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  16 March 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 38 children out of danger born from pregnant women who have the zika virus Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest epidemiological bulletin of the National Institute of Health, until March 5, there have been 941 cases of zika cases regarding about 4,020 pregnant women of the Cari ...
• 16 March 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - At least 22 dead in an attack against a mosque in the northeast Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least 22 people were killed in a double suicide bombing in a mosque in the village of Molai-Umarari, about 10 km from Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. A suicide bomber ...
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  16 March 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land discuss the agreements still suspended between Israel and the Holy See Amman (Agenzia Fides) - There are also the relations between the Holy See, the local Churches and civil authorities in the list of topics on the agenda of the Assembly of the ordinary Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land (A ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anniversary of the attacks on churches in Lahore: faithful pray for peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful Christians, Catholics and Anglicans, recalled the first anniversary of the attacks, March 15 of 2015, against two churches in Youhanabad district, Lahore with liturgical celebrations. T ...
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  15 March 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Pucallpa appeals for calm, after 6 days of strikes and violence Pucallpa (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement, the Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa, His Exc. Mgr. Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, SDB, together with his priests,have asked citizens to remain calm and seek dialogue ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Still too many children recruited by armed forces Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012, Burma had agreed with the United Nations not to recruit minors among the militias. However, according to the local media, the Armed Forces of the Country did not respect the agreement. T ...
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  15 March 2016
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Last group of Cuban migrants leave today from Costa Rica San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The last group of 80 Cubans, of the thousands of people who had been detained in Costa Rica since last November, leaves today for Mexico to resume their migration to the United States, as infor ...
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  15 March 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops denounce the evils of the Country: Hunger, poverty, lack of public services Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "As your Pastors, we cannot sit back and watch in the face of shrinking standards or lack of public service delivery, increasing gap between the rich and the poor, lack of fiscal discipline and ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New President and Christian Vice president elected by Parliament Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Parliament elected U Kyaw Htin, historic leader of the "National League for Democracy" as the new President of the country, with 360 votes: U Kyaw Htin, trustworthy man of leader Aung ...
• 15 March 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Erection of the Diocese of Kumba and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 15, 2016, the Holy Father erected the new Diocese of Kumba, Cameroon, with territory taken from the Diocese of Buéa, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Bamenda. The ...
• 15 March 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Ngaoundere Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 March 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Emmanuel Abbo as Bishop of the Diocese of Ngaoundere (Cameroon). Rev. Mgr. Emmanuel Abbo was born on July 17, 1969 in Mbe, in the dioce ...
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  15 March 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Campaign against the carrier of the zika virus Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Complications related to zika virus, which continues to spread, are increasing and it is urgent to step up efforts. To cope with the problem a second medical operation to eliminate breeding ...
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  15 March 2016
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Bishops deny their support to one of the two candidates in the presidential ballot Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Surprised and dismayed". This is what the Bishops of Benin say after the news published by a local newspaper, about their alleged invitation to the faithful to vote for Lionel Zinsou regarding ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate disavows the "Babylon Brigades": no armed militia is linked to the Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church "has no connection, either direct or indirect, with the so-called Babylon Brigades, nor with any armed militia that presents itself as Christian". This was declared by Chalde ...
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  15 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In Ismailia also Muslims vote for the construction of the church: 49 in favor, 4 against Ismailia (Agenzia Fides) - The "reconciliation committee" of the Egyptian village of Ismailia, in the governorate of Minya, in the framework of the initiatives undertaken to overcome sectarian conflict, convened a meetin ...