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  21 October 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite diocese of Zahlé supports the breast cancer awareness campaign Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the month of the breast cancer awareness campaign, Maronite Bishop of Zahle, Mgr. Joseph Mouawad, celebrated a Mass in the church of Our Lady of Zahle and Bekaa, during which t ...
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  20 October 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Six months after the earthquake, the country is still a multicoloured patchwork of temporary tarpaulins Charikot (Agenzia Fides) - Six months after a massive earthquake devastated Nepal, people are still living in temporary shelters as political wrangling has prevented the disbursement of billions between April and May ple ...
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  20 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New initiative to try to reduce maternal mortality Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial government of Jiber Pajtunjwa, Pakistan, has created a program for the reduction of maternal mortality which consists in offering $ 10 per visit to every pregnant woman. Accordin ...
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  20 October 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Castro Quiroga: "The opening of dialogue with ELN is positive news" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The recent announcement of dialogue between the Colombian government and the ELN (National Liberation Army) guerrilla group, was judged as a positive sign by the President of the Episcopal Confer ...
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  20 October 2015
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Church collects information about people who disappeared during the dictatorship Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has made all parishes in the country available to the families of detainees who disappeared, in order to gather information to identify their remains. The news contained i ...
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  20 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Offensive in Aleppo. Archbishop Marayati: we pay the price of the 'Holy Wars' carried out by others Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The offensive in the region of Aleppo carried out by the Syrian government army with the support of Russian air raids, as well as mass emigration of the civilian population that still lived in th ...
• 20 October 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Apostolic Administrator of Torit: "It is more important to implement the peace agreement than create new States" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The implementation of the peace plan signed in August is more important than the creation of new States. This is the opinion expressed by Mgr. Thomas Oliha Tiya, Apostolic Administrator of Torit, S ...
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  20 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Violence in Jerusalem, the Christian Youth of Palestine announces a prayer vigil for peace Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The appointment is scheduled at 8pm on Saturday 24, eve of the feast of Our Lady of Palestine: all the Catholic parishes of Palestine, Israel and Jordan, will hold a prayer vigil in which youn ...
• 20 October 2015
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Outgoing President in the lead in the provisional results of the presidential elections Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Outgoing President Alpha Condé appears in the lead in the provisional results of the presidential elections held in the Republic of Guinea on 11 October. According to figures published on Octob ...
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  20 October 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Scalabrinian Mission": opening of a new reception center for refugees in Sao Paulo Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - A new reception center for refugees sponsored by the Missionary Scalabrinian Sisters (Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo) will open on October 25 in Sao Paulo. The ...
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  20 October 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious confessions announce the rapid appointment of the new head of the Electoral Commission Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The platform of religious denominations of the Democratic Republic of Congo is committed to choosing its candidate for the presidency of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ...
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  19 October 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - V Meeting for Pastoral Operators of Human Mobility in Bolivia, Chile and Peru Antofagasta (Agenzia Fides) - In order to analyze the situation of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking, the V Meeting of Bishops and Pastoral Operators of Human Mobility in Bolivia, Chile and Peru will be ...
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  19 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the "wall of Jerusalem" disfigures the face of the Holy City Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of a dividing wall between the Jewish and the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem, "saddens us and disfigures the face of the Holy City. If this policy of separation continues, ea ...
• 19 October 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of Rector of the "Lux Mundi" Major Seminary in Bangkok Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 September 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples appointed rev. Peter Charoen Vongprachanukul of the diocesan clergy of Ratchabur ...
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  19 October 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Share the beauty of consecrated life with a testimony of joy Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, October 22, the third edition of "EXPO charisma 2015" will begin, organized by the Conference of Religious of Arequipa (Peru). This year the initiative takes a special characterist ...