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  29 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 13 Copts arrested. The police was asked to intervene in the case of a missing girl Qena (Agenzia Fides) - 13 Coptic Christians were arrested in the city of Qena by the Egyptian police while they were participating in a demonstration to demand the security apparatus to intervene more decisively in the i ...
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  29 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bodies of two UN experts found in central Kasai Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of US citizen Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zaida Catalan were discovered in the central Kasai region, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were abducted on 12 March afte ...
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  29 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A new Archbishop in Semarang, ready for Asia Youth Day Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Robertus Rubiyatmoko will be consecrated Archbishop of Semarang, in Central Java, on May 19, and the first major event that will accompany the Pastor of the local community is Asia Youth Da ...
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  29 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More riots and violence in prisons, a reform is urgently needed Ciudad Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - "What happens in Cadereyta prison is just the tip of the 'iceberg', reports a newspaper in Nuevo Leon, referring to the two-day uprising in a Mexican prison, which caused two deaths and ...
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  28 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another priest killed because of crime Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Felipe Carrillo Altamirano was killed on Sunday, March 26 in the village of El Nayar, Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar, Nayarit state, apparently victim of an assault for theft. T ...
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  28 March 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - War On Drugs: Catholics commit themselves to form the consciences of police officers Quezon City (Agenzia Fides) – To raise the awareness of police officers and armed forces, engaged in the daily fight against drugs against traffickers and drug dealers, so that they always respect the principles of jus ...
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  28 March 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at Urbaniana: "Open to the world in which we are called to work" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This feast of the Pontifical Urbaniana University is an event that we gladly celebrate as a family celebration. In this institution, students, professors and staff spend the best hours of ...
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  28 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros: no to alarmism on anti-Christian violence; the Egyptian people also protected the Holy Family Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The stories of violence against Christians recorded in North Sinai represent exceptions, in a Country where already the Holy Family, who escaped Herod, came to seek refuge and protection. With thi ...
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  28 March 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - Health system on the brink of collapse: every 10 minutes a child dies Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the intensification of the armed conflict, children continue to be the most vulnerable in Yemen (see Fides 27/03/2017). Every ten minutes a child dies in the Country from preventa ...
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  28 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children under 15 years of age guilty of 2,936 crimes Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In Caracas, the most violent city in the world, children at already eight years of age start killing. According to a research of Cecodap (non-governmental organization that defends human rights ...
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  28 March 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Corruption and fanaticism": Mgr. Baez invites to give light and soul to society Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of corruption. There are many lies, there is selfishness and a lot of greed for money and power, and this creates injustice and increases the number of poor people", said His Exc ...
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  28 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - No agreement for the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements; Bishops withdraw from the mediation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo withdrew from the mediation for the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements, regretting that the discussions that were held at the Inter-d ...
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  28 March 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Free Patriotic Movement leader: an electoral law to get out of political confessionalism is needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing discussion between the Lebanese political forces to establish the electoral law with which to celebrate the upcoming parliamentary election is an opportunity to lead the Country out o ...
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  28 March 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Kafanchan denounces: "The violence of the Fulani fueled by government complicity" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis here has persisted because of the way and manner the Federal and State governments, as well as the Security Agents are handling it", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Bagobiri, Bishop of ...
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  27 March 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - Conclusion of the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the missionary martyr Fr. Ramin Padova (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, March 25 the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Father Ezechiele Ramin, a Comboni missionary (MCCJ), killed in Brazil on July 24, 1985 concluded. Th ...