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  16 November 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "A small contribution can help change a life" appeal for needy families in the Philippines Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the Catholic Mission with the Appeal for Children, to raise funds for needy children who live in poor communities around the world, this year aims to help a child in the ...
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  16 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal-elect Nzapalainga distributes school kits and food to the children of Km5 Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I have come here so that the children whose parents do not have the means to send them to school, and the abandoned orphans, can study and I hope can be nurses, ministers, deputies tomorrow", sa ...
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  16 November 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders: "Peace is the common good" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Peace is the supreme good for all citizens and all communities in Myanmar: says a heartfelt appeal to political and military leaders launched by a group of Burmese religious leaders, including Ca ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon Ecclesial Convention: situation and prospects of missionary work Belem (Agenzia Fides) – The Amazon Ecclesial Convention, being held from 14 to 16 November in the city of Belem aims at discussing the political, social, economic, cultural and religious situation of the region and the ...
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  16 November 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Report of an NGO on human rights violations: "We risk genocide if nothing is done" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Crimes are being committed against humanity and there is a risk of genocide" denounces Anschaire Nikoyagize, President of Iteka, the local representative of the International Federation of Hu ...
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  15 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two and a half million children victims of armed conflicts Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The damage that the war has caused Colombian children continue to affect their lives. Anxiety and depression, behavioral, social, attention and concentration problems are among the most common. Thi ...
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  15 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - XII Caravan of mothers searching for their missing children Cuahutemoc (Agenzia Fides) - 50 mothers of disappeared young migrants will begin their XII Caravan. The Caravan starts today, November 15, from La Mesilla, Ciudad Cuahutemoc, a city at the center of the Mexican state of ...
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  15 November 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholic Organizations: Winter-emergency for refugees from Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The beginning of military operations to liberate Mosul from the jihadist Islamic State (Daesh) is causing the rapid increase in refugees fleeing Iraq's second city. There are those who believe tha ...
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  15 November 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs and Catholic Bishops: Lebanese increasingly poor, a government of national "reconciliation" is urgently needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon, following the election of former general Michel Aoun to the office of President of the Republic, a government that can promote national reconciliation and the rapid drafting of an ele ...
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  15 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Adopt humane policies towards immigrants and refugees" ask the Bishops Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The US Catholic Bishops asked President-elect Trump for humane immigration policies towards immigrants and refugees. The Bishops made the plea yesterday at the start of their annual fall Con ...
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  15 November 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Duterte’s turnaround: Yes to nuclear energy Bataan (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippines will make use of nuclear energy and reactivate the Bataan plant, in the north of Manila: this announcement by Energy Secretary, Alfonso Cusi, who confirmed the willingness of Pres ...
• 15 November 2016
  AFRICA/TOGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Dapaong, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 November 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Dapaong (Togo), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Jacques Nyimbusède Tukumbé Anyilunda ...
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  15 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - In North Kivu abductions and assaults on military: this is how terrorists of the ADF welcome a UN delegation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There have been new attacks of the ADF in different places in the Territory of Beni, in North Kivu, province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in which various armed groups terrorize th ...
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  15 November 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops warn: "We risk electoral violence again, just like nine years ago" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Beware, we risk the situation we were in, in the year 2007-2008" warn the Bishops of Kenya, who "note with concern the resurgence of violence, confrontational languages and hate speeches" in th ...
• 14 November 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 November 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, titular Bishop of Monte di Numidia and Auxiliary of the same diocese, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Dioce ...