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  12 February 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The true meaning of St. Valentine's Day: Catholic Mission urges Australians to love and altruism Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - While Australians are preparing to buy chocolates and flowers, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides Catholic Mission wants to remember the true meaning of this day that goes past boxes in the sha ...
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  12 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' message: Ethical criteria in order to choose the right candidate in the elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A reflection before the next general election", is the title of the document that Peruvian Bishops handed over to the national community on Wednesday evening, February 10th. "We have to choose rep ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The survivors of the massacres in Orissa express solidarity with Christians in the Middle East Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - Profound sympathy and solidarity for Christians in the Middle East, particularly in Syria: is what was expressed by the survivors of the anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2008 in Oriss ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou: "We are continuously under LRA attack, but nobody talks about it" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of 2016 my diocese has been continuously under LRA attack and nobody talks about it", denounces to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou ...
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  10 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocese of Cucuta has to deal with the administration of school meals in the city Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) – No formal decision has been taken by COSPA (Corporación de Servicio Pastoral Social) of the Colombian diocese of Cucuta, after the news, released on Monday, February 8, regarding the managemen ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "During Lent charity without hypocrisy" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Charity without hypocrisy: is what the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said, who during the Mass of Ash Wednesday tackled some concerns such as poverty and environment, but rese ...
• 10 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGER - Archbishop of Niamey: "Let us vote in complete freedom, without ethnic or sectarian influences" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "During Lent there will be elections in our Country. As voters, activists and candidates, we must take care to put in first place the truth, where fraud seems to triumph, and respect the voice of ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The United Arab Emirates create the "Ministry for happiness and tolerance" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The rulers of the United Arab Emirates have decided to create a "Ministry for happiness and tolerance". The new institution was established in the context of the broader reorganization of gove ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Medical report confirms: Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople needs a "guardian" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The health body appointed by the Turkish judiciary to check the health conditions of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Mesrob II, confirmed the status of dementia suffered by the Patria ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Education and food, not bombs, for Sudanese refugees Yida (Agenzia Fides) - Around 60 percent of Sudanese refugees are minors, looking for an opportunity to complete school in South Sudan. One of the first stops for people fleeing the conflict in Sudan’s South Kordofan r ...
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  10 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The giant sign "Immigrant Lives Matter" has been removed El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - "The Border Network for Human Rights and the residents of the border area are deeply disappointed at the decision taken by the International Boundary and Water Commission to remove the mega-sign ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Holy Year two new priests in Orissa, theater of anti-Christian violence Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "A gift and a blessing, in the Year of Mercy": is how the Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in Orissa, His Exc. Mgr. John Barwa described the two new priests ordained in the district of Kan ...
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  9 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Awaiting the arrival of the African Union delegation, but the population has little hope Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We await the arrival of the African Union delegation (AU) which should meet President Pierre Nkurunziza to try to convince him to accept the peacekeeping mission that the AU intends to send t ...
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  9 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Sharing hope and justice: meeting with the survivors of the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 February, the first meeting among the survivors of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2008 in Kandhamal district in the Indian state of Orissa will be held. As reported to Fides ...
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  9 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - "Adopt a child and act against child poverty" Chota (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Carnival, the Centre Ideas together with the Fundación Ayuda en Acción have launched a Carnival Campaign of Solidarity "Adopt a child and act against child poverty". The objec ...