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  4 November 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Heads of Churches and Christian politicians: may our unity lead the way to national reconciliation Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the delicate phase that Iraqi is going through, ahead of the uncertain prospects that will open after the total liberation of Mosul by jihadist militiamen of the self-styled Islamic State (Daes ...
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  4 November 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "All against drug trafficking!" A month after the death of father Viroche Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "One month after Father Juan Viroche’s death (see Fides 06/10/2016), the National Commission for Justice and Peace considers it appropriate to reflect on the challenge of combating drug t ...
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  4 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tension in Kinshasa for the ban on demonstrations of the opposition planned for tomorrow Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced a ban on all public demonstrations planned for tomorrow, November 5th. "Le Rassemblement", had announced two major demonstrati ...
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  4 November 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Fight against corruption: the Catholic minister of the Indonesian government intervenes during the Assembly of Bishops Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The focus is on corruption as a social and moral evil that plagues the nation and that also religious communities, for their weight on human consciousness, help to counter: this is the central t ...
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  4 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Malawi: "joyfully zealous in going out in search of those in need of God’s love" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "My time in Malawi affords me the opportunity to draw near to the local Church and to meet with her Bishops, priests, religious, seminarians and lay faithful. I thank you each of you for your t ...
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  4 November 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Woman lynched for blasphemy: the five suspects acquitted Kano (Agenzia Fides) - The five men suspected of having lynched a woman accused of blasphemy in the city of Kano, in northern Nigeria have been acquitted. On June 2, Bridget Patience Agbahime, a 74-year-old street vendor ...
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  4 November 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Political groups rely on the mediation of the Church for real dialogue Margarita (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Voluntad Popular Party, accompanied by supporters and leaders of the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) political group, met the Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita, His Ex ...
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  3 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni on a pastoral visit to Malawi and Zambia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, begins his pastoral visit to Malawi today, where on November 5 he will preside at the consecration o ...
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  3 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A Mass for the many "anonymous" deceased migrants, never identified Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - For the commemoration of the dead, the "Casa del Migrante" in Nuevo Laredo promoted the celebration of a Mass for all those who died trying to cross the border towards the United States. Hi ...
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  3 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church may participate in the final phase of the peace agreements Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A week of dialogue and exchange of proposals: this is how representatives of the Colombian government and the FARC defined these days when participants at the negotiating table to conclude the fi ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Clashes between Jews at the Western Wall for the request of a common space for prayer for men and women Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Riots between ultra-Orthodox Jews and Jews belonging to the "conservative" and egalitarian Judaism, occurred on Wednesday, November 2 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Physical cl ...
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  3 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Election Crisis: waiting for the outcome of the mediation carried out by the Bishops with the opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is waiting for the announcement of a possible agreement between all political forces in order to overcome the political crisis for the failed presidential elect ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new educational center in Youhanabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A new social and educational center in Youhanabad has opened in the entirely Christian Lahore district, upset by a serious attack in front of two Christian churches in 2015. We are talking about ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Youth Pastoral in India: "Young people like eagles" Trivandrum (Agenzia Fides) - "Why do you need and how to set up Youth Pastoral in India? A typical pessimistic answer to this question should not be given: 'Young people are not interested in faith, young people are led ...
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  3 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Report on Corruption: vote of no confidence against President Zuma Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition announced a vote of no confidence against South African President Jacob Zuma after the publication of an official report in which "evidence of possible corruption at the top ...