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  17 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The 'Robin Hood' of Pakistan to help the poorest Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In Karachi, home to about 20 million people, almost half live below the poverty line and many families struggle every day to be able to get something to eat. A group of young people have joined ...
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  17 May 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Stop sanctions against the Syrian people". An online petition launched by Bishops and religious of the local Catholic Churches Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - A digital online petition to sign on change.org platform, aimed "at MPs and the mayors in every Country" to ask for "the iniquity of sanctions on Syria to be made known to the citizens of the Eur ...
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  17 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Thirty thousand Missionary Childhood and Adolescence groups celebrate their Day Maranhão (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão and President of the National Missionary Council (Comina), invites all Missionary Childhood and Adolescen ...
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  17 May 2016
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Almost half of Mauritanians live in dramatic poverty Nuakchot (Agenzia Fides) - 44% of Mauritania's rural population lives in a situation of crippling poverty, particularly in rural regions. This is what the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Extreme Pov ...
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  17 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society’s appeal: "President, stop the massacres in the territories of Beni and Lubero" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 1,116 people have been killed savagely between October 2014 and May 2016 in the territories of Beni and Lubero (North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) by various armed groups, in p ...
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  17 May 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The frescoes in the ancient church of Trabzon destroyed, transformed into a mosque Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Byzantine church of Aghia Sophia (St. Sophia) in Trabzon, converted into a mosque in 2013, was severely damaged due to the work carried out for its transformation into a Muslim place ...
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  17 May 2016
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - Trade with Senegal continues to be blocked, there is a lack of primary goods Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between Gambia and Senegal to solve the blocking of cross-border transport which for three months have been preventing trade between the two countries have failed. As previously repo ...
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  16 May 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope's Message for World Mission Day 2016 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, on the occasion of Pentecost, my Message for World Mission Day, which is celebrated every year in October is published. May the Holy Spirit give strength to all the missionaries ad ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Thousands of Cubans arrive in El Paso, the Church calls for solidarity El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Cubans, who were arrested earlier in Panama, are arriving in El Paso, Texas, border area in the United States, and now this city is on the verge of collapsing and there are no more ...
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  16 May 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - Pastor released, three faithful detained Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Iranian Protestant Pastor Nadarkhani, of the "Church of Iran," arrested in recent days in Rasht was released, while three other believers arrested on May 13 are still in custody. As NGO Catholic ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A month after the earthquake: religious celebrations while the emergency continues Quito (Agenzia Fides) - One month after the earthquake that has isolated Ecuador's northern coastal area, 120 thousand children are in urgent need of temporary spaces where to attend school lessons. The earthquake on Apr ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Missionary Congress in Bucaramanga: "Colombian missionary Church goes forth" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We are the Colombian Church in missionary going forth" is the theme of the XII National Missionary Congress of Colombia to be held in Bucaramanga from 26 to 29 May. The organisers of the congres ...
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  16 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The mercy between Christianity and Islam Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The mercy in Christianity and Islam" is the title of a seminar organized in Lahore, on the occasion of the Jubilee Year, by the "Council for Interreligious Dialogue in Pakistan", coordinated by ...
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  16 May 2016
  AFRICA/CHAD - Thousands of Sudanese refugees in Chad are in desperate need of help N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Sudanese refugees in Goz Amer camp, eastern Chad, complain about a severe shortage of humanitarian aid, health care and food services. A group of refugees in the camp, in an interview to a loc ...
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  16 May 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Christian and Islamic NGOs together to promote peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Interfaith Partnership for the consolidation of peace in the Central African Republic (CIPP)". This is the name of a joint project funded by a group of Christian and Islamic NGOs to support the ...