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  26 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A website on the martyrs of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - A website to describe the ordeal that the survivors of anti-Christian massacres in Orissa still live at a social, judicial, religious level: is the initiative launched by a group of activist ...
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  26 February 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Door open to mercy, recalling the 150th anniversary of the persecution of Byeong-in Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 February 1866 the greatest persecution of the history of the Korean Church began: about 9,000 people, almost half of the total Catholic population at that time, were killed for their faith. ...
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  26 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - For Iranian Christians: to participate in the elections is a "national duty" and a "sign of belonging to the people" Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian Assyrian Christians, like those of other confessions, perceive that the participation in elections scheduled for them today is a "national duty" and also "an important sign of their b ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Mobile clinic campaigns to help the displaced Lui (Agenzia Fides) - CUAMM’s commitment to assist the displaced in Mundri East County, South Sudan, continues. CUAMM is working tirelessly in cooperation with local authorities to manage surgical and obstetric emergen ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The exhortations of the Bishops to the authorities: Fight against Boko Haram and corruption, economic development Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - To put an end to the violence of Boko Haram, fight corruption and develop the economy to improve the general living conditions. These are the main exhortations addressed to the Government by the N ...
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  26 February 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Two days of formation: "Taking on new commitments in cooperation with the PMS" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 and 26 February, the Formation Days for employees and volunteers of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain was held at the house of retreat San Jose, El Escorial in Madrid, in its ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - The President of Ghana commends the efforts of the Church for the unity of the African peoples Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Countless heartbreaking stories of development plans torn apart and destroyed homes come from different areas of Africa and the world, all because inhabitants were not able to forgive and forget ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Dioceses without borders", initiative for the reception of migrants Nogales (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented religious celebration took place on Sunday, February 21, at the border between Agua Prieta (Mexico) and Douglas (United States), and in a few months will be repeated at the bord ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Towards the elections: the Provisional Electoral Council almost complete Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The various social sectors that make up the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of Haiti have begun to nominate their new representatives in this body, following the resignation of six of ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Artisanal fishing destined mainly for export Algarrobo (Agenzia Fides) - In Chile, artisanal fishing accounts for over 90% of fisheries worldwide, and workers in the sector, about half of whom are women. According to the Regional Office for Latin America and the Ca ...
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  25 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou: "Hope for the election of a new President, but we continue to suffer the presence of the LRA" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "At last we have a new President. Beyond the person who holds the office, what is important is that we have a new President that we hope will lead the Country out of the abyss into which we sank ...
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  25 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - New initiative of minority MP’s against the islamization law of minors Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, members of Christians present in the Parliamentary Assembly of Iraq have called for greater representation of minorities in the government of technocrats led by Prime Minister Ha ...
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  25 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: re-establish the Ministry of Minorities, recalling Shahbaz Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Re-establish the Ministry of Minorities in Pakistan, an organization that at a federal level takes care of the representation of religious minorities: is the proposal that Paul Bhatti launch ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Commitment to culture": meeting of the border dioceses of the two countries Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their second meeting, held in a fraternal and friendly atmosphere on 15 and 16 February 2016 in Villa Cana, Cap Haitien (Haiti), the border dioceses between Haiti and the Do ...
• 25 February 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops at a conference on reconciliation and challenges to the Church in West Africa Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Over 150 Bishops gathered in Accra, capital of Ghana, for the Joint Plenary Assembly of the two international meetings of the Episcopal Conferences of West Africa: the Anglophone RECOWA (Regional ...