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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The "Declaration of Al Azhar" relaunches the "principle of citizenship" also for the Islamic world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of speeches and debates, hosted by the Conference of "freedom, citizenship, diversity and integration", organized in Cairo by the Sunni University of Al Azhar and the Council of Mus ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More than 31,000 South Sudanese have left the country because of famine Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Half of the expected number of refugees from South Sudan have already arrived in Sudan in the first two months of the year. The statement comes from the Office of the United Nations High Commis ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Are there economic interests of "strong men" behind the assaults of Peuls shepherds? Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Bocaranga, 120 km north of Bozoum, in the northwest of the Central African Republic remains very tense after the attack on February 2 carried out by armed groups of Peuls shepher ...
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  2 March 2017
  AMERICA - REPAM at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to defend the rights of indigenous peoples Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Rights notified the Pan Amazon Network Ecclesial (REPAM), the convocation of the num.161 ordinary hearing to discuss issues related to th ...
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  2 March 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Agreement reached on the procedures to elect the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The summit convened in Yerevan (Armenia) by Patriarch Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to try to resolve the increasingly tangled dispute in place concerning the next election of the Arm ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children fast for too many days, too weak to go to school Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Scholastic abandonment is one of the consequences of the Venezuelan crisis. It is estimated that between 2005 and 2015, 141,823 primary and secondary school students in the Country abandoned the ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign: "Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Fraternity: Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life" is the theme of the Fraternity Campaign (CF) 2017, organized every year by the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB). The "text of the CF 2 ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New cases of cholera reported in some areas of the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in eastern Sudan have reported the onset of new cases of cholera in different areas of the State. According to local sources, the epidemic is under control, civil society organiz ...
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  1 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Lent, time to help Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians in different parts of India, especially in Kandhamal district in Orissa, need constant prayer and support from everyone, especially during Lent": says to Agenzia Fides Archbishop ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Harsh criticism of the Bishops' regarding the electoral campaign Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Honduras (CEH) in a message published on February 27, addressed all the faithful of the Country to offer some considerations on the electoral campaign for the pre ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops: "We are not for or against anyone, but we are for the good of all" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not against the government", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, in south Sudan, who reiterated the commitment of Catholic Bishops in providing support to the gove ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al Azhar: even Judaism and Christianity have a history marked by violence Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Even "Judaism and Christianity have a history of violence", and all religions have been complicite in acts of violence and murder. This is how Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, wan ...
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  1 March 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - For the Lunar Year celebration, Lenten penance postponed Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Tsagaan Sar", which literally means "White Moon", rich in symbolism and rituals that take place in families, such as a thorough cleaning of the house, wishes pronounced by the elders, praye ...
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  1 March 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Maronite Archbishop: Bitter Lent for the Syrian churches, many priests have fled Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Syria are preparing to live a "bitter Lent", and among the many factors of suffering and sorrow afflicting the Churches of Syria there is the fact that many priests who during ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Family conflicts: fertile ground for violence in schools Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and family conflicts, stress and lack of food, are breeding grounds for children who attend school and listlessly increasingly become aggressive towards other classmates. The alarm was l ...