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  23 March 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Hassaké: let us not help only Christians Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh) have withdrawn from the surroundings of Hassaké. For years, they had positions in less than twenty kilometers from the capital of the ...
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  23 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Are the massacres in North Kivu carried out by true jihadists? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of October 2014, the population of the territory Beni (North Kivu - DRC) has been the victim of a series of kidnappings and massacres, where more than a thousand people have ...
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  22 March 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - In the footsteps of St. Joseph: to live Christian life in silence, humility and serenity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To live our Christian life by following the footsteps of St. Joseph: as every year, the Chinese Catholic community celebrated one of the most felt liturgical solemnities of the year, the feast o ...
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  22 March 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - World Water Day: 1 billion people lack access to clean water Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis will launch the global debate expected on the occasion of World Water Day, which is celebrated today, March 22. In fact, at the end of the general audience in St Peter's Square, WATERS ...
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  22 March 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - More than 2 and a half million child laborers Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent research published by the Abrinq Foundation, an NGO which promotes the defense of the rights of children and adolescents, reports that in 2015, 2 million and 600,000 ...
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  22 March 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Towards CAM V 2018: the missionary Cross arrives in El Salvador Cara Sucia (Agenzia Fides) - El Salvador has welcomed the missionary Cross, the relics of the Blessed Nazaria Ignacia and of Oscar Romero Beato from Guatemala, that will travel the country in preparation for the V Americ ...
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  22 March 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - XXV Day of Missionary Martyrs: "Do not be afraid" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " 'Do not be afraid' is the invitation that appears on every theophany and is the phrase that the Risen Jesus repeats every time he shows himself to his disciples. An invitation that helps to deal ...
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  22 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: political will to ensure food security in India is urgent Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A shared commitment and the political will to end hunger and nutrition emergency in India is urgently needed, in order to ensure "food security" to the entire population. The Indian government ...
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  22 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The President of CENCO to the UN: "The New Year's Eve agreement is the only way out of the crisis" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Democratic Republic of Congo is now without any legitimate institution. It is the first time that this has happened in our Country since independence. Therefore, the agreement of December ...
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  22 March 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Eight dead in an attack against a refugee camp in the north-east of the Country Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least eight people died in a suicide attack on the night of March 22, in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. According to preliminary information five suicide bombers ble ...
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  22 March 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Mgr. Ramazzini: the country is economically dependent on remittances from workers in the US Bern (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, His Exc. Mgr. Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri, participated in a panel discussion at the European Parliament in Brussels, which has launched a study on ...
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  21 March 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Over 12,000 poor children in Bariloche Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - A group of social organizations of the Movement for Children of Bariloche, a town in northwestern Patagonia in the foothills of the Andes, has issued a statement expressing their opposition to ...
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  21 March 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "It is impossible to live here": says Mgr. Garcia on the violence in Upper Baudo Chocó (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence in Upper Baudo does not stop. The communities along the Baudo and San Juan rivers are living a serious humanitarian crisis, and many have begun to flee", said His Exc. Mgr. Julio Hernan ...
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  21 March 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Sharing means evangelizing: a rosary for the mission in the Somali Region Gode (Agenzia Fides) - More than a year without water, dead livestock along the dirt roads, deaths due to cholera every day, without medicine and medical personnel, and without even a thermometer to measure body temperat ...
• 21 March 2017
  VATICAN - Pope meets with the President of Rwanda: pain for the genocide and for the failings of the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, March 20, at the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, received in Audience His Excellency Mr Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda. Subsequently, the Pr ...