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  12 November 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Meeting of the Pan-Amazonian Network: necessity to listen to indigenous peoples to protect creation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian ecclesial network - REPAM will meet in Bogota from November 16 to 18 with representatives of the various ecclesial organizations and partners from 9 countries that are part of t ...
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  12 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian students are prohibited to use the toilets used by Muslims at school Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – She was threatened, beaten, insulted and locked in a bathroom for three hours for using a toilet used by Muslim students: this is the story of Sara Bibi, a student who attends a primary sch ...
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  12 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal to Prime Minister Modi: "Protect religious minorities" London (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the government of Narendra Modi to protect the rights of minorities in India was launched by the NGO Minority Rights Group International (MRG), on the first day of the visit of the I ...
• 12 November 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Maiduguri's appeal: "We need concrete help for displaced people affected by Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Security has improved thanks to the efforts of the military who are present here and the attacks of Boko Haram have declined", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dash Doeme, Bishop of Maiduguri, ...
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  12 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church: no to unauthorized collection of money for the flooded monasteries Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church, with a statement sent to the Egyptian media through its official channels, has warned individuals and groups not to announce the collection of money for and on behalf o ...
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  12 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - Religious minorities in Iran: there are those who exploit religious freedom to attack our Country Tehran (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the upcoming visit of Iranian President Hassan Rohani at the Vatican, where the Iranian leader will be received by Pope Francis, a meeting to reflect on the status of religious minor ...
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  11 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 140 years ago the first group of Salesian missionaries arrived in Patagonia Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 November 1875 the church of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco (Turin, Italy) lived a great moment: the departure of the first ten Salesian missionaries destined to reach Argentina. ...
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  11 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Aung San Suu Kyi’s party wins: now national reconciliation Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "National League for Democracy", the party of the leader Aung San Suu Kyi announces that it has obtained over 70% of the vote in the elections held on November 8 in Myanmar, gaining at least 78 s ...
• 11 November 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The Bishops: "Reconciliation and national unity is a task that never ends" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to continue the peace and national unification process. This is what the Bishops of Angola call for in their pastoral Letter, sent to Fides, which was published on the occasion ...
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  11 November 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops call for elections: "Free vote, essential to strengthen democracy" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops' Conference (CEV) has called for the legislative elections, scheduled for December 6, to be held in a "peaceful manner, with great freedom and with the widest possible par ...
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  11 November 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - An unidentified lethal disease affects the population of North Darfur Al-Fashir (Agenzia Fides) - Several children living in refugee camps in the town of Saraf Umra, North Darfur, continue to die of a disease which has not yet been identified and spread among the population about two month ...
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  11 November 2015
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - An inter-religious delegation visits North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of 150 religious leaders of different communities paid a visit to North Korea: during the short trip on 10 and 11 November, the leaders of seven major religions in South Korea, gather ...
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  11 November 2015
  VATICAN - Statement from the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, also known as "Propaganda Fide", fully adheres to the line of thought, orientation and the heart of the Holy Father with regards to the l ...
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  11 November 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian associations denounce the violence and abuse of Kurdish forces Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Six associations operating within the Assyrian community in diaspora scattered in the West launched an appeal to denounce violence and systematic human rights violations committed against the c ...
• 11 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Large participation in the protest against the law on the Islamization of minors Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The protest against the law on the Islamization of minors, held yesterday, Tuesday, November 10, in Baghdad at the Chaldean Church of Saint George, saw the massive participation of Christians an ...