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  16 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On September 26, the signing of the Peace Accords, after 52 years of internal conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 September 2016, the ceremony for the signing of the Peace Accords between the government of President Manuel Santos and former guerrilla group FARC will take place in the city of Cartagena ...
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  16 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops alarm: "A hurricane of violence that threatens to plunge the country into chaos" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "A hurricane of violence by herdsmen and other agents of death has left in its wake a landscape of blood and destruction" accuse the Bishops of Nigeria in their message "Restoring confidence in Ni ...
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  16 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Delhi in the grip of dengue, the government asks religions for help New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Dengue alarm in the Indian capital. Viral fever transmitted by infected mosquitoes have hit the city and health authorities fear an epidemic could be catastrophic, in a city with 21 million in ...
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  16 September 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Children protest against child labor San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of children and teenagers in some neighborhoods of the municipal district of San Cristobal gathered in a march carrying protest banners for the respect of their rights and duties, ...
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  16 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Motion at the US Congress to support the "self-determination" of the Nineveh Plain Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Twelve members of the US House of Representatives - 9 elected in the Republican Party, and 3 elected in the Democratic Party - presented a resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of th ...
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  16 September 2016
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique President meets IMF and World Bank as debt and corruption concerns loom Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have great concern for how this crisis impacts people living in one of the world's poorest countries", stated in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, Eric LeCompte, the executive director of the rel ...
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  15 September 2016
  VATICAN - Our gratitude to Fr. Vito del Prete, PIME Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Committee of the Pontifical Mission Societies along with PMS employees would like to warmly thank Fr. Vito del Prete, PIME, for his seven years (2009-2016) spent in the manage ...
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  15 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of union leaders with the Bishops on the serious economic situation Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon, 14 September, the leaders of the "Central General de Trabajadores" (CGT - Central Workers' Union) throughout the country, met with His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancedo a ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Three public universities are committed to following Mother Teresa’s footsteps Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Three public universities in the Northeast of India are committed to keeping the legacy of Mother Teresa alive, working in society with greater attention towards social issues, at the service o ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees in Ankawa participate en masse in the celebration of the Holy Cross Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The week of liturgical and community celebrations on the occasion of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Ankawa, a predominantly Christian suburb in Erbil, ended on Tuesday, September ...
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  15 September 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Country threatened by a locust plague Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Another scourge is affecting the populations of North Kordofan and North Darfur. Swarms of locusts are infesting the fields and are endangering crops. This is what mainly farmers of the invaded ...
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  15 September 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Vicar of Napo: "The spread of drugs among the very young is a big challenge" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The serious problem of drug use which is widespread among the young has become a big challenge" says His Exc. Mgr. Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I., Apostolic Vicar of Napo, Ecuador, who is in Rome for ...
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  15 September 2016
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Coadjutor of Tripoli: "Migrants have a distorted vision of Europe instilled by traffickers" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Tripoli is generally calm but occasionally clashes break out among the various militias that have divided the control of the city. These things do not happen often; skirmishes ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Apostolic Vicar: "99% of the earthquake victims we help are not Catholics" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very busy with earthquake victims: the Church did everything it could do with regards to the first phase of humanitarian assistance and relief, which ended today. A year and a half ...
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  15 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New sectarian clashes in Minya; Coptic Bishop visits the wounded Minya (Agenzia Fides) - New tensions and sectarian clashes have affected the province of Minya in Upper Egypt. Yet another violent incident occurred in the village of Assem, 250 kilometers south of Cairo, on September 1 ...