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  8 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Immigrant Lives Matter": a giant sign for the Pope at the border El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - A group of members of the "Border Network for Human Rights", who assist undocumented immigrants, hang a message addressed to Pope Francis, who in coming days will be in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, ...
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  8 February 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - New Year of the Chinese Catholic community in the sign of Mercy Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a Catholic is wonderful!" This is the excitement and especially the astonishment of a woman who witnessed the visit of priests and lay people to the sick in hospital, on the eve of the Ch ...
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  8 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - A President of transition and elections on April 24 Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement in extremis was signed on February 6 by President Michel Martelly at the conclusion of his term and by the presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, Jocelerme Privert ...
• 8 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 6, 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Duncan Theodore Tsoke, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg (South Africa). He was assigned the titular see of Orreacel ...
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  6 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Diocese of Samalot is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of the martyrdom of 21 Copts in Libya Samalot (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Samalot is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of the martyrdom of 21 Copts killed in Libya by jihadists of the Islamic State (see Fides 16/02/2015). Cele ...
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  6 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy: issue for the judiciary and the government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of the blasphemy law has become a legal issue, rather than religious. Parliament must take this issue seriously. The fight against hate speech becomes impossible to win if there exists ...
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  6 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children missing in Veracruz: people do not report them for fear of organized crime Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many cases of kidnapping. First there was talk of 50 but it seems that at least 400 have disappeared: But most of their families have not reported the kidnappings for fear", said the ...
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  6 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Three Christian villages in Khabur turned into training camps of Kurdish militias Hassake (Agenzia Fides) - The militias of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) have set up three training camps in as many villages of the Khabur valley, previously inhabited by Assyrian Christians, fled en masse ...
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  6 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poor, teachers of hope Cebu (Agenzia Fides) – We learn and understand what hope and mercy are from the poor: is what Redemptorist Karl Gaspar says, Headmaster at St. Alphonsus Theology and Mission Institute in Davao City, and committed with ...
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  5 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Arab Christians mourn the death of Geries Khoury Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Arab Christians, as well as many friends from all over the world mourn the death of Geries Khoury, director of the al Liqa Centre for inter-religious dialogue, based in Bethlehem. Even the As ...
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  5 February 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese Churches concerned about religious discrimination with regards to access to functions and public resources Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops express their concern over the imbalance that is being produced regarding access to public offices and state financial resources, with silent discrimination that see Christia ...
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  5 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALI - The attack against the UN is part of the jihadist strategy to destabilize the entire region Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The UN Timbuktu base was almost certainly attacked by an Islamist group, because the Tuareg rebel group are committed to respecting the peace agreements signed with the government", says to Agen ...
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  5 February 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops' Message before the violence that affects the country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the Ordinary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador, which took place from January 25 to 27, a "Message of the Bishops before the violence that the country ...
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  5 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "National dialogue" promoted by Kabila struggles to kick off Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On January 16, the President of the African Union (AU) Commission of the, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, appointed Edem Kojo, former Prime Minister of Togo, as envoy of the AU to conduct the necessary ...
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  5 February 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops: "Do not create panic, together we will be able to defeat the disease" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "With great collective effort, involving all sectors of society, we will be able to defeat these diseases that affect, without distinction, the entire Brazilian population": reads the message o ...