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  28 September 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mgr. Mazzolari, a missionary in Sudan for 30 years Concesio (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary commitment and service of Mgr. Cesare Mazzolari (1937-2011), who spent 30 years of his life in sub- Saharan Africa, in Sudan, will be remembered thanks to a biographical exhibiti ...
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  28 September 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Nica Act" for Cardinal Brenes "the poor will be severly affected" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of last week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill, the "Nicaraguan Investment conditionality act", renamed "Nica Act", calling for economic sanctions against Daniel Or ...
• 28 September 2016
  EUROPE/ENGLAND AND WALES - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. Anthony Chantry MHM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 17, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Anthony Chantry, of the Mill Hill Missionaries - St. Joseph’s ...
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  28 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Farc's child soldiers start new life after peace deal Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – As part of a deal to end Colombia’s 52-year civil war, (see Fides 27/09/2016) the Farc freed 13 child soldiers from their ranks, turning them over to the International Committee of the Red Cr ...
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  28 September 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: "Peres man of peace. In Israel there is a need for men like him" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "We have lost a great man. A man of inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue. A man of peace. Let us pray because in Israel, especially now, there is a need for men like him". This is how B ...
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  28 September 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "Government subsidies to enable the poor to have access to higher education" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope for a realistic plan of making it possible for the poor and working class families to have access to higher education after the year 2017", say the Catholic Bishops of South Africa ...
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  28 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Thousands of Haitians at the border with the USA: more support is needed from the Mexican government Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – In 2016, 7,800 Haitians have arrived in Mexico from Guatemala in their attempt to reach the United States, informs the Mexican immigration authorities. The National Institute of Migration (INM ...
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  28 September 2016
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Migration in Africa: conference promoted by Catholic organizations Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Senegal will host a regional meeting on intra and inter-regional migration in Africa, promoted by the Migration et Développement de la Société Civile en Afrique Network (MADE Afrique). Accordin ...
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  28 September 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Hattar’s murder: Apostolic Administrator Pizzaballa's condolences to the writer's family Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The first official visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM, the new Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, will take place in a simple for ...
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  27 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Justice embraces peace": the signing of the peace agreements at the tomb of St. Peter Claver Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - All dressed in white, together with Heads of State, Presidents and Secretaries of international organizations, foreign Ministers, authorities invited to the final signing of the peace between ...
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  27 September 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Nine out of ten children in the Amazon do not complete their studies Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Nine out of ten children in the Amazon do not complete their studies. Poverty and lack of education are causing serious problems to the development of thousands of young people in the most precario ...
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  27 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraq's parliament: no to changes in the status of Nineveh Province to reserve "protected areas" to religious minorities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament voted yesterday, Monday, September 26, a motion to close the door to any possibility of changing the legal status of the northern province of Nineveh. The motion, presented ...
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  27 September 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - With the nightmare of the "Buddhist blasphemy", the Church prepares missionary October Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "In this phase, under military power, society and especially young people complain about the lack of freedom and pluralism: one cannot criticize the government. But our pastoral activities are n ...
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  27 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Former street child opens a "coffee-library" for homeless minors Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - A coffee-library for poor street children was recently opened in India's financial capital called Bombay to Barcelona - and was born from the dream of a former street child, now an adult, who wit ...
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  27 September 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean Religious in defense of the Carmelite nuns who see their cloistered life threatened Maipo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2012, there has been a legal battle in Chile between the hydroelectric company, Coyanco, and the Carmelite cloistered nuns of Cajon del Maipo. Coyanco is trying to steal part of the monaster ...