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  8 September 2016
  ASIA/LAOS - Three new priests and the beatification of 17 martyrs: historic step for the Church Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The little Church in Laos rejoices for two imminent historic events: as Fides learns, on September 16 the ordination of three new Laotian priests will be held in Savannakhet; while on December ...
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  8 September 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops support the safety rules to enter the country "for religious reasons" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) has expressed its approval regarding the immigration regulations issued by the Interior Ministry to regulate entry into the country of those who claim ...
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  8 September 2016
  AFRICA/GUINEA - "Do not attempt the American adventure", says a responsible of an association to African refugees Conakry (Agenzia Fides) -The path of West African migrants travelling to the US is even more dangerous than those who try to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean, says a survey of Guinéenews that had already inter ...
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  8 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Vasai: "Mother Teresa is the bridge between India and Europe" Vasai (Agenzia Fides) - "Mother Teresa is the bridge between India and the people of Europe": says to Fides the Archbishop of Vasai, Felix Machado, who inaugurated a Church dedicated to Saint Teresa of Calcutta in his di ...
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  8 September 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - After the new waste emergency, Catholic schools aim at environmental education Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon, starting from the capital, the waste emergency has been going on for over a year, contributing to increasing popular discontent already fueled by the Country's political and instituti ...
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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 ...