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  4 January 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese PMS Director: Saudi execution of Imam al-Nimr has catastrophic consequences for Lebanon and the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The sentencing to death of Shiite Imam Nimr Bakr al-Nimr, commissioned by the Saudi government on January 2, "has as immediate effect the worsening of the Lebanese institutional crisis, but its c ...
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  4 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Martyrs in Orissa: Cardinal Gracias says "yes" Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) and President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), wants the Churc ...
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  4 January 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar accuses the Coptic Church of inspiring anti-Islamic television programs Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The accusations launched by the al-Azhar Observatory against the Coptic Church with regards to anti-Islamic television programs broadcast by the channels of the NileSat platform were rejected by t ...
• 4 January 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops are committed to promoting dialogue in view of the 2016 election deadline Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo are committed to fostering dialogue among political parties and civil society in view of the 2016 election deadline. This was stated by Don Léon ...
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  30 December 2015
  VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2015 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The wake of pastoral workers killed in this historic phase of humanity reveals an unprecedented upsurge. It seems to have no equal in the history, because it is an ongoing globalized persec ...
• 29 December 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Erection of the Diocese of Barisal and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 29, 2015 the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Barisal, Bangladesh, with territory taken from the Diocese of Chittagong, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Dh ...
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  29 December 2015
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Expulsion of Cubans begins, still no solution to the problem of migrants San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - There are 56 Cubans ready to be expelled from Costa Rica to Havana as a result of new immigration measures adopted in this country, according to the National Bureau for Migration. On December 1 ...
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  29 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church, a meeting place for dialogue: more than 10,000 participate in the "oil march" Comodoro (Agenzia Fides) - More than ten thousand people attended the march yesterday morning in the city of Comodoro which was convened by the Trade Union of the oil industry to draw attention on the situation of worker ...
• 29 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The testimony of a Bishop to Fides: Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The terrorists of Boko Haram arrived in the afternoon of December 27 in different areas of Maiduguri, introducing themselves in some homes and killing the inhabitants, while in other areas they s ...
• 29 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou: "We hope for a higher voter turnout across the country" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the turnout in Bangui and in other parts of the Country is high; we would not want to be the only ones to elect a new President", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bisho ...
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  28 December 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Ballot postponed, the Church participates in the Commission of electoral evaluation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Haiti (CEH) has informed that it has decided to participate in the establishment of the Commission of electoral evaluation (see Fides 23/12/2015). In the statem ...
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  28 December 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - About 7,000 Cuban migrants in difficulty in Central America; Pope's appeal Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "My thoughts in this moment go out to the numerous Cuban migrants who find themselves in difficulty in Central America, many of whom are victims of human trafficking. I invite the Countries of th ...
• 28 December 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mpika Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 December 2015, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Justin Mulenga, Pastoral Coordinator of the Archdiocese of Kasama as Bishop of Mpika (Zambia). Rev. Justin Mulenga was born on February ...
• 28 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Bishops: "The proximity of the Christian Christmas and the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet is an invitation to dialogue" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the feast of Mouloud and Christmas coincide. This sign invites us, Christians and Muslims, to dialogue in order to bring peace to the world in the name of our common faith in Abraham, ...
• 28 December 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 50 dead in new massacres in the east of the Country on Christmas Eve Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas Eve marked by blood in three places in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to news sent to Agenzia Fides, in the early mor ...