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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Foundations committed to the eradication of child labor Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Don Bosco and the Salesians projects, identified as foundations, support atypical families in Ecuador in which children are forced to work. In 2016, in Tungurahua, 200 children were welcomed ...
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  12 January 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - The death toll among children due to armed conflict worsens Naham (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Yemen began in 2014 and has intensified since the military coalition led by Riad in favor of the president, Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi intervened. Since March 2015, the Country has recorded ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Navarro: "We must not remain silent but commit ourselves with our history" Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - During the traditional "Rosca de Reyes", a cake to share to celebrate Epiphany, held in the Bishop’s offices of the Diocese of Zamora (Michoacán, Mexico), was also attended by media representa ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops prepare World Youth Day 2019 Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP) is underway. The Assembly began on Monday, January 9 and will end on Friday 13 in Clayton. The central theme is the prepa ...
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  12 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Give dialogue a chance", say the Bishops after the promulgation of the election amendment Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Give dialogue a chance" ask the Bishops of Kenya in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides in the aftermath of the promulgation, by President Uhuru Kenyatta, of the disputed election amendment law. ...
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  12 January 2017
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - The number of "selective" abortions increases Erevan (Agenzia Fides) – In Armenia, a Country strongly characterized by the link with its cultural and spiritual traditions, there is the third highest global rate of selective abortions motivated by sex of the unborn ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The freezing cold weather causes the death of many malnourished children Deribat (Agenzia Fides) - A wave of icy cold weather continues to cause the death of several children in the western region of Sudan. Already a few weeks ago a group of malnourished children did not resist the cold. Ac ...
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  11 January 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - All children, including stateless children, must have access to education Petaling Jaya (Agenzia Fides) - No child, whether or not in possession of a birth certificate, should be denied access to education. The complaint comes from a Malaysian lawyer, a human rights advocate. Stateless childre ...
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  11 January 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Government-ELN peace dialogue resumes tomorrow, the Church is closely following the negotiations Cali (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, January 12, dialogue between the Colombian government and the guerrilla group ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) in Quito, Ecuador resumes. The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Darío ...
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  11 January 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese President Aoun, Maronite Christian, mends relations with Saudi Arabia Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Lebanon Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, began his first trip in the Arabian Peninsula with the first result of mending relations with Saudi Arabia, which last year had experie ...
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  11 January 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Rodríguez Peña’s appeal to the authorities: "Quickly resolve the problem of crime" Puerto Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, asked the state security organs to act quickly in the fight against cri ...
• 11 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi communists to Chaldean Patriarch: thanks for your contribution to national reconciliation Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi communists pay tribute to Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako I, and thank him for his contribution to national reconciliation and for his continuous efforts to encourage the involvement ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei: "Give me the permission to meet with the rebels to put an end to violence" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I need the permission to avoid unnecessary suspicion at various checkpoints that I will have to encounter", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei in South Sudan, to Radio Easter, e ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 800 dead and 16 churches destroyed by the terrorist group of Fulani herdsmen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last three months attacks have increased carried out by the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorist (FHT) in more than half of the territory of the southern State of Kaduna", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Jose ...
• 10 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Ricardo Eduardo Garcia Loor, of the archdiocesan clergy of Puerto ...