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  18 August 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop voices firm condemnation of plan to use hostages as human bombs Manila (Agenzia Fides) – A local Catholic bishop has deplored suspected plans by a group, of IS inspiration, known as Maute, to use civilian hostages as suicide bombers to attack security forces. According to a repo ...
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  18 August 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop of Villarrica demands immediate and definitive end to La Araucania violence Temuco (Agenzia Fides) – As every year on 15 August, thousands gathered all over the country to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption, a much loved feast-day for Chilean Catholics. In La Araucanía Catholics working ...
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  17 August 2017
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Commitment and generosity: Pontifical Mission Society Holy Childhood marks 30 years activity in Sri Lanka Maradana (Agenzia Fides) – Some 1,500 participants under the slogan "I called you by name to be my disciple" recently celebrated 30 years in Sri Lanka of Pontifical Mission Society Holy Childhood activity. Celebrations ...
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  17 August 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Assumption, archbishop Valenzuela laments ‘indifference going global!’ Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – Crowds of faithful took part in festivities for the annual major holiday to mark the commemoration of the Assumption into Heaven of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Indeed Holy Mary the mother of Jes ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Mini cultural centre on wheels open for street children Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Matatart is a project run jointly by a 30 year old architect, an Italian Aid Worker, and a young Ugandan woman. The project helps carry culture and art to street children in Kampala. Matatart c ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two emergency projects in provinces of former Katanga help cope with double the number of internally displaced persons Agenzia Fides) Kalemie (Agenzia Fides) – According to a report issued by OCHA, in March this year there were about 450,000 internally displaced persons in the province of Tanganyika, the worst hit of the four province ...
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  11 August 2017
  UNITED STATES - Thanks to Catholic Bishop Mexican mother may remain in US to care for her daughter El Paso (Agenzia Fides) – A Mexican women, mother of three who risked deportation has been given permission to remain in the United States for another six months, thanks to the intervention of Bishop Mark J. Seitz of ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Religious leaders: “declare legitimate Bangassou people request for withdrawal of Moroccan UN Peacekeepers Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- In Bangassou, a city in the south east of the Central African Republic the people are demanding the withdrawal of the Moroccan troops of the UN Peacekeeping Mission. “The request is legitimate ...
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  10 August 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Massacre in Bangassou denounced by the Pope: local Bishop condemns ‘trigger-happy’ UN troops Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- “The massacre in Central Africa Republic in Gambo, a village 70 km from Bangassou, was even mentioned yesterday by the Holy Father” the local Bishop Juan José Aguirre of Muños, Bangassou, un ...
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  10 August 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Integration, equality and respect: Ethiopian social circus changes the lives of the country’s children A Coruña (Agenzia Fides) – Circus, education and social assistance are the values of the Fekat Circus, an Ethiopian group which aims at improving the lives of the children in that country . The initiative is for socia ...
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  10 August 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops: “No nuclear power station in Rio Negro” Neuquen (Agenzia Fides) – During a meeting chaired by Bishop emeritus Virginio Bressanelli diocesan Administrator of Neuquén, the highest Catholic authorities in Patagonia (Argentina) rejected a plan announced by the ...
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  10 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - “No to violence”: religious leaders appeal while waiting for official results Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) “No to violence; legal paths must be taken to resolve disputes”. This is the sense of an appeal made by the religious leaders of Kenya, meeting at the Multi-Sectional Forum, awaiting the issu ...
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  9 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Outgoing President Kenyatta leads after elections yesterday but the Opposition denounces vote-rigging Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta leads in the partial count after yesterday’s 8 August vote for presidential and political elections in Kenya (see Fides 8/8/2017). The result however is reject ...
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  9 August 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - More than 60 per cent of Guatemalans live in poverty Ciudad de Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - The scenario of inequality, racism, poverty and undernourishment in Guatemala is evident. Of the at least 16 million people living in this Latin American country, 60% suffer conditi ...
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  9 August 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Itinerant theatre to alleviate trauma of Gaza’s children Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – A group of young people in Gaza has decided to take the only Itinerant theatre in Palestine to perform in orphanages, hospitals and day assistance centres, to alleviate the psychological stress a ...