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  16 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Privert interim president will lead the country towards a new government Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Interim President of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert, assumed his post on Sunday, February 14, in a ceremony at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, before members of the bicameral Parliament, ...
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  16 February 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Be the face of the merciful Lord in the community and in society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in mainland China experienced the beginning of Lent in communion with the universal Church, particularly in tune with the Jubilee of Mercy, as witnessed by the information ...
• 15 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The new Ugandan terrorist attacks of the ADF spread fear among the population in Eringeti Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The fear of new attacks has seized the inhabitants of Eringeti and its surroundings, after those committed by the terrorists of the ADF on 12 and 14 February. Eringeti is located in the territo ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: despite the conflict, we build new churches Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A "gesture of revolt against death and destruction" is how Archbishop Samir Nassar, leader of the Maronite archdiocese of Damascus, describes the three chapels that the local Maronite community ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Election campaign begins: the challenge of poverty at the center Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for presidential elections in the Philippines has officially begun. There are five main presidential candidates: current Vice President Jojo Binay, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, ...
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  15 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The drama of famine increases: people queue in front of granaries, almost always empty Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In February, the rainy season is expected to be at its height. But not this year, because of the merciless sun that is literally burning the harvest", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfort mis ...
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  15 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two new hostels for migrants for the Pope's visit, in the Year of Mercy San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the Pope's visit to San Cristobal de Las Casas, we will build two hostels for migrants in the Year of Mercy, since the passage of those who, from various p ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The murderer of Salman Taseer asks presidential pardon Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed criminal of Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab, gunned down five years ago for defending Asia Bibi, has applied for clemency to the President of Pakistan. The death ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Jihadists of Daesh to the inhabitants of Mosul: forbidden to celebrate Valentine's Day Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Posters and banners were placed in recent days by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) on the busiest crossroads of Mosul, to remind the population that it is forbiden to celebrate the feast ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Bishop of Aleppo: the meeting between Francis and Kirill is also the fruit of our suffering. And this comforts us Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill is perceived by Christians as the fruit of the cross they are experiencing. The suffering of all Christians in the Middle East bears the fru ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Government reassures: soon a new legislation for minority foundations Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - During a recent parliamentary hearing, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan gave assurances on the overcoming future of the institutional impasse in which foundations linked to ethnic, cu ...
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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Dialogue is urgently needed to avoid new bloodbath" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Rumors are circulating that the rebels are preparing to attack forces in Burundi to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by local sources who requested anonym ...
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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The lives of Malians are at risk": Justice and Peace condemns the lack of food and medicine Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "People are dying of easily treatable diseases. The poor do not have the money to buy medicine in pharmacies", denounces Martin Chiphwanya, deputy national Secretary of the "Justice and Peace" ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Message: "During Lent rediscover chastity" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Created for love, created for chastity": is the title of the message of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines who express their concern regarding the phenomenon of pornography. ...
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  12 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop of Monterrey invites to pray "for our detained brothers and for their families" Nuevo Leon (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer for the victims of Topo Chico was asked by His Exc. Mgr. Rogelio Cabrera López, Archbishop of Monterrey, after the riot and fire broke out on the night between 10 and 11 February, i ...