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  3 December 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - local Church concerned about Cuban migrants held up in central America Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Dionisio García, President of the Cuban Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has voiced the concern of the local Church for the situation of thousands of Cubans blocked between Costa Rica an ...
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  3 December 2015
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Celebrating Joy and Mercy Australian Catholic Youth Festival Adelaide (Agencia Fides) – More than three thousand young people from every diocese in Australia have arrived in Adelaide to take part in the Catholic Youth Festival, a three day gathering organised by the local Cathol ...
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  3 December 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle calls some of the city’s poorest to help him open the Holy Door in Manila Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Holy Year call to show mercy means each of us must open our eyes and our ears to see the poor and listen to their needs. But this is not enough: we must do something to change our ...
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  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Much of what Pope Francis said concerns the whole of Africa” Cardinal Napier Archbishop of Durban remarks Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I am deeply convinced that the Pope’s visit to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic will impact the whole of Africa” Fides was told by Cardinal Napier Archbishop of Durban presentl ...
• 3 December 2015
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - “We are not agitators, we are shepherds concerned for our country” Bishops affirm Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “No one has the right to demand total silence from anyone expressing an opinion or speaking out in a country which calls itself democratic” the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo a ...
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  2 December 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - “A Indian tree” World Day for Persons with Disabilities Milan (Agenzia Fides) – Today about 15% of the world population is affected by some sort of disability. One billion according to a 2011 of report. Of these 80% live in developing countries, where basic health care is n ...
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  2 December 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - El Niño impact on cattle could increase food insecurity risk Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan could face an increase in food insecurity and hunger because of the El Niño impact on cattle. Below average rainfall in many of Sudan’s traditionally pluvial areas during the rainy sea ...
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  2 December 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Growing crowds flock to pray Our Lady of Caacupé novena Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Adalberto Martinez Flores, Military Ordinary, celebrated Mass on December 1 , the fourth day of the novena to Our Lady of Miracles at Caacupé, for a large crowd of faithful in the Bas ...
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  2 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Drugs, a national tragedy: Bishops’ statement on the necessity to intervene Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Argentina (CEA) has issued a statement with the title "No to drug trafficking, Yes to fullness of life", in which they say that drug addiction and tr ...
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  VATICAN - CEP Plenary: what do the young Churches expect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and the PMS? VATICAN – CEP Plenary: what do the young Churches expect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and the PMS? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – ‘“Services of the Congregation for the Evangelization of ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “Reconciliation is closer” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Reconciliation in Sri Lanka is closer. We are confident, the social and political atmosphere bodes well. The sides are determined to turn a new page and work together for peace and pro ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bethlehem church bells will chime for peace but Christmas this year will have less events Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – Next Saturday, 5 December at 7.30 pm local time, the bells of churches in Bethlehem will chime for peace and they call on churches all over the world to do the same. The announcement was mad ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - December 8 opening of Erbil Catholic University Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – December 8 is the date chosen for the opening of a new Catholic University, Erbil Campus, CUE in Iraq. The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil has warmly invited everyone to take part in the ...
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  1 December 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - "There is life beyond HIV": more than half of those eligible to treatment are still without care Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 45% of the 37 million people living with HIV are unaware of being infected with the virus. On the occasion of the World Day against HIV/AIDS, which is celebrated on December 1 each year, the NGO Do ...
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  1 December 2015
  VATICAN - Education and formation for the most vulnerable, among the predominantly Muslim populations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan and India, nuns carry out a great job among the population, almost entirely Muslim, in favor of education and the promotion of interreligious dialogue: this is what Sister Monic ...