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  9 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Jihadists spread terror in a girls' school in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, 8 March Islamic Jihadists raided a school in Aden, where they wanted to give "a last warning" to the students who had not yet put in practice the order to adapt the clothing rules imp ...
• 8 March 2016
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Appointment of new rector at St Robert Bellarmino Theological Seminary in Kisantu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 September 2015, appointed Rector of the inter-diocesan Theological Seminary St. Robert Bel ...
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  8 March 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Women missionaries honoured: courage beyond dispute, faith unfaltering Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of International Women’s Day , Catholic Mission, the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, celebrates women missionaries who continue to have a profound impact on ...
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  8 March 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Goic: "a society of more equity, for life with more dignity " AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Goic: "a society of more equity, for life with more dignity " Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic, of the diocese of Rancagua who is about to celebrate fifty years of pr ...
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  8 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: no “Christian militia ” to free land occupied by jihadists ASIA/IRAQ – Chaldean Patriarch: no “Christian militia ” to free land occupied by jihadists Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - “To think that our victory can depend on the formation of isolated armed factions to fight to ...
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  8 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Justice Minister promises “solution” for Coptic student offenders of Islam AFRICA/EGYPT – Justice Ministers promises “solution” for Coptic students punished for offending Islam Minya (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt’s minister of justice will examine with care the judicial situation of so ...
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  8 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Churches in Lahore could be demolished to make way for new underground railway line Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A Number of sites and buildings of historic, artistic and religious value as well as several church buildings risk being demolished to make way for a new line of the underground railway planned ...
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  8 March 2016
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “The terrorists have no popular support, the people side with the security forces” says National PMS Director Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “The prevailing feeling among Tunisians is that the terrorists must be defeated” Fides was told by Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Tunisia, where, ...
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  8 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Promotion of lay Catholics and commitment to dialogue, priorities for the Catholic Church in India Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – “There is need for on-going formation for the laity to enable them to understand and to live their role in the Church. In today’s socio-political scenario, it is fundamental to recog ...
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  8 March 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Respect for women and respect for women’s dignity Roma (Agenzia Fides) – On international Women’s Day, the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO/ UMOFC) celebrates the announced canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and thinks of the four S ...
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  8 March 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Bishops call for “transparent dialogue” to overcome racism still present in our society Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “Racism and racial division is still present in South Africa” the South African Catholic Bishops denounce, calling for “transparent dialogue” even though “we are aware that thi ...
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  7 March 2016
  VATICAN - Martyrs of charity, victims of indifference Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I voice my closeness to the Missionaries of Charity suffering bereavement after the killing of two of their Sisters in Aden, in Yemen, where they assisted elderly people. I pray f ...
• 7 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis, on 5 March 2016, appointed Apostolic Administrator “sede plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of the archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro (Democratic Republic of ...
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  7 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishops of India and Missionaries of Charity: “will not abandon Yemen” Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “Concern, anger and grief, a cowardly attack”: this was how the Catholic Bishops of India, in plenary assembly in Bangalore until 9 March, reacted to the massacre on 4 March in Aden, Y ...
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  7 March 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Scarcity of jobs, low wages, dangerous work, poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico is experiencing an economic crisis. Among the most serious consequences, violation of the right to work , which means unemployment, low wages, discrimination, dangerous jobs. This ...