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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - From the Philippines a gift of faith for Catholic couples in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Raman and Teresita Santiago, a Christian married couple from the Philippines, members of the Catholic movement "Couples For Christ", have arrived in Orissa in recent days for a meeting with ...
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  7 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "People rummaging in the garbage looking for food increases" highlights Mgr. Gutierrez Ciudad Bolivar (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Ciudad Bolivar, His Exc. Mgr. Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. complained that every day there are more and more people rummaging in the garbage looking for foo ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Kirkuk, the political and Christian Social components try to unite into a single Council Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The appeal repeatedly launched by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Christians not to proceed "in random order" on the political and social ground, but to try to merge their forces in o ...
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  7 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Still obstacles regarding the implementation of the San Silvestro agreement; for the Bishops "one must be patient" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not the task of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) to meddle in the internal affairs of political platforms", said His Exc. Mgr. Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of Mbandaka- ...
• 6 March 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kuching and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 March 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kuching (Malaysia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Ha Tiong Hock. The Holy Fathe ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Church is not "against Duterte" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - There is a gap between President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The faithful see the pronouncements of Duterte against the Church and against pries ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister of religious endowements: defending churches against the assaults is part of the doctrine of Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks on Christians and their property are "attacks on all of us". Attacks on churches are comparable to "attacks on mosques", and the defense of Christians and their churches "is part of th ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 10,000 displaced persons have returned home Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "All refugees have returned home!" The news was reported by Fr. Federico Trinchero, Discalced Carmelite missionary who works in the Notre Dame du Mont Carmel convent in Bangui, capital of the Cen ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal of human rights organizations against the crimes committed against the Rohingya Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen organizations engaged in the defense of human rights have urged the United Nations to investigate the atrocities committed by the Burmese army against the Muslim minority Rohingya. "The ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Auxiliary of Juba: "No to National Prayer called by the President whose troops are responsible for the tragedy that afflicts us" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should I go to pray where there is no holiness, where there is no forgiveness? It is a joke to hear the President of the Country calling prayers while at the moment, the soldiers are hunting p ...
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  6 March 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Last option for undocumented immigrants: to live in a church Denver (Agenzia Fides) - Testimonies of the situation experienced by undocumented migrants continue to be sent to Fides since Donald Trump’s presidency. Between fear and anxiety, many children no longer attend school ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Greek-Melkite Patriarchate: Patriarch Gregoire III continues to carry out his tasks Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A note released by the communications office of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Greek-Melkite reports that Grègoire Patriarch Laham III continues to carry out his role, is preparing to laun ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lenten seminar: "Seek the Kingdom of God and the good of the peoples" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Seek first the Kingdom of God" is the title of the Lenten seminar organized recently by the Diocesan Catechetical Centre in Karachi at Saint Patrick College. As Fides learns, the event, organiz ...
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  4 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Even the Red Crescent provides assistance to the Copts fleeing from northern Sinai Ismailia (Agenzia Fides) - Local volunteers of the Red Crescent are among the groups engaged in offering aid and reception to Coptic Egyptians who fled from al Arish and northern Sinai, following a series of killings in ...
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  4 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The "Mother Teresa of Burma" takes care of AIDS patients Yangon (Myanmar) – They all call her the "Mother Teresa of Burma": Sister Marta Mya Thwe, a religious of the Congregation of St. Joseph of the Apparition (SJA), is tirelessly committed to taking care of people with AID ...