba, by the Apostolic Nuncio t ...
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  19 October 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Be honest and brave": religious leaders to the team that will select the Electoral Commission Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Kenyans expect that this team will be truthful honest and courageous to the course, we know that integrity comes from God and if they rely on the help of God, certainly they should be able to d ...
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  19 October 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The relics of Padre Pio fly to Australia Perth (Agenzia Fides) - The relics of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina arrive in Australia and will be exposed to the devotion of the faithful in St. Mary's Cathedral Perth from October 22 to 26. This was confirmed by Mgr. Micha ...
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  19 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Possible support of the Sunni "Future" Movement to the presidential candidacy of Aoun. Cautious optimism of the Maronite Patriarch Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the Lebanese political scene, paralyzed by a political and institutional crisis which for two and a half years has prevented the election of a new Head of State, there is news of a possible co ...