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  9 March 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - A church and a retreat house in the region of La Araucanía burned down Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday March 8, masked men set fire on a shrine and a house used for holidays and spiritual retreats, on the road that links Vilcun and Cajon, in the region of La Araucania, diocese of Temuco, ...
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  9 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Peace Network for Congo: After the visit of Ban Ki-Moon, it is necessary to "put words into actions" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On 25-26 February, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, visited the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the concluding press conference, he called on the Congolese political ...
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  9 March 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Heartfelt appeal of a missionary: "The country is dying of thirst" Gode (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopia is the second most populous Country in Africa and one of the world's poorest. Over 400,000 children suffer from severe malnutrition and in recent months drought has severely increased. It ...
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  9 March 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Mgr. Romulo Emiliani’s appeal: "Assassins and instigators, stop killing!" San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "Honduras is experiencing difficult days during this Lent season, due to the events that have affected families", says Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, His Exc. Mgr. Romulo Emiliani, r ...
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  9 March 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - In the language of Turkish politicians the anti-Armenian sentiment resurfaces Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused the Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) of "collaboration", comparing them with "gangs of Armenians who were collaborators of the Russians ...
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  9 March 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - The appeal of the Bishops of Central Africa: "May the elections in our Countries be just and peaceful" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "We launch an appeal to peace, harmony and unity on the occasion of the presidential elections in our respective Countries", write the Bishops of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of ...
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  9 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Jihadists spread terror in a girls' school in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, 8 March Islamic Jihadists raided a school in Aden, where they wanted to give "a last warning" to the students who had not yet put in practice the order to adapt the clothing rules imp ...
• 8 March 2016
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Appointment of new rector at St Robert Bellarmino Theological Seminary in Kisantu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 September 2015, appointed Rector of the inter-diocesan Theological Seminary St. Robert Bel ...
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  8 March 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Women missionaries honoured: courage beyond dispute, faith unfaltering Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of International Women’s Day , Catholic Mission, the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, celebrates women missionaries who continue to have a profound impact on ...
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  8 March 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Goic: "a society of more equity, for life with more dignity " AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Goic: "a society of more equity, for life with more dignity " Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic, of the diocese of Rancagua who is about to celebrate fifty years of pr ...
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  8 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: no “Christian militia ” to free land occupied by jihadists ASIA/IRAQ – Chaldean Patriarch: no “Christian militia ” to free land occupied by jihadists Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - “To think that our victory can depend on the formation of isolated armed factions to fight to ...
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  8 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Justice Minister promises “solution” for Coptic student offenders of Islam AFRICA/EGYPT – Justice Ministers promises “solution” for Coptic students punished for offending Islam Minya (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt’s minister of justice will examine with care the judicial situation of so ...
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  8 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Churches in Lahore could be demolished to make way for new underground railway line Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A Number of sites and buildings of historic, artistic and religious value as well as several church buildings risk being demolished to make way for a new line of the underground railway planned ...
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  8 March 2016
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “The terrorists have no popular support, the people side with the security forces” says National PMS Director Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “The prevailing feeling among Tunisians is that the terrorists must be defeated” Fides was told by Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Tunisia, where, ...
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  8 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Promotion of lay Catholics and commitment to dialogue, priorities for the Catholic Church in India Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – “There is need for on-going formation for the laity to enable them to understand and to live their role in the Church. In today’s socio-political scenario, it is fundamental to recog ...