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  13 November 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - The "Arafat Prize" awarded to Latin Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah delivered the "Arafat Prize" to Michel Sabbah, Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem of the Latins, for the exceptional role he carried out in serving "the cause of Pale ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - To build the "Amazonian face" of the Catholic Church Quito (Ecuador) - The call to create a "Church with an Amazonian face" is a great challenge that opens after Pope Francis’ invitation "to explore paths, expressions and processes that help build and structure a model o ...
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  13 November 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - With Caritas "voluntary work" is born in Central Asia Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the challenges of Caritas of Almaty is to create a spirit and sensitivity towards charitable actions within people. Kazakhstan does not want to be considered a 'developing country': on th ...
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  13 November 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - An attack against a peace concert in the Muslim area relights tensions in Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Four dead and about twenty injured is the toll of the explosive attack against a coffee bar on November 11 in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. Some strangers threw an explosive w ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - More space and rights for women in society Panama (Agenzia Fides) – To share work experience, encourage the incidence of women in different sectors of society, promote women's presence and rights at political, economic and social levels: this is the goal of the ...
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  13 November 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch’s visit to Riyadh; meeting with Hariri in his scheduled appointments Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai is preparing to embark on a historic visit to Saudi Arabia: the departure of the Patriarch from Beirut to Riyadh is scheduled for Monday afternoon, November ...
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  11 November 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Eritrea: a "North Korea of Africa" «Eritrea is the country with less freedom in the world ». These words come not from someone who opposes president Isayas Afeworki or from the hated government of Ethiopia, instead they come from an official United Nati ...
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  10 November 2017
  VATICAN - The martyrdom of Italian missionary Sr. Leonella Sgorbati has been recognized Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Our founder, Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, encouraged us to be at the service of the mission at the cost of life, and the recognition of Sister Leonella's martyrdom is a new impulse for us to live mi ...
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  10 November 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians in Indonesia are "a creative minority, committed to unity" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians in Indonesia we are a minority, but we must be a creative minority capable of promoting the Pancasila (the five basic principles of the nation), as well as correctly presenting ou ...
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  10 November 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops launch a National Dialogue Forum while the political crisis risks making the country explode Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is now threatened with disintegration and conflict, if the situation witnessed currently is anything to go by. This is why we have announced to organize a National Dialogue Forum, w ...
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  10 November 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Militarization and human rights violations in the department of Quiché Santa Cruz del Quiché (Agenzia Fides) – There is an increase in the attacks against human rights defenders, who take position against the creation of highly polluted hydroelectric megaprojects in the indigenous Maya-I ...
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  10 November 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch asks and gets to meet Hariri during his trip to Saudi Arabia Berkeley (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai will travel to Saudi Arabia, accepting the invitation of the local authorities, and on that occasion will also meet Lebanese resigning premier Saad Hariri ...
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  10 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New jihadist threats against Copts: they must be eliminated because they build churches, evangelize, do not respect the Sharia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Christians in Egypt do not accept the condition of submission imposed on Christians in Islamic societies: they continue to build churches and even promote television networks to spread the ...
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  9 November 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences pays tribute to the missionary martyrs of the "massacre of Zhengding Church" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Many missionaries present in China at the time of the Japanese attack witnessed a great love for the Chinese people, to the point of being killing in an atrocious manner, while defending Chinese ...
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  9 November 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A church burned and smeared: why? Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our commitment as a Church is to announce and promote the Kingdom of Jesus, which is Justice, Truth, Love without exclusion, giving priority to the poor, who are God’s favorites. We want ...