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  1 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti, a crime still unpunished Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "After five years, the killers of Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti have not been brought to justice. In 2011, Bhatti, a well-known defender of human rights in Pakistan, was brutally murdered by t ...
• 1 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest denounces the fact of having received death threats Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Egide Safari, treasurer of the parish of Mambasa, in the Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has denounced the fact of having received death threats with leaflets left i ...
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  31 May 2016
  VATICAN - “Re-awakening missionary awareness today ”: Cardinal Filoni addresses PMS Annual General Assembly Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The Holy Spirit and the signs of the times of the same Spirit, urge us to go beyond ecclesial distinction and separation, today out-dated, between mission lands and traditionally Christian co ...
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  31 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Take part in the elections”, Bishop of Veracruz urges Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Camtare of the diocese of Veracruz, has urged the people to show responsibility and take part in elections set for June 5: "The message from the diocese ...
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  31 May 2016
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Moïse Katumbi now in South Africa still an adversary for President Kabila Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “If President Joseph Kabila wanted to rid himself of Moïse Katumbi he has succeeded, at least temporarily. Far from Congo, Katumbi, in a sort of exile, is politically out of the game ” F ...
• 31 May 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 31 May 2016, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Daegu (Korea) Reverend John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho, assigning him the titular see of Vescera ...
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  31 May 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Continual bombing in Nuba Mountains area, a Catholic school damaged” Bishop Gassis reports Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “The diocese denounces continual indiscriminate aerial bombing which kills and maims and instils a culture of fear and death among the people” says Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Emeritus bishop ...
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  31 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “In Catatumbo people are simply content to survive”, ”: testimony by Bishop Sánchez Cubillos Tibu (Agenzia Fides) – “Speaking about this part of our country for most people means speaking about an independent republic in a strategic position which has now become a headquarters for numerous outlawed groups ...
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  30 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Journalists released: the Church mediates, but tension remains high Ocaña (Agenzia Fides) - As soon as journalist Salud Hernandez Moro was released, on May 27, her first words were of appreciation and gratitude for the Catholic Church of Colombia. As news agencies reported, the Church, ...
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  30 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the sending forth Mass of missionaries: evangelizing is to grow in faith Bucaramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission to evangelize must be a constant encouragement not to be happy with mediocrity, but to continue to grow in faith" recommended Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregati ...
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  30 May 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Drought and precarious sanitation exacerbate child malnutrition Chiulo (Agenzia Fides) - The severe drought which last year hit southern Angola continues to threaten the health of mothers and children. In 2015 in the only hospital in Chiulo, 19% of pediatric hospitalizations regarded ...
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  30 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders: "Urgent political solutions to avoid the country plunging into violence" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The leading role of the two major political parties, especially the dispute around the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), is a threat to national peace, cohesion and unity ...
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  30 May 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The precariousness of the structures penalizes children's education Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Educational programs aimed at children in Guatemala do not meet expectations. In many rural communities, in particular, there is only one school which often fails to cover the needs of al ...
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  30 May 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu nationalist leader helps Catholic nuns Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Ashish Shelar, 41 Indian political leader, president of the Mumbai section of the "Bharatiya Janata Party", Hindu nationalist party in power in the Indian Federation, has initiated a project supp ...
• 30 May 2016
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of the Bishop of Mutare, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 May 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Mutare (Zimbabwe), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, in accordance w ...