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  20 January 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Launch of the new three-year campaign against hunger Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The NGO of the Spanish Catholic Church “Manos Unidas”, which deals with development, is launching a new annual campaign against hunger: “Plántale cara al hambre: siembra". In addition, o ...
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  20 January 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Orthodox Patriarch organizes a meeting with diplomats in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – His Beatitude Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, organized a reception to mark the start of the new year where all the diplomats accredited to the Arab Republic of ...
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  20 January 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Assault on a university: churches and civil society against terrorism Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) – A group of Islamist Taliban militants stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan this morning, killing indiscriminately students and professors, in classrooms and hostels. After the interv ...
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  20 January 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The coalition raid on Mosul devastates a church Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - On the night between Monday 18 and Tuesday, January 19, the air strikes carried out by the international coalition of Mosul - conquered in June 2014 by jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) - hit ...
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  20 January 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The "Soup kitchens of Charity" at the service of thousands of poor people in Xian Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - "They have brought warmth to the homeless" was the headline on the front page of the Chinese Business View (500,000 copies daily and 17 million visitors for the internet edition) of the Chinese pr ...
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  20 January 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “Two Nations, one Faith”: El Paso and Ciudad Juarez united for the Pope's visit El Paso (Agenzia Fides) – The US Diocese of El Paso is inviting the faithful at the Sun Bowl Stadium, of the University of Texas in El Paso (UTEP), on February 17, to participate in the live broadcast of Pope Francis' ...
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  20 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Even a Tzotzil priest will concelebrate with the Pope during his visit in Mexico Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) – Even a priest of ethnic Tzotzil will concelebrate the Mass that will be presided by the Holy Father on February 15 in Altos de Chiapas, during his pastoral visit to Mexico. Tzotzil is a langua ...
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  20 January 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Peña Rodríguez: "Corruption creates scandalous injustice and social inequality" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED), His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, yesterday presented the pastoral Letter on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady ...
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  20 January 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan: "For 20 years we have been witnessing the growth of religious fanaticism that fuels violence" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The religiously motivated violence in Nigeria comes from afar, said Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, in his speech at the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. ...
• 20 January 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Our only weapon is prayer", say the Bishops in condemning the assault in Ouagadougou Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The wounds inflicted to people are felt by the whole nation. We invite you to remember and pray for the victims, the injured, their families and their friends", said a statement of the Bish ...
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  19 January 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Special "Year of Education" in the Year of Mercy Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest mercy is the service of education that one can give to a child and a person": with this awareness, the Church of Faisalabad, diocese in Punjab province, will open on February 6 ...
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  19 January 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Much to one’s surprise, Geagea has decided to support former "enemy" Aoun in the presidential election Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Much to one’s surprise, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party Samir Geagea has announced the availability of his political formation to support the candidacy of former General Michel Aoun to ...
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  19 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Report on anti-Christian violence: more than 200 episodes in 2015 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In 2015 over 200 anti-Christian violence occurred. Seven Protestant pastors and one lay person were killed, while the victims of violence as a whole are about 8,000, including women and childr ...
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  19 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cuban immigrants stranded in Mexico Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - Cuban immigrants now have a fast-track to enter the United States, starting from Central America to the northern border of Mexico. The Mexican government in fact grants them temporary residence ...
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  19 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Adiós a la Pobreza": a project for healthcare hygiene Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The inhabitants of the municipality of Ayahualulco, in the province of Veracruz, were using outdoor toilets until a few months ago. Today, thanks to the efforts of Veracruziano Voluntarism and ...