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  24 January 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Apostolic Nuncio: it is positive to tackle corruption, even the most serious Quito (Agenzia Fides) - It is the responsibility of every citizen "to know and get information regarding referendum questions"; "the vote will lead society on the road to freedom, democracy and the independence of powers ...
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  24 January 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Patriarch to diplomats in Damascus: help Syria regain peace Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the beginning of the new year Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, organized a reception to which all the diplomats accredited to the Arab Republic o ...
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  24 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Fr. Robert Masinda is still a prisoner but we know he is alive" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Robert Masinda is still a prisoner, but we know he is alive and we hope he will be released soon", says to Agenzia Fides Mgr. Laurent Sondirya, Vicar General of the diocese of Butembo-Beni ...
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  24 January 2018
  AMERICA - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights cannot impose the law on same-sex unions to member countries San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CIDH), the judicial body of the Organization of American States (OEA), is putting pressure on the 23 member countries so they recognize same-sex union ...
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  24 January 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Sport as a driving force for street children in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In the urban area of Nairobi, there are about 60 thousand street children and about 22 thousand under-age refugees. Thanks to the development of a project that uses sport as a driving force, we ...
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  23 January 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Church leaders withdraw their complaint against Hindu extremists New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Church leaders in Madhya Pradesh, central India, have withdrawn a legal appeal filed in recent days at Madhya Pradesh High Court against a group of radical Hindu groups who had tried to enter ...
• 23 January 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 16, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio, of the diocesan clergy of Kakamega, as Nati ...
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  23 January 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Parliament rejects the memorandum of the US resolution on discrimination against Copts Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian parliament's foreign affairs committee has finished drafting a response to a memorandum on "Coptic issues" in Egypt, that was made public on December 21 by six members of the US Cong ...
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  23 January 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Women, in black, take to the streets to demonstrate against the President Lome (Agenzia Fides) - Togo women are at the forefront of the popular protest against the power of President Faure Gnassingbe. Since September, a coalition of 14 political parties has held almost weekly marches, where th ...
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  23 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Protests led by the Catholic laity will continue"; the Nunciature: "fatal bullets fired against demonstrators" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The government is trying to put the blame on the organizers regarding the violent protest march held on Sunday", report Church sources of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Agenzia Fides, wh ...
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  23 January 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Pope's visit leaves "an appeal to hope and unity" Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to hope, to "continue to rise again after the collapse", not to stop believing in the transforming power of God the Father, to "work for peace". And to say "no to the vio ...
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  23 January 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Tentorio’s murder, the missionaries: "We hope the truth will come to light" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We are still in a preliminary phase, it is already the third time that the results of an investigation into the murder of Father Fausto Tentorio are presented, but in the past they were not enou ...
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  22 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops’ spokesman: "Pope Francis enhanced local religious traditions" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to return to their cultural and family roots and to live faith with joy, as "grateful servants": this is, in short, the message that Pope Francis left to Peru. This is what Jesuit, Fr ...
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  22 January 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christians are discriminated against in society but play a valuable role Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Bangladesh, a small minority in a country with a Muslim majority, often face discrimination: says to Agenzia Fides Catholic priest Fr. David Bipul Das, of the Church of Our Lady of G ...
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  22 January 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Catholic Bishops to Israeli authorities: expulsion exposes Eritrean and Sudanese refugees to dangers and wars Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli authorities are imposing on Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to choose between prison or exodus in other Countries, and this political choice risks exposing "so many lives to d ...