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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: more confessors in the Shrines for the Holy Year of Mercy Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrims who come to Holy Land during the upcoming Year of the Holy Mercy will have better access to the sacrament of confession in churches and shrines scattered in the land where Jesus l ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Even Christians demonstrate in Erbil against the law on the Islamization of minors Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, November 4 hundreds of people belonging to the non-Islamic components of Iraqi society demonstrated in front of UN representatives in Erbil to protest against the law that allows t ...
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  5 November 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Eight hundred children in feast: they will not study any more in the rain or under the hot sun Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Work has begun to rebuild two new classrooms in the Primary School '19 de Outubro of Ngalunde, 42 km from Maputo, district of Marracuene. The news of the great feast, which involved all the 800 p ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mining company withdraws from La Rioja: statement of the Bishop and the Deputy Governor La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The mining company MIDAIS withdraws from Angulos, Department in Famatina in La Rioja (Argentina). This was officially announced by the Bishop of the Diocese of La Rioja, His Exc. Mgr. Marcelo D ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Voting is a pilgrimage of hope" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - While we are experiencing "a crucial moment in the history of Myanmar", in the last days before the vote "there is the need to remain vigilant. We hope that these elections are carried out in a t ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A year ago a Christian couple was burned alive: today new life for their children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A year ago, on November 4, 2014, an episode generated a wave of horror in Pakistan, shocking the whole world: a Christian couple Shama and Shahzad Masih were thrown in a brick kiln by a crowd of ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' appeal for peace: "Dialogue with everyone, even with organized crime" Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - The four Bishops of the dioceses of Guerrero State have asked the government to "talk" with organized crime in order to reverse the serious situation of insecurity and violence that exists in t ...
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  ASIA/CHINA - On the feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude, two communities welcome new deacons and priests Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Two communities, rich in vocations, welcome new workers in the Lord’s vineyard at the end of the month of missions and of the Rosary. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, on the day ...
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  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society: "There are foreign jihadists in our region despite what the UN says" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are foreign fighters operating in the ranks of the ADF-NALU, a Ugandan guerrilla group that for years has raged in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This is what a note s ...
• 5 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Pope Francis' visit is a blessing and an opportunity for Kenyans" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that the Pope will begin his visit in Africa here, in this great nation, is a blessing and an opportunity for us Kenyans", said His Exc. Mgr. Alfred Rotich, Ordinary Military, Presiden ...
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  4 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim students in defense of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Necessary to put an end to discrimination and prejudice against religious minorities in Pakistan: with this spirit more than 500 young Muslims gathered in recent days in Lahore thanks to the in ...
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  4 November 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Drug trafficking affects justice in the country", says the President of the Episcopal Conference Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Drug trafficking is one of the evils that affect justice in Paraguay. This is what was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay) and President of t ...
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  4 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremists against the growth of the Christian and Muslim population New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to ascertain the "demographic imbalance" by controlling the supposed growth of the Christians and Muslims population in India: with this purpose, the Hindu extremist group "R ...
• 4 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kidnappings: new plague in North Kivu: more than 600 seizures since the beginning of the year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 14 members of a Congolese NGO kidnapped in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been released. The episode, stress missionary sources to Agenzia Fides, is just the latest in ...
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  4 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The request of the diocese to the State: "Do not suspend the subsidies to schools" Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Neuquén, His Exc. Mgr. Virginio Bressanelli SCJ, has asked the provincial government not to suspend subsidies to Catholic schools and announced the presentation of a bill for a f ...