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  5 October 2017
  EUROPE/GERMANY - How can we recognize "the migrant God" today in the history of humanity? Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - In our multicultural societies the migrant is often relegated to the "poor/needy" category in the material and cultural sense or seen as an "enemy". This is how concrete attitudes are born suc ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/THAILAND - Preparations for the funeral of 'the Greatest King of Siamese History' Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Over 500 officers of the Thai Navy have participated in the preparations for the Royal Cremation of the revered late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October at the age of 88. The funeral ...
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  4 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church establishes the "Sant'Atanasio Center for Doctrine" to counteract the spread of erroneous doctrines Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox Coptic Patriarchate has established an Integrated Center for Doctrinal Studies in the suburban district of Maadi, south of Cairo, which is added to the already existing Institute of S ...
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  4 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Rionegro, the second in Colombia in 2017 Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - Father Abelardo Antonio Muñoz Sánchez, 41 years old was killed during an attempted theft, in San Antonio neighborhood in Rionegro, on the main road leading to La Ceja. According to informat ...
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  4 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Mgr. Kariuki Njiru: "No to political controversy on anti-tetanus vaccines. They are safe because controlled" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Anti-tetanus vaccines are controlled and are safe", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Kariuki Njiru, Bishop of Embu and President of the Bishops' Commission for the Pastoral Care of Kenya, speaking at th ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "It is urgent to stop the violence on the Rohingya" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop any form of violence on the Rohingya population. It is dramatic that, with fighters coming from abroad, a new conflict front in the state of Rakhine is being opened. The gov ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The annual Synods of the Chaldean Church and the Syro-Catholic Church have begun Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synods of the Syro-Catholic Church and the Chaldean Church have begun almost simultaneously. The Syro-Catholic Bishops, under the presidency of Patriarch Ignatius Youssif III Younan ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities under attack: it is urgent to repeal the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Washaal Masih and his colleague Bhola Ram of Hindu religion, two humble workers, employed in the town of Behawalnagar, in the South of Pakistani Punjab, were arrested for blasphemy, wit ...
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  3 October 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon: An Atlas displays conflicts and tensions in 338 municipalities Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - There are 338 municipalities in the Amazon that live in situations of conflict due to land. In the State of Acre, half of the municipalities, 11, are involved. The State experienced a tough fig ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishops of Local Churches: the clash on the independence of Kurdistan independence must not be "internationalized" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Potential conflicts triggered by the referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan can only be prevented by "genuinely sitting at the table of negotiation for dialogue". The clash between the ...
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  3 October 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - New clashes in the English-speaking regions: law enforcement agencies accused by NGOs Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - 17 people were killed in the clashes with the security forces in the English-speaking region of Cameroon on Sunday 1 October (see Fides 2/10/2017) according to Amnesty International, which call ...
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  3 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister at the Vatican to promote pilgrimages on "The Path of the Holy Family" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian Tourism Minister Yahya Rashid returns to the Vatican with the mission of finding support and collaboration in the efforts made by the government of Cairo to relaunch pilgrimages along the ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - New consecrated women in the Catholic Community of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the Indian state of Orissa (or Odisha), which has suffered violence and massacres in recent years, is not discouraged and generates new vocations to consecrated lif ...
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  2 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bilateral ceasefire between Government and ELN has begun, the Church protagonists in the path to peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "To help find the way to ensure peace, a solid and complete peace, this is the purpose of our participation in the dialogues", said His Exc. Mgr. Juan Carlos Barreto, Bishop of the Diocese of Qu ...
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  2 October 2017
  AMERICA/PORTO RICO - "United we stand, divided we fall ": Archbishop of San Juan’s appeal for the rebirth of the Country devastated by hurricanes San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "Puerto Rico has been demolished but not completely destroyed", reports to Fides Mgr. Roberto O. González Nieves, OFM, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, President of the Epis ...