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  23 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Other 43 Assyrian Christians of the Khabur valley released by jihadists Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists affiliated to the self-styled Islamic State (Daesh) have released 43 other Assyrian Christians of the group of about 250 people who had been taken from the Christian villages of t ...
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  23 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - All the Bishops of the American continent represented in Tampa Tampa (Agenzia Fides) - The 40th meeting of the Bishops of the Catholic Church in America will take place in Tampa, Florida, from 22 to 25 February, with the presidencies of the United States Conference of Catholic Bisho ...
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  23 February 2016
  AMERICA/REP. DOMINICAN - Families of workers violently sent away from their homes Santa Cruz de El Seybo (Agenzia Fides) - The population of the province of El Seibo, east of the Dominican Republic, near the tourist resort of Bavaro and Punta Cana, is appalled by the brutal evictions that are happenin ...
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  23 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Eucharist is mercy: meeting of the priests of Mindanao Kidapawan City (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharist is the source of each pastoral work with families, with the poor, in the Church and in society, in need of the mercy of the Father: is the belief which emerged from the asse ...
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  23 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President Nkurunziza promises Ban Ki-moon an "inclusive dialogue" with the opposition Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We will see if the visit of the UN Secretary General will lead to a positive change in the political crisis", say local sources from Bujumbura to Agenzia Fides, where UN Secretary General Ban ...
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  23 February 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: Arab identity of the Lebanese nation is not negotiable Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai expressed his full support to the recent statement with which the Lebanese government wanted to reaffirm that the Arab identity of Lebanon cannot be questio ...
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  20 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A new beginning for Maison d’Abraham, a "house of the poor" in the Holy City Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the infinite variety of homes and Christian foundations scattered in the neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Maison d’Abraham occupies a special place: it accommodates pilgrims and visitors most ...
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  20 February 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Ortega: "Obama's visit will be of help to the country's development" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega spoke about the decision of US President Barack Obama to travel to Cuba in March. Obama announced that he will travel to the island on 21 and 22 March. He is the first ...
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  20 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fifty years at the service of the Gospel, an example for young people Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Lahore celebrated the priestly Jubilee of Fr. Benjamin Joseph, who has been proclaiming the Gospel, celebrating the sacraments, carrying out charitable initiatives and d ...
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  20 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Premier: the government does not make discrimination based on religion Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government does not discriminate its citizens based on their religious affiliation, it also considers Christians as a "genuine part" of national identity, and will do everything possib ...
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  20 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Birth of the "Catholic-Muslim National Dialogue" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago will be the first co-president of a new Catholic interfaith forum of meetings called "Catholic-Muslim National Dialogue", organized by the Commission for ...
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  19 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Young people of all religions against religious fundamentalism Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "Unity in diversity" and "condemnation of all religious extremism". These are the themes that characterized the recent meeting of more than 500 young people of different religions, gathered in Mu ...
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  19 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian Girl kidnapped: threats also to the lawyer Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian girl, Nabila Bibi, was kidnapped, converted to Islam and forced to marry a Muslim man in Pattoki, in Kasur district, in Pakistani Punjab. Bashir Masih, the girl's father, went to the p ...
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  19 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros celebrates the funeral of Boutros Ghali, "defender of peace" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Boutros Boutros Ghali was "a faithful man to his nation" who "defended peace in all the roles he carried out". This is how Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II paid tribute to the figure of the E ...
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  19 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Massacre in the UN camp: governmental military accused Juba (Agenzia Fides) - 18 people died and forty were injured in the massacre in the IDP camp in Malakal, located in the base of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UMISS, see Fides 18/02/2016). "The toll was reported by Méde ...