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  19 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cuban immigrants stranded in Mexico Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - Cuban immigrants now have a fast-track to enter the United States, starting from Central America to the northern border of Mexico. The Mexican government in fact grants them temporary residence ...
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  19 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Adiós a la Pobreza": a project for healthcare hygiene Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The inhabitants of the municipality of Ayahualulco, in the province of Veracruz, were using outdoor toilets until a few months ago. Today, thanks to the efforts of Veracruziano Voluntarism and ...
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  19 January 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another threat for the indigenous Guarani and Kaiowá Taquara (Agenzia Fides) - At dawn, the indigenous Guarani and Kaiowá took possession of a part of their traditional territory in the area known as "Taquara indigenous Land" on January 15. The area, on which there is a f ...
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  19 January 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Teenage pregnancy and early marriage in Malawi Blantire (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of single mothers is a reality that affects many women in Malawi. In most districts in the southern part of Malawi, it is customary that when girls reach a certain age they go in ...
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  19 January 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Regulation of worship: the President in favor of a compromise with the 'official' churches Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Constitution accords every Kenyan the right to worship and I fully support that position. But we will not allow thieves to use religion to steal from Kenyans", said the President of Kenya, ...
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  19 January 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - West African States intend to fight together against terrorism Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against terrorism will be the focus of the Special Session of the Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO/ECOWS), announced by the President of Benin, Boni Yayi, in the c ...
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  18 January 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian village bombed by the Turkish army; the condemnation of the Chaldean Patriarchate Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - Between 16-17 January Turkish troops bombed the Iraqi village of Sharanish, located on the border with Turkey, in the governorate of Dohuk, inhabited by Christians, Chaldeans and Assyrians. The bo ...
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  18 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The lack of water and sanitation cause preventable diseases in children Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Coupled with the so called El Nino of 2015 that washed out the critical southwest monsoons in the southwest of the Country, the resultant deficit in water supply caused water borne diseases to ...
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  18 January 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - New act of vandalism targets Dormition Abbey Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Anti-Christian slogans were written on the doors and walls of the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion. The new act of vandalism against the Benedictine monastery took place on Sunday, January 17, th ...
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  18 January 2016
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops' reflection on the national situation: "We cannot get used to violence" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) presents the many questions with regards to the future of the country on issues such as the electoral reform, widening of the transoceanic Canal, pu ...
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  18 January 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Alvarez Lagos during the feast of the Black Christ: "There should be no Cain in this election year" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - During one of the many religious celebrations in honor of the "Lord of Esquipulas", held last weekend in the city of Esquipulas, the Bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa (in the northern part of ...
• 18 January 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Kenyan army launches an operation to free the soldiers captured by the Shabaab Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Chief of Staff of the armed forces of Kenya, General Samson Mwathethe, revealed some details of the attack carried out on January 15 by the Somali Shabaab against a base of the Kenyan milita ...
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  18 January 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Vaccination campaign: by 2106 a quarter of the children will be vaccinated against the killer diseases Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launches vaccination campaign of unprecedented scale in the Central African Republic (CAR). The goal is to reach about 220,000 children, representing a quarter of al ...
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  18 January 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - National Director of the PMS: "The Country is in shock, mourning for three days and in churches we pray for peace" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "In the churches of Burkina Faso, the faithful pray for peace" says Fr. Oscar Zoungrana, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Burkina Faso, where on January 15 a gr ...
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  15 January 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Nativity of the Shipwrecked" can still be visited in Istanbul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – The "Nativity of the Shipwrecked" can still be seen at the Conventual Franciscan church of St. Anthony till February 2. The church chose to set up the Nativity scene with characters wearing t ...