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  13 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The "horrible night" of Tumaco: abandonment, violence and death, invisible borders, drug trafficking Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "All these acts of violence and death that have occurred throughout the history of our region, in addition to abandonment and marginalization by the State, have created the propitious scenario fo ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Msgr. Mathew Hu Xiande, tireless pastor and passionate promoter of the study of the Bible Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – In the early hours of 25 September, His Exc. Msgr. Mathew Hu Xiande, Bishop of Ningbo (Ningpo), in Zhejiang Province (Mainland China) died at the age 83. He had been hospitalized for a few days ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Archbishop Takami: "Justo Takayama Ukon, an example for today's Christians" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Samurai of Christ, Justo Takayama Ukon - beatified on February 7, 2017 in Osaka - lived an authentic, honest, sincere, and deep Christian life. He was recognized as a martyr, even though he wa ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Demonstration of Iraqi Christian refugees: We do not want to go back to Iraq, give us permission to emigrate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Some dozen Iraqi Christian refugees organized a demonstration in Beirut on Wednesday, 11 October in front of the offices of the High Commissioner for Refugees to ask the competent authorities to ...
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  12 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Reception in the North of the country of South Sudan Refugees fleeing conflict and famine Arua (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda in recent months has faced a flow of refugees out of the ordinary. The West Nile Region and the Kiryandongo District, with approximately 2.7 million inhabitants, have in fact taken in an eno ...
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  12 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Between violence and reconciliation Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the ceasefire, attempts of pacification and the steps towards national reconciliation, violence continues in the southern part of Colombia. About half of the people who were forced to mov ...
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  12 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three members of the Ahmadiyya community killed, three condemned to death for blasphemy Sheikhupura (Agenzia FIdes) - A lawyer, his wife and two-year-old son were killed by unidentified aggressors in their home in Sheikhupura. Another five-year-old son miraculously survived the attack who hid under the bed. ...
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  12 October 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionaries, "anonymous heroes" Santiago de Compostela (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries "are anonymous heroes, they are human beings chosen to withstand the difficulties. Brave and obedient children, endowed with patience and strength. Examples of moral ...
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  12 October 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Bishops of the Province of Bamenda: "We are disgusted by the violence against the population" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfounded accusations". This is how Cameroon’s Minister of Communication, Issa Bakary Tchiroma considered the reports of the massacres of demonstrators in the North west and South West Anglo ...
• 12 October 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Resignation of the Archbishop of Korhogo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Korhogo, Ivory Coast, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Marie-Daniel Dadiet. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 12/10 ...
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  12 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Orissa, theater of anti-Christian violence, becomes a place of pilgrimage and inspiration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The victims of anti-Christian violence perpetrated in the Indian state of Orissa in 2007 and 2008 "are testimonies of authentic faith, that overcame difficulties and persecution, and today ...
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  11 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Condemnation of the Bishops: Hindu leader offends Mother Teresa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to condemn and take legal measures regarding the false accusations and derogatory words against Mother Teresa of Calcutta by Hindu leader Swami Parpoornanda Saraswathi: says ...
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  11 October 2017
  AFRICA/TOGO - The population in Mango is shocked and traumatized, the Bishop asks for justice and respect of rights Mango (Agenzia Fides) - Conflicts continue in the city of Mango, in northern Togo, due to the protests by opposition supporters who have been calling for a constitutional reform for months. According to news gathered b ...
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  11 October 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops to Congress: "To ensure true protection for dreamers once and for all" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On Oct. 8, 2017, the White House released the "Immigration Principles & Policies" which outline the Trump Administration’s position on immigration especially regarding younger immigrants, k ...
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  11 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Strong tensions after Odinga pulled out of the October 26 presidential polls Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Strong tensions in Kenya, where yesterday October 10, opposition leader, Raila Odinga, pulled out of the October 26 presidential polls. On September 1, the Supreme Court judgement nullified Pre ...