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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Still too many children recruited by armed forces Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012, Burma had agreed with the United Nations not to recruit minors among the militias. However, according to the local media, the Armed Forces of the Country did not respect the agreement. T ...
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  15 March 2016
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Last group of Cuban migrants leave today from Costa Rica San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The last group of 80 Cubans, of the thousands of people who had been detained in Costa Rica since last November, leaves today for Mexico to resume their migration to the United States, as infor ...
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  15 March 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops denounce the evils of the Country: Hunger, poverty, lack of public services Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "As your Pastors, we cannot sit back and watch in the face of shrinking standards or lack of public service delivery, increasing gap between the rich and the poor, lack of fiscal discipline and ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New President and Christian Vice president elected by Parliament Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Parliament elected U Kyaw Htin, historic leader of the "National League for Democracy" as the new President of the country, with 360 votes: U Kyaw Htin, trustworthy man of leader Aung ...
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  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Erection of the Diocese of Kumba and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 15, 2016, the Holy Father erected the new Diocese of Kumba, Cameroon, with territory taken from the Diocese of Buéa, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Bamenda. The ...
• 15 March 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Ngaoundere Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 March 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Emmanuel Abbo as Bishop of the Diocese of Ngaoundere (Cameroon). Rev. Mgr. Emmanuel Abbo was born on July 17, 1969 in Mbe, in the dioce ...
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  15 March 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Campaign against the carrier of the zika virus Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Complications related to zika virus, which continues to spread, are increasing and it is urgent to step up efforts. To cope with the problem a second medical operation to eliminate breeding ...
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  15 March 2016
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Bishops deny their support to one of the two candidates in the presidential ballot Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Surprised and dismayed". This is what the Bishops of Benin say after the news published by a local newspaper, about their alleged invitation to the faithful to vote for Lionel Zinsou regarding ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate disavows the "Babylon Brigades": no armed militia is linked to the Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church "has no connection, either direct or indirect, with the so-called Babylon Brigades, nor with any armed militia that presents itself as Christian". This was declared by Chalde ...
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  15 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In Ismailia also Muslims vote for the construction of the church: 49 in favor, 4 against Ismailia (Agenzia Fides) - The "reconciliation committee" of the Egyptian village of Ismailia, in the governorate of Minya, in the framework of the initiatives undertaken to overcome sectarian conflict, convened a meetin ...
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  14 March 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A new letter of the Bishops on the country's situation is ready Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) have prepared a pastoral letter to be published next week. The letter sent to Fides from a local source highlights what was reported by ...
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  14 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Burning of Christian books in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) have released via the internet a short video documenting the burning of Christian books in the area of Mosul. The images show a militant jihadist who thr ...
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  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Pius X" theological Seminary in Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On September 25, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples appointed Rev. Marcos Campos Amelia Musango, of the clergy of the Archdiocese o ...
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  14 March 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Curuguaty case: need to hasten the conclusion to help social peace Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement on the judicial proceedings related to the massacre of Curuguaty, which occurred in 2012, assembly n. 209 of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) ended yesterday in Ypacara ...
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  14 March 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New Mission of PIME in the suburbs Manila (Agenzia Fides) - St. Therese of the Child Jesus, a holy missionary, is the Patroness of the new Mission launched by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in the Philippines. The chosen location is ...