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  12 August 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on the American continent Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - From 27 to 30 August the church all over the American continent will be present in Bogotà to celebrate the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy for Latin America and the Caribbean. There will also be ...
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  11 August 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mama Antula and Cura Brochero, the Bishops prepare the celebrations Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA) which since Tuesday, August 9 has been dealing with themes of social and pastoral realities of the count ...
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  11 August 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National dialogue begins, crucial for the future of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - National dialogue started yesterday, Wednesday, August 10. The first to meet the Bishops of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) was Edem Kodjo . On January 16, the President of ...
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  11 August 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Vargas: "the creation of a table for dialogue among the Mapuche mayors is positive" Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, His Exc. Mgr. Hector Vargas praised the creation of a table for dialogue to resolve the problem of violence in Araucania, led by the president of the Associat ...
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  10 August 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Missionaries of Mercy", a tribute to the more than 500 missionaries of the diocese of León León (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of León (Spain) wants to pay tribute to the 508 Leonesi missionaries who are scattered around the world by celebrating the "Diocesan Jubilee of the missionaries". The event, held as p ...
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  10 August 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - March to unite families separated by the border El Paso (Agenzia Fides) – The bi-national march (USA-Mexico) to unite families separated by the border is scheduled for today, 10 August. Dozens of families will leave from Chihuahuita Park at 9:30 and will gather in ...
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  10 August 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Another church burned in Araucania Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Fire was set to a church in the town of Collipulli, in the region of La Araucania in the early hours of yesterday Tuesday. The fact occurred around 5 in the rural area of La Batalla. According t ...
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  10 August 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Trojan Horse of the Crusaders", "Cardinal in pectore": the fanciful accusations of the Turkish press against Fethullah Gulen Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the Turkish press highlighted the participation of prominent members of the local Christian communities in demonstrations "in defense of democracy", convened in the Country to con ...
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  9 August 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Illegal immigrants in Colombia still at risk of "coyotes", the church excluded and threatened Turbo (Agenzia Fides) - In Turbo there are still about 350 illegal immigrants, of whom 1,800 were in the municipality of Antioquia in May. This is what was stated in a note sent to Fides, of the migration office in Col ...
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  9 August 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 40 dead and many missing, tropical storm in the north. Many families welcomed in churches Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The water due to the heavy rain that devastated Huauchinango, Puebla because of the cyclone "Earl" and "Javier" last weekend is what should fall in a month. This tropical storm also caused more t ...
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  9 August 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Catholics and Orthodox together engaged in humanitarian emergencies. Caritas Jordan launches PEER project Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian emergencies affecting the Middle East, including conflicts and mass emigration due to wartime scenarios, solicit responses shared by Christians of different denominations. Caritas ...
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  8 August 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - CUAMM cheers with Africa in the Olympic Games Padova (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Olympic Games 2016, Doctors with Africa Cuamm cheers for the people who every day they take care of. In particular CUAMM will follow the Olympic adventure of Tanzania, whic ...
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  8 August 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - We want a country at peace, prayer for the soldiers who will have to clean up the many landmine areas Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - During the commemoration of the 197 years of the national army, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun said that Colombians want a change towards a Colombia at peace, where children and farmers should be pr ...
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  8 August 2016
  ASIA/JAPAN - Ten days for Peace, Message from Bishops of Japan Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - In response to the strong "Appeal for Peace" at Hiroshima by Saint Pope John Paul II on February 25, 1981, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan designated the days from August 6 to 15 as "Ten ...
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  8 August 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Controversial message of Patriarch Tawadros against the protests promoted by groups of the Coptic diaspora Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The message with which Patriarch Tawadros II publicly expressed his opposition to the demonstrations promoted in the US by groups of the Coptic diaspora to protest against recent sectarian violenc ...