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  2 August 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New cases of "blasphemy" against Christians and Hindus Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - New cases of "blasphemy" against religious minorities in Pakistan: as Agenzia Fides learns, at least four Christians were charged for alleged blasphemy against Islam in Punjab province last month ...
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  2 August 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Do not ignore our tragedy otherwise the tide of refugees reaching Europe's shores could be swelled" says a Bishop Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "If South Sudan is ignored, the tide of refugees reaching Europe’s shores could be swelled" says His Exc. Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura- Yambio and President of the Inter ...
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  2 August 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary animation and formation, meeting of the PMS of Bolivarian countries La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "A week to strengthen the communion in missionary animation and together do formation", said Sister Cilenia Rojas, National Coordinator of the PMS in Bolivia, in presenting the meeting among the ...
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  2 August 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The President of the Episcopal Conference: "The lack of moral values fuels the ills of the Country" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Injustices, corruption, violence, acts of terror and destruction of property and the current wave of arson and unrest in some Kenyan schools are problems fuelled by a lack of moral values. Thi ...
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  2 August 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 40 years after Mgr. Angelelli’s death: "Always listen to the people and the Gospel" La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of faithful from all over the Country and the world filled the chapel dedicated to "Monsignor Enrique Angelelli", in order to attend mass celebrated 40 years after the murder of Bisho ...
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  1 August 2016
  AMERICA/PANAMA - WYD 2019: from Krakow to Panama the first American diocese Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – On hearing Pope Francis announce that Panama has been chosen to host the next World Youth Day in 2019, the Bishops of that local Church were overwhelmed with joy, certain that their c ...
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  1 August 2016
  AMERICA/SURINAME - Redemptorist fathers in Suriname: 150 years of mission special concern for slaves Paramaribo (Agenzia Fides) – Today, 1 August 2016, the feast day of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, marks a mission anniversary: 150 years of the service of the Redemptorist Fathers (the Congregation of the Mo ...
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  1 August 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic Bishops concerned about wave of school burning at the hands of pupils Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Are there persons inciting Kenyan school pupils to burn schools? This is the concern expressed by Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Bishop of Nakuru and Chairman of the Kenyan Conference of Cathol ...
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  1 August 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian pastor brutally murdered by Maoist rebels Godavari (Agenzia Fides) - India’s Christians have denounced the brutal murder of an innocent Christian pastor: on 29 July Pastor Yohan Maraiah was mercilessly beaten to death in the east Godavari district, of Ind ...
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  1 August 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We must not become a country where the killing of political candidates is seen as a normal event” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)-“We are deeply saddened to see that after 22 years of democracy, politically motivated killings, a shameful reminder of a painful past, are again being committed” said Bishop Abel G ...
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  1 August 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Franciscans: mercy and forgiveness in these times of conflict Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "May this centenary help us experience a little healthy shame because no one appears to want to do anything to put peace and concord in the conflicting reality in which we live and may it hel ...
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  30 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - War driven families seek safety in Catholic schools Wau (Agenzia Fides) – In the county of Wau, situated in the western part of Bahr el Ghazal state in South Sudan, families fleeing the consequences of fighting between government forces and armed militia continue t ...
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  30 July 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - A “contest” of promises over future autonomy for Niniveh Plains Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – Atheel al Nujaifi, a local Sunnite politician former governor of the Province of Niniveh and leader of the al Hadba political party, has asserted that once freed from the jihadist clutches ...
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  30 July 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prince Hassan bin Talal: an act of blind violence, the murder of French Catholic priest Fr. Jacques Hamel Amman (Agenzia Fides) – The assassination of Fr Jacques Hamel, the French Catholic priest brutally murdered by two pro-Islamic state fanatics while he was celebrating mass, was an act of blind violence which “sh ...
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  30 July 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Three people abducted by the “People’s Army of Paraguay". The local Catholic Church offers to mediate for their release Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay (CEP), following another abduction by the co-called " People’s Army of Paraguay (EPP), has issued a statement expressing solidarity wi ...