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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops' concern: "safety is in danger, the cooperation of all is necessary, from individuals to the government" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Without security, all plans for the development of a Country could remain a mirage", say the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement in which they express their "grave concern" over "the unacceptable i ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Criticism by the Armenian community to Patriarchal Vicar Atesyan for the position taken with respect to the German resolution on Genocide Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Armenian Apostolic communities in Turkey have expressed a clear distancing towards the letter sent by the Patriarchate to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the vo ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Corruption is rampant in public hospitals Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Since Sudan introduced a health insurance system in 1994, the public health sector has witnessed a deterioration and decline that has led to the emergence of corrupt practices. An investigative ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Hunger is a silent war that is killing Malawi", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Hunger is a silent war that is killing Malawi", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary from Malawi. "Hunger for many families means one meal a day, a collective fasting for all the ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian population is growing in three Indian states Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian population in three Indian states of Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand has increased at a faster rate compared to the growth of the total population growth rate during the 2001-11 ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop Bo: "Communicating mercy means listening to our people" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to listen to our people in Myanmar: Muslims, the Rohingya, the Ma Ba Tha, the National League for Democracy, civil society, even those who are against democracy. Listening is the first ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate responds to the criticism on the invitation to fast for one day together with the Muslims during Ramadan Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The request made by the Chaldean Patriarchate to all Iraqi Christians to unite for a day of fasting practiced by Muslims during Ramadan (see Fides 13/06/2016) has provoked some criticism, also e ...
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  14 June 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Denying rights kills people, there is very little space for democratic participation Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua continue to speak out against the decision of President Daniel Ortega not to allow the presence of national and international observers, in the presidential elections on ...
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  13 June 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A hundred kilometers of running against poverty and hunger Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – A marathon was recently held in Madrid: "My kilometers change your life" promoted by Oxfam Trailwalker Intermón in Madrid. The aim of this initiative, now in its eleventh year around the world ...
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  13 June 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Four years after the massacre of Curuguaty investigations do not go ahead Canindeyú (Agenzia Fides) - The Paraguayan Bishop of the diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, His Exc. Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina Salinas, celebrated yesterday, Sunday, June 12, a Holy Mass in the countryside of ...
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  13 June 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate to Christians: let us join the fasting Muslims for a day during this month of Ramadan, praying for peace Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - As Iraq continues to be destroyed by bombings and armed conflicts, the Chaldean Church is calling on Christians to fast on Friday 17 June 2016: "In solidarity with the fasting Muslims during thi ...
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  13 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - "Bricks of hope" to defeat the scourge of child labor Pasahaur (Agenzia Fides) - Although the Indian government and institutions provide free and compulsory education to all children in the age group between 6 and 14 and prohibits their involvement in the working world, the ...
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  13 June 2016
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Indian Catholic activist kidnapped: appeal to the civil authorities Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - There is deep concern for the abduction of human rights activist Judith D'Souza, 40, which took place in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 9 in Qala-e-Fatullah area. D'Souza, Indian citizen of Catholic ...
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  13 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Family massacred in Tehuacan, the Bishop: stop all violence Tehuacan (Agenzia Fides) - "I am deeply saddened by the tragedy: some hooded people killed members of a family in the Mirador community, belonging to the parish of Coxcatlan. Eleven people killed in only one family, incl ...
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  13 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Religious Indians: 40 works of mercy for the Jubilee New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Mercy is something real, it is not simply something where we say a prayer or attend a conference. We can answer the call of Pope Francis by generously launching concrete action pl ...