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  8 September 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - "Saint Rachel Center" in Jerusalem, a new center for health care and food assistance of immigrant children Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "Santa Rachel" is the new center by the Saint James Vicariate for Hebrew Speaking Catholics. The new structure aims to take charge of one of the most dramatic needs of the migrant population i ...
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  8 September 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - One child out of 200 worldwide is a refugee Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - There are currently 50 million children and displaced persons worldwide who have fled their families. Among these 28 million have fled for fear of violence and war. Between 2005 and 2015 the num ...
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  8 September 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Mgr. Ortiz: it is incomprehensible that the violence of the EPP cannot be stopped Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - For His Exc. Mgr. Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of the diocese of Concepción, it is incomprehensible that the so-called "Army of the Paraguayan People" (EPP) cannot be sto ...
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  7 September 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Independence Day - The Bishops: "We believe in the Brazilian people's ability to overcome adversity" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Today, September 7, Brazil celebrates Independence Day from Portugal, sanctioned on September 7, 1822, and for the occasion the Brazilian Bishops issued a brief message, titled with the Bible v ...
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  7 September 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - The summit of the Middle East Churches: "We struggle not against human forces but against the rulers of darkness" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The struggle involving the Christians of the Middle East, in this tragic phase of their history, the wrestle today is "not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, agai ...
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  7 September 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Precarious health and rains proliferate diseases in refugee camps in Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The rainy season in North Darfur has announced new outbreaks of malaria, typhoid and jaundice among the displaced. A note sent to Agenzia Fides says that one of the coordinators of the Sortony cam ...
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  7 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Signs of peace, justice and promotion of dignity in the ecclesial communities of Michoachan Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the sad realization that "the Michoachan reality continues to provide alarming data", the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Morelia urge "all Catholics and people of good will ...
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  7 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 80% of the Nigerian girls who arrive in Italy are victims of sex trafficking Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "80% of Nigerian girls who arrive Italy, do so for sex trafficking purposes". This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of ...
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  7 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A statue of Christ destroyed in Mumbai Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - While the world had their eyes on the canonization of Mother Teresa on September 4, a statue of Christ was hit and destroyed by vandals in a suburb of Mumbai. As reported to Fides by Sajan K. Geo ...
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  7 September 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "Mindanao needs people who move with courage and compassion" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The future of peace in Mindanao needs people who move with courage and compassion. I hope everyone can join in this mission of building together a big family in which one can respect and love ...
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  7 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - First (positive) effects of the law on the construction of churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt, the generally positive effects are being registered in various local situations with regards to the new law on the construction and restoration of churches, approved by the Egyptian parl ...
• 6 September 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Blessed Paul VI" preparatory Seminary in Nkongsamba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 9, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Gilbert Ngadang, of the clergy of the diocese of Bafoussam as Rector ...
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  6 September 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Bishops: need to build solidarity among generations for the care of the elderly Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Since life expectancy has increased, we need to build "a just and compassionate nation and promote solidarity among all generations": said Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, head of the Council fo ...
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  6 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA- Mgr. Lozano on drug plan: "dialogue is not a sign of weakness but of strength and generosity" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Lozano, former Bishop of the Diocese of Gualeguaychú, has been the focus of media attention this week for two different reasons: the Pope named him Archbishop coadjutor wit ...
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  6 September 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - From the hill of Ilena "Maria Salus Infirmorum! Here we are, watch over us" Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - The progress in the former leper colony of Ilena village, seven kilometers from Fianarantsoa continues (see Fides 29/09/2015). This is what Father Albert Rainiherinoro, MI told Fides. "Afte ...