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14 September 2015
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni concludes his visit to Bangladesh where he meets families and seminarians
Tejgaon (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday afternoon, September 12, continuing his pastoral visit to Bangladesh, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, celebrated evening Mass ...
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14 September 2015
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The jihadists hide in the forests of Virunga protected by apparently autonomous local groups
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Muslim Defense International (MDI), who have settled in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu province (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), take advantage of "satellites" ...
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14 September 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops: malnutrition and poverty in the country, a "terrible reality"
Oberá (Agenzia Fides) – Oscar Sanchez, a 14-year ethnic Qom weighed 11 pounds and died from the consequences of malnutrition in the hospital of Chaco. The "Clarin" newspaper published in evidence the words of three Bi ...
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14 September 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Early Marriages: still half a million young newlyweds between 15 to 17 years of age
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - About 90,000 children between 10 and 14 years of age were duly married in Brazil in 2010, while another half a million got married between 15 and 17. This is what emerged from a study just rele ...
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14 September 2015
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Families fleeing and still clashes in Waspam, request of a Truth Commission
Puerto Cabezas (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues in the area of Waspam (Nicaragua), near the border with Honduras: On Friday evening, September 11, there was a new armed confrontation between indigenous and settlers t ...
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14 September 2015
AMERICA/PUERTO RICO Economic insecurity in particular affects the child population
San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - In Puerto Rico children and youth are being brought up in an environment where economic insecurity has reached alarming levels. Parents of 6 children out of 10 do not have a permanent job and 5 ...
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14 September 2015
ASIA/ISRAEL - The request for compensation for the burning of the church in Tabgha has been rejected
Tabgha (Agenzia Fides) - The administrative offices of the tax authority in Israel has rejected in recent days the claim for compensation presented by the Catholic Church for the damage of the arsonist attack which last ...
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14 September 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - Nineveh Plain, Christians in Alqosh in procession for the feast of the Holy Cross
Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - In the Nineveh Plain, still largely subject to the control of the self-proclaimed jihadist Islamic Caliphate, about a thousand Christians moved in procession among fields and barren hills to reac ...
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14 September 2015
AFRICA/LIBYA – Turning point in the Libyan negotiations? "We hope this is the right moment" hopes Mgr. Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope this is the right moment and that the Libyans are seriously able to reach an agreement", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, a ...
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14 September 2015
VATICAN - The first blessed in South Africa: Benedict Daswa, family man, killed for the Gospel
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "A new Blessed is being proclaimed in South Africa. Samuel Benedict Daswa was a family man killed in 1990 - just 25 years ago because of his fidelity to the Gospel, recalled Pope Francis du ...
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12 September 2015
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Bangladesh: "try to sow unity in the dioceses"
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The unity with Christ and with the community of the faithful, who "have a right to see their Bishops living in communion, both in the pastoral decisions taken by them and in their implementation", ...
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12 September 2015
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni meets Bishops, priests, religious and laity of Bangladesh: "We are all in a permanent state of mission"
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – Today Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, met the representatives of the seven dioceses of Bangladesh, in Dhaka: Bishops, major religious sup ...
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12 September 2015
ASIA/ISRAEL - Bishop Marcuzzo with regards to Christian Schools on strike: there will be no "closure" of Holy Sites
Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - "There is nothing serious and reliable in the rumors of a possible closure of Holy Sites as an initiative to be taken in the support of the strike regarding Christian Schools". This is what Bis ...
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12 September 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops denounce the climate of violence and the rekindling of the spirit of division of the Country
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Thou shalt not kill". With reference to the fifth commandment the Bishops of Burundi invite Burundians to work for peace in the Country which is experiencing the worst crisis since the civil ...
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12 September 2015
AMERICA/CUBA - Amnesty for 3522 prisoners: the Bishops express their satisfaction with "this act of mercy"
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "The news of the liberation of prisoners is a source of joy and spiritual relief for the detainees themselves and their relatives as well as for the collaborators of the Prison Pastoral Care", sa ...
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