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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 10,000 children missing in Borno State Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - The northwestern State of Borno, Nigeria, welcomes millions of internally displaced persons. Among these 10 million children have allegedly disappeared to be recruited as terrorists by Boko Ha ...
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  28 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops ask the President to accept the proposed changes to the peace agreements Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, has asked President Juan Manuel Santos to accept the proposals on behalf of the different s ...
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  28 October 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Violence and lack of health facilities aggravate an already precarious situation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Since the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, 62,600 displaced people have been living in 36 temporary camps on the island. Furthermore, 500,000 people are highly exposed to natural ...
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  28 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 360° panorama of the Mission, virtual tour where missionaries worldwide work Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, on the occasion of World Mission Sunday, prepared a "virtual tour" of the Catholic Church throughout the world, elaborated with images sent by the ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: pray for corruption-free nation on Diwali New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A nation free of corruption, violence and divisive: is what the Catholic bishops in India want on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights which is celebrated on October 30. In their wa ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun almost President. The "congratulations" of Maronite Patriarch Rai Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The streets of Beirut are already filled with posters and pictures with the image of former General Michel Aoun, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement who is preparing to become the new Presi ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Religious leaders appeal for calm on the eve of the disputed constitutional referendum Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Read the text that you are asked to approve slowly and calmly. So you can express yourself with a clear conscience, because we are talking about the future of our Country", said His Exc. Mgr. J ...
• 28 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Princesa, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa (Philippines), presented by His Ex ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Pope and religious leaders of South Sudan: "Forgiveness and acceptance of the other is the privileged path to building peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received in audience in the Vatican the principal Christian religious leaders of South Sudan: His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Archbishop of Juba, Rev. Danie ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace in Kashmir: religious leaders' appeal Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Condemnation of the atrocities committed in Kashmir and a strong plea for peace: is the message spread by the representatives of various faiths, Muslim, Christian and Hindu, gathered in the "A ...
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  27 October 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Do not continue with this clash", warns Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The first meeting between the opposition and the government representatives to determine how to continue dialogue and unblock the serious situation in which the country finds itself will take pl ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to the Heads of State of the Great Lakes: "Terrorism is a threat to the entire area" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Need to also face the issue of security in North Kivu". This is the appeal launched by the Study Centre for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (CEPADHO) in Beni, in eastern Dem ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Release of 145 child soldiers Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan there are currently about 16,000 child soldiers involved in local armed groups and the national army. So far this year other 800 have been recruited. An initiative promoted by the Un ...
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  27 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the liberated towns of the Nineveh Plain: "It is our Holy Land" Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako with his auxiliary Bishop Basileo Salim Yado visited the five Christian towns of the Nineveh Plain already released in the concerted military operat ...
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  27 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Conclusion of the Meeting of Bishops of Southern Spain Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Bishops of southern Spain, which includes the dioceses of Seville, Granada, Almería, Cádiz and Ceuta, Córdoba, Guadix, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Jerez ended in Cordoba (Spai ...