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  9 October 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Two Iraqi sisters go and live among the Christian refugees camped in Erbil Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The two Little Sisters of Charles de Foucauld are called Afnan and Alice and have chosen to live in a camp in Ankawa, on the outskirts of Erbil, where thousands of Christians of the Nineveh Plain, ...
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  8 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bible in Tzotzil language, completed the work desired by more than 350,000 faithful Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) – With a Mass in Tzotzil language, the completion of the translation of the Bible in Tzotzil language was celebrated in the indigenous community of Zinacantan, after 25 years of work in 59 commu ...
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  8 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadists release the video of the execution of three Assyrian hostages Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Three of the Assyrian Christians in the valley of Khabur held hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) were subjected to capital punishment by their kidnappers. The video of the execut ...
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  8 October 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Clashes between police and protesters, the Church is the only intermediary Managua (Agenzia Fides) - A policeman was killed, 31 were wounded: 8 civilians and 23 policemen, after the clash on Tuesday, October 6 among workers of the Canadian mine B2Gold and police, during a protest in the northwe ...
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  8 October 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "The Italian Del Torchio kidnapped for money" Zamboanaga (Agenzia Fides) - "The news is very vague and nothing is known about the perpetrators of the kidnapping of Rolando Del Torchio, today a restaurant owner and former missionary of PIME (Pontifical Institute for ...
• 8 October 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Perplexity about the creation of 28 new States Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of President Salva Kiir to divide South Sudan (see Fides 03/10/2015) with the creation of 28 new States is provoking criticism. "I would have preferred to hear that the government is t ...
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  8 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Child malnutrition in Gaza: Caritas Jerusalem intervenes Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the one million and 800 thousand inhabitants of the Gaza Strip cannot afford adequate food, partly because of higher food prices following the latest Israeli military action. Children and y ...
• 8 October 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - Inquiry on corrupt judges: for the Bishops it is "a scandal that undermines the principle of legality" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not the first time that this eminent son of the soil has brought the nation’s attention to the prevalence of deep-seated bribery and corruption in her public and social life but, by far, ...
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  8 October 2015
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Ebola orphans abandoned on the streets or entrusted to families who mistreat them Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - More than 5,900 Liberian children lost one or both parents to Ebola. According to information sent to Fides, some are with a surviving parent, others found loving homes with friends or relative ...
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  7 October 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - Every minute a child goes blind: "Let's open our Eyes" to avoid this tragedy Milan (Agenzia Fides) – Eye treatment or buying a pair of glasses in some areas of the world is now routine while it is a rarity elsewhere. The lack of these basic services and tools, according to the World Health Orga ...
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  7 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Video released on the Christians in Qaryatayn who sign a "protection pact" Qaryatayn (Agenzia Fides) - "Fight until they pay the jizya pledging subservience to Muslim rule" is the title of the video released in recent days by jihadist websites (available at: https://archive.org/details/Jizia_Q) ...
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  7 October 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The preparation for the beatification of the three missionaries killed in 1991 continues Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - During a press conference held at the seat of the Diocese of Chimbote (in northern Peru), Bishop His Exc. Mgr. Angelo Francisco Simon Piorno, confirmed yesterday that on Tuesday, October 13 the ...
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  7 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Equal opportunities and citizenship to build peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, equal opportunities and citizenship: are the keywords of a program launched by "Christian Study Center" in Rawalpindi in collaboration with the "Cecil Chaudhry & Iris Foundation" in Lahore ...
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  7 October 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The support of Cardinal Brenes: "Punish those who exploit the naivety of the poor" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Police must act and punish those who exploit the poor, exploiting the naivety of the population. We, as a Church, are working for the welfare and the faith of families, working for ...
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  7 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The government of Maharashtra suspends a play considered offensive towards Catholics Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has temporarily suspended the representation of a play entitled "Agnes of God", considered by local Catholics offensive towards their religion. A ...