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  9 September 2016
  VATICAN - Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, Director of Agenzia Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fabrizio Meroni, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) and Director of CIAM (International Center for Mi ...
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  9 September 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Being Cuban means to be devoted to Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre": centenary of the proclamation as Patroness Bayamo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Cubans have the privilege of praying our Mother as Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre!": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Álvaro Beyra Luarca, Bishop of the Diocese of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo-Ma ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - First hospital dedicated to Mother Teresa in India, for the treatment of the tribals Miao (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Miao, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, opened the first hospital dedicated to Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The ceremony took place on September 8, 2016. T ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Human trafficking through social network increases Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of human trafficking in Vietnam continues to increase, and advocacy groups argue that the victims are also influenced by social media. Between 2011 and 2014 cases increas ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Churches of the Middle East: gratitude to Muslim leaders who recognize the contribution of Christians to the Arab civilization Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Churches and Christian communities of the Middle East appreciate and follow with optimism the initiatives of institutions and Muslim leaders in the region "who have engaged in the rejection of ...
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  9 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops of Kaduna - "No to the creation of grazing reserves for herdsmen" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - No to the creation of grazing reserves for herdsmen moving in northern Nigeria. This is what the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna in a pastoral letter sent to Agenzia Fides say. "W ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishop of Myitkyina: "New hope for peace with ethnic minorities" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - For some time peace and national reconciliation with ethnic minorities in Myanmar is an issue that is constantly on the political agenda: "Now, with the new government of the National League f ...
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  9 September 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Living mercy at the border between Mexico and the USA Texas (Agenzia Fides) - The border between Mexico and the United States has become a constant scene of the passage of thousands of immigrants from the south of the continent who try to reach North America, in a desperate ...
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  9 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic students sentenced for allegedly insulting Islam flee to Switzerland Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The four Coptic students sentenced to five years in prison in February for allegedly insulting Islam in a video flee to Switzerland, where they will seek asylum. The Egyptian Ministry of Justice ...
• 8 September 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Blessed Paul VI" major Seminary of Douala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 9, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Benoit Ewane, of the clergy of the diocese of Nkongsamba as Rector of ...
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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 ...