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  23 February 2017
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Yearbook: 591 thousand Catholics in Hong Kong, 5 thousand more than last year Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of August 2016, there were 591,000 Catholics out of a population of 7,346,700 inhabitants in Hong Kong. The Catholic figure is contained in the new Yearbook of the Church of Hong ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "A dignified life for life": in El Alto the only integral center for disabled children El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - Virgen Niña, is the only integral center for disabled children which is located in El Alto, in the Los Andes area. Promoted by the homonymous Virgen Niña Association, the center was launched 2 ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 82% of Venezuelan households live in poverty Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the severe economic crisis that continues to affect Venezuela, there is a lack of food and basic products in the Country. The inflation index indicated by the Central Bank in 2015 is 180 ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa: "We must hold elections, the agreements must be respected" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - No representative of the Catholic Church in Venezuela will participate in the round table for dialogue between the government and the opposition, until the electoral path announced last year is ...
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  23 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Peace Center: "The answer to terrorism is unity" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Our response to terrorism is unity. We will continue to promote peace, justice, harmony with all men and women of good will in Pakistan, in the face of the terrorist threat that has bloodied the ...
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  23 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - After the jihadist threat, two Coptic Christians killed in Sinai Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Two Coptic Christians were found murdered on Wednesday, February 22 in North Sinai peninsula, after a video message announcing new attacks presumably by Jihadists against the Christian community h ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Human rights: in Mexico and Central America a sad record of violations Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The Annual Report 2016 of Amnesty International was presented yesterday, February 22, which states that in 2016 there was an acceleration of the human rights crisis in Latin America. Countr ...
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  23 February 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Ghana to be re-consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Francis has confirmed Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello as his Envoy to preside over the Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Vespers for the re-consecration of Ghana to the Sacred Heart of J ...
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  23 February 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the College of St Peter Apostle: "Have a great love for your mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Bishops, in entrusting you to our Congregation, felt that here you would have had an adequate «knowledge» of Christ and here you would have learned the meaning of that great and yet ...
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  22 February 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Health education seminars for students and a medical mission for over 600 sick people Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - Since their arrival in the diocese of Maumere on the island of Flores, Indonesia, in 2009, the religious Camillians have promoted the celebration of World Day of the Sick with various initiative ...
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  22 February 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops of Ibadan: "It is time for the government to prove that it can mantain its promises" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "After two years of the current government administration, Nigerians must not be told that the evils of the present moment stem from choices of past administrations. Our governments, at federal a ...
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  22 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - More than 650 participants at the V National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, February 25 the V National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (CONIAM) begins in Caracas, with the arrival of 650 participants from across the country. The aim of the ...
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  22 February 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - About 4,000 prisoners awaiting justice, deaths due to starvation and degradation increase Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 21 February, at St. Anne's Church in Port au Prince, Father Jean Robert Louis celebrated in the presence of family members, the funeral of 20 inmates of the National Penitentia ...
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  22 February 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Israeli army begins the demolition of Bedouin villages. Even the "School" at risk Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli army bulldozers have already taken action to implement the announced demolition of Bedouin villages situated within the territories of the occupied West Bank, east of Jerusalem, in ...
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  22 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lynching in Lahore: 42 Christians convicted of terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Lahore anti-terrorist court sentenced 42 Christians for terrorism. As Fides learns, the Court pronounced the sentence for Christian citizens accused of lynching which occurred after the terroris ...