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  27 August 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor beaten by Hindu militants New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Sunny Tyagi, who converted to Christianity and became a Protestant Pastor, was beaten by a mob of Hindu radicals who broke into a private house where a prayer meeting in the district of Gonda, ...
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  27 August 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Synod approves the law on the construction of churches. But there are doubts and disagreements Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A long-debated draft law concerning the building and restoration of churches was approved in past days. The Cabinet's approval follows a prolonged back and forth between church representatives and ...
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  26 August 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: illustrate the agreements, build a Colombia reconciled and at peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome with hope the opportunities that should lead to putting an end to the armed conflict that has marked the history of the country for more than fifty years": is what the Bishops of Col ...
• 26 August 2016
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the Archbishop of N'Djaména Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 August 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Edmond Djitangar, Bishop of Sarh as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of N'Djamena, in Chad. His Exc. Mgr. Edmond Djitangar was born o ...
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  26 August 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australia agrees to close refugee prison camp: satisfaction of the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The refugee detention camp on Manus Island (Papua New Guinea territory) will be shut down, a building managed by the Australian Government, at the center of strong controversy for the inhumane tr ...
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  26 August 2016
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - With the first native priest, "the Catholic Church is no longer foreign" Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Mongolia is ready to welcome its first native priest: Joseph Enkh will be ordained to priesthood by His Exc. Mgr. Wenceslao Padilla, CICM, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanba ...
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  26 August 2016
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The police break up a protest march, which was then authorized by the Supreme Court Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Police used batons and fired tear gas against demonstrators who were preparing to attend today, August 26, a protest march in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. The police’s intervention took place be ...
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  26 August 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Jesuits denounce the political use of the police against the Minister of Finance Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The Jesuit Institute South Africa is seriously concerned with, what appears to be, the continued harassment by the HAWKS of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Pravin Gordhan", said a statement s ...
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  25 August 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The initiatives of Caritas: Do not forget the victims of the Easter massacre Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The families affected by the "Easter massacre" (81 people died in the explosion in a park in Lahore on March 27) are still in difficulty: this is why Caritas in Lahore is doing its best to help t ...
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  25 August 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice for Christians massacred in Orissa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Eight years after the anti-Christian massacres that shook the Indian state of Orissa, on August 25, 2008, the victims have not yet obtained justice: as John Dayal, an Indian Catholic intellect ...
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  25 August 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Land grabbing; threat or possibility of development?" forum in Accra organized by Caritas Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Unmasking land grabbing in Ghana; restoring livelihoods; paving the way for Sustainable Development Goals". Is the title of the forum which is being organized by Caritas Ghana under the auspices ...
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  25 August 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Archbishop of Tororo: "Domestic violence is the main challenge for families" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We have all forms of domestic violence, and no one is spared: a child, a student, a mother, a father", denounces His Exc. Emmanuel Obbo, Archbishop of Tororo in Uganda, in an interview with CAN ...
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  24 August 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Mercy, beyond borders and barriers Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - To be merciful means going beyond borders and barriers: this is the meaning of the interfaith meeting organized in recent days in Wadala, one of the main areas in Mumbai, in the Indian state of M ...
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  24 August 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Suspended the licences of three private broadcasters of the opposition after the re-election of outgoing President Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Zambia's broadcasting regulator suspended the licences of three private broadcasters linked to the opposition, saying they had posed a risk to peace and stability during this month's presidential ...
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  24 August 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Eight people die during an assault in the home of a man who had saved a student accused of blasphemy Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A mob has killed eight people by burning down the house of a Muslim man who intervened in the attempted lynching of a Christian student accused of blasphemy in the city of Zamfara, in northern Nig ...