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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church in the dialogue process: abandon the request of the re-election of the President San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro, His Exc. Mgr. Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. informed that the Permanent Council of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP) consid ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - At school you learn how to stop violence against women Chennai (Agenzia Fides) – To be committed in ending violence against women through measures to prevent, stop and find remedies regarding its effects: the Franciscans in India have launched a special nationwide campaign ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - A "peace march" from Ankawa to Qaraqosh (140km) during Holy Week, to invoke the end of all forms of violence Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - A march of over 140 km to ask for the gift of peace and the end of all forms of violence will be held during the Holy Week from Ankawa - Erbil suburb to Qaraqosh, a town abandoned by its Christia ...
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  5 April 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops call to vote and ask candidates to avoid "foul play" Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops that make up the ecclesiastical province of Xalapa have invited the candidates of the 212 places in the region to avoid "foul play", unfounded attacks or lack of respect during the el ...
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  5 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The help of the Catholic Church to those fleeing from Venezuela Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - The recent events and political developments that are taking place in Venezuela (see Fides 1 and 3/04/2017) have increased the arrival of Venezuelans in Colombia, in search of better opportunitie ...
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  5 April 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President Zuma do not be afraid to consider resigning" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Bring the political crisis in Parliament to preserve democracy and social peace, ask the South African Bishops in a message signed by Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Presi ...
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  5 April 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More attacks against priests and nuns; unknown persons assault Paida parish in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From Kinshasa to North-Kivu, churches, convents and Catholic schools are vandalized, looted and attacked by armed bandits, rebels or other uncivilized persons", denounces CEPADHO, an NGO based ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Massacre of Idlib, Bishop Antoine Audo: destabilizing issue, and what carries weight are the interests of the forces involved in the war Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "In this fragmented situation, with many interests and actors involved, it is difficult to be sure one hundred percent of the way things are. But what we know based on our experience, I just cann ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Six months after the hurricane the commitment for people with disabilities continues Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Six months ago hurricane Matthew hit Haiti, causing the most serious humanitarian emergency in the Country after the 2010 earthquake. The situation is still difficult today. In a note sent to Fide ...
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  4 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar condemns the attack in Russia. The Grand Imam: Interreligious dialogue is not enough to stop terrorism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - An immediate condemnation of the terrorist attack that on Monday, April 3 hit Saint Petersburg was expressed by the University of Al Azhar, the main theological and academic center of Sunni Islam. ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Archbishop Leow to Catholic journalists: "Keep truth and reality together" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Be honest in your reporting. Always attentive to truth. Verify facts and value accuracy over speed. As Catholics, we are called to hold reality and truth together": This is what Archbishop ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops' Conference agrees to participate in the dialogue proposed by Cartes Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay has confirmed its participation in the dialogue convened by President Horacio Cartes with various political sectors. According to the statement sent to Fide ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Youth Day to be held in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine Youth Day, which will bring together young people from all the dioceses of the archipelago, will be held from November 6 to 10, 2017 in Zamboanga del Sur, a city in the far sout ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian political parties insist: administrative autonomy for the Nineveh Plain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The administrative autonomy of the Nineveh Plain continues to represent the most concrete political objective of parties and political and social organizations animated by leaders and Christian mi ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Crime helps to increase the number of children who are orphaned Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In the last five years the number of children orphaned as a result of the underworld has increased significantly in Caracas. Although there are no official figures of children and adolescents wh ...