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  31 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The fishermen of Kerala, devoted to St. Joseph Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Joseph was not a fisherman, but his figure is venerated by the fishermen of Kerala, a state in southern India where fishing represents the local economy. The saint is a point of reference f ...
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  30 March 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - A Lenten journey of interreligious dialogue and spirituality Zheng Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - A Chinese Buddhist monk shares his experience as a pilgrim in India and his great personal devotion to Saint Teresa of Calcutta, and shows the medal of the Saint, blessed on the day of her ca ...
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  30 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest kidnapped, a high ransom demand Tamaulipas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Tampico, His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Martinez Dibildox, reported yesterday, March 29, the kidnapping of 40-year-old Fr. Oscar Lopez Navarro. According to the Bishop's statements ...
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  30 March 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "A toy, an illusion": solidarity initiative for children in Africa, Asia and Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign "A toy, an illusion" will be committed to sending, in the coming months, 350,000 new toys to children in Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as games and educational materials in ...
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  30 March 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Planting trees in madrasas and to break fasting together: Christian-Muslim initiatives Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Our goal is to encourage and foster a culture of peace, understanding and harmony between religions in Pakistan, especially between Muslims and Christians": says Fr. Francis Nadeem OFM Cap, Exec ...
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  30 March 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 2 million children cannot go to school due to flood damage Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The recent intense rains have caused heavy flooding in Peru, causing serious material damage in addition to the death of 90 people (see Fides 16/03/2017). As with all natural disasters, children ar ...
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  30 March 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The law, supported by the Church, which bans metal mining has been approved San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Congress of El Salvador yesterday, 29 March, approved a law banning metal mining in the country. The bill was passed by 69 votes in favour out of 84 in total and had broad support from ...
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  30 March 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - "The Holy Father sees Ghana as one of the strongest democratic states in Africa", says the Nuncio Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The relation between the Holy See and Ghana is excellent and there has been positive development over the years", says His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, in an ...
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  30 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - UN inquiry on the conditions of the Rohingya: NGOs and the Church approve Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Myanmar, civil society organizations, several international NGOs have expressed full approval for the UN's decision to establish an official inquiry and a mission to invest ...
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  29 March 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Parliamentary coup": the Bishops ask for legality and respect for democracy Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The decisions taken, with serious doubts regarding their legality and legitimacy, are a sign of the absolute lack of consideration and respect for the democratic institution that with so much ...
• 29 March 2017
  EUROPE/PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 1, 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Mark Olivieri, of the archdiocesan clergy of Monaco as National ...
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  29 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera epidemic does not stop El Gallabat (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 people have been infected by cholera in El Gallabat, in eastern Sudan. A woman died in El Jinan, in the western town of El Gallabat. A local health source has informed that 30 c ...
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  29 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 13 Copts arrested. The police was asked to intervene in the case of a missing girl Qena (Agenzia Fides) - 13 Coptic Christians were arrested in the city of Qena by the Egyptian police while they were participating in a demonstration to demand the security apparatus to intervene more decisively in the i ...
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  29 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bodies of two UN experts found in central Kasai Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of US citizen Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zaida Catalan were discovered in the central Kasai region, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were abducted on 12 March afte ...
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  29 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A new Archbishop in Semarang, ready for Asia Youth Day Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Robertus Rubiyatmoko will be consecrated Archbishop of Semarang, in Central Java, on May 19, and the first major event that will accompany the Pastor of the local community is Asia Youth Da ...