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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Church in Diyarbakir hit during the military offensive against Kurdish positions Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - A Syrian Orthodox church in Diyarbakir, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was damaged during the Turkish military offensive against the positions of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). The damage w ...
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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian dies in prison: an urgent investigation Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Need to proceed with a serious and independent investigation to identify and punish those responsible for the death of Liaqat Masih, a 35-year-old Christian who died following torture and il ...
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  29 January 2016
  AMERICA - REPAM - New radio program to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) is launching a new program: an educational radio program, which allows you to know, understand and find solutions to environmental, social and ecological, ...
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  29 January 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr. Grigoletto: 35 years of Camillian mission in Burkina Faso, among the poor and terminally ill Turin (Agenzia Fides) - "At the end of September I will leave the Camillian Mission in Burkina Faso. After 35 years it is certainly not easy for me to leave Africa, a country I loved very much and where I was loved; a pl ...
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  29 January 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Our only hope is an intervention on behalf of the international community" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The satellite images confirm what the people of Burundi are finding out on their own" local sources from Burundi told Agenzia Fides, where at least a dozen mass graves containing the bodies o ...
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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslims fighting Isis: "sign of sincerity" says a missionary Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very positive step. It demonstrates the sincerity of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the search for peace": this is how Fr. Angel Calvo, a Claretian missionary, for severa ...
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  29 January 2016
  EUROPE/CRETE - The pan-Orthodox Council will be held in Crete Chambésy (Agenzia Fides) - The pan-Orthodox "Holy and Great Council" will be held from 16 to 27 June at the Orthodox Academy of the Greek island of Crete. This was decided by the primates of the autocephalous Orthodox ...
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  29 January 2016
  AMERICA / MEXICO - "Mexico is a cemetery, and the government only goes to light a candle to the dead", says Mgr. Lona Reyes Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico is a cemetery, and the government only goes to light a candle to the dead": are the harsh words of His Exc. Mgr. Arturo Lona Reyes, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Tehuantepec (Mexico) ...
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  29 January 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishops in view of the elections in August: "No to discrimination and incitement to hatred" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The multiparty democracy in Zambia is at risk for the spread of intolerance, regionalism and tribalism. This is what the Bishops of Zambia say in a statement issued at the end of their Plenary As ...
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  29 January 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Zika virus throughout Latin America Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The World Health Organization has launched a global alert on the spread of the zika virus. Currently, America is the most affected continent (see Fides 13/01/2016). In Venezuela, there are betw ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Kerala meet political and social leaders Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - To understand the perspectives and ideas of the various political parties and civil society organizations; express the views of the Church on social and political issues: with these intentions the ...
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  28 January 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Castro Quiroga: "FARC must hand over their weapons if they really want peace" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tunja and President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, expressed the hope that FARC will hand over their weapons and added that th ...
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  28 January 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The history of the Salesians in Bolivia in the biography of the missionary Tito Solari Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - In the days of preparation for the feast of Don Bosco, on January 31, in Bolivia the great contribution of the Salesian missionaries to the country, including His Exc. Mgr. Tito Solari Capell ...
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  28 January 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - An alternative to street life for children with problems Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - A group of volunteers and professionals are committed to removing children with economic and school problems from the streets. The Support Center for Minors (CAM) work with children from broken f ...
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  28 January 2016
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Two hundred and fifty Islamic scholars sign the Marrakech Declaration calling for religious freedom for all Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal to develop an Islamic jurisprudence on the concept of citizenship, that is inclusive of all groups, was signed on January 27 by 250 leading Islamic scholars gathered in Marrakech, at t ...