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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Religious minorities and activists are targeted Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last three years, religious minorities in Bangladesh have faced targeted attacks. During and after the 2014 elections, villages inhabited by non-Muslim religious groups were subjected to ...
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  17 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuelan Bishops gathered in an extraordinary Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The difficult situation in the country and in various contexts marked by the difficulties experienced by Venezuela have imposed the convocation of the 43rd Extraordinary Plenary Assembly of the ...
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  17 May 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Even Madagascar celebrated the centenary of Fatima's first apparition Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the centenary of the first apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, two pilgrimages were organized in Fianarantsoa". This is what Father Albert Rainiherinoro, MI told Fides. "T ...
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  17 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - UNESCO will proclaim the "Path of the Holy Family" World Heritage of Humanity Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - UNESCO is preparing to recognize the "Path of the Holy Family", the itinerary that unites the places travelled, according to the millennial traditions, by Mary, Joseph and the Child Jesus when the ...
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  17 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Equatorial Guinea to ordain three Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will depart for a pastoral visit to Equatorial Guinea tomorrow, May 18, where on 20 May he will pres ...
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  17 May 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Anniversary of Independence: reiterated the need to reform the Constitution together Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of President Horacio Cartes, ministers, judges of the Supreme Court, parliamentarians and military leaders, the Archbishop of Asunción, Mgr. Edmundo Valenzuela, on 15 May celeb ...
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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Fake documents to those who illegally sold Christian homes: two officials from Baghdad arrested Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Criminal Court of Karrada, district of Baghdad, confirmed on Tuesday, May 16, the measures taken against two corrupt officials who gave impostors and organized groups of swindlers false prop ...
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  17 May 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Muslim refugees in the mosque in Bangassou welcomed in the cathedral and seminary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - According to the UN 26 people died in the attack in Bangassou, in the southeast of the Central African Republic, due to a hundred anti Balaka. The Central African Red Cross believes the toll coul ...
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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - Cholera hits Yemen: One third of cases in the Country concern children Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) – There is a cholera emergency in Yemen. The pandemic is spreading throughout the Country. According to data from the United Nations Children's Organization, a third of registered cases concern c ...
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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President Moon invites a pastor to bless the Blue House: "Be Wise as Solomon" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As a good Catholic, before entering and settling in a new home, newly elected Korean President Moon Jae-in wanted the new home to be blessed. We are talking about the "Blue House", the official re ...
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  16 May 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Chinese community will gather in Naples for the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Naples (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, May 21, at 11.30 am, the Chinese Catholic community in Italy will gather in Naples, in the parish of St. Mary of Constantinople at the Museum, to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for ...
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  16 May 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Help for children and families affected by the mud avalanche in Mocoa Mocoa (Agenzia Fides) - SOS Children's Villages International is at the forefront of the populations affected by the mud avalanche that hit the Colombian town of Mocoa on April 1st and caused the death of over 350 people ...
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  16 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest stabbed in the cathedral immediately after Mass Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Miguel Angel Machorro, who had just finished celebrating Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico D.F. was stabbed three times on the altar by a thirty-year-old man. According to w ...
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  16 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Inauguration of the church built in the village of Ismailia with the offerings of Muslims Minya (Agenzia Fides) - It took little more than a year to build the second church in the village of Ismailia, in the Egyptian province of Minya. The Christian place of worship was also built in a short space of time tha ...
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  16 May 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Russia finances the restorations of "Star Street" in Bethlehem Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian government has decided to finance $ 4 million in restoration and reconstruction work in the historic center of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. In particular, urban renovation w ...