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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Dialogue is urgently needed to avoid new bloodbath" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Rumors are circulating that the rebels are preparing to attack forces in Burundi to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by local sources who requested anonym ...
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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The lives of Malians are at risk": Justice and Peace condemns the lack of food and medicine Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "People are dying of easily treatable diseases. The poor do not have the money to buy medicine in pharmacies", denounces Martin Chiphwanya, deputy national Secretary of the "Justice and Peace" ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Message: "During Lent rediscover chastity" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Created for love, created for chastity": is the title of the message of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines who express their concern regarding the phenomenon of pornography. ...
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  12 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop of Monterrey invites to pray "for our detained brothers and for their families" Nuevo Leon (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer for the victims of Topo Chico was asked by His Exc. Mgr. Rogelio Cabrera López, Archbishop of Monterrey, after the riot and fire broke out on the night between 10 and 11 February, i ...
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  12 February 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The true meaning of St. Valentine's Day: Catholic Mission urges Australians to love and altruism Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - While Australians are preparing to buy chocolates and flowers, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides Catholic Mission wants to remember the true meaning of this day that goes past boxes in the sha ...
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  12 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' message: Ethical criteria in order to choose the right candidate in the elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A reflection before the next general election", is the title of the document that Peruvian Bishops handed over to the national community on Wednesday evening, February 10th. "We have to choose rep ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The survivors of the massacres in Orissa express solidarity with Christians in the Middle East Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - Profound sympathy and solidarity for Christians in the Middle East, particularly in Syria: is what was expressed by the survivors of the anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2008 in Oriss ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou: "We are continuously under LRA attack, but nobody talks about it" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of 2016 my diocese has been continuously under LRA attack and nobody talks about it", denounces to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou ...
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  10 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocese of Cucuta has to deal with the administration of school meals in the city Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) – No formal decision has been taken by COSPA (Corporación de Servicio Pastoral Social) of the Colombian diocese of Cucuta, after the news, released on Monday, February 8, regarding the managemen ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "During Lent charity without hypocrisy" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Charity without hypocrisy: is what the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said, who during the Mass of Ash Wednesday tackled some concerns such as poverty and environment, but rese ...
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  AFRICA/NIGER - Archbishop of Niamey: "Let us vote in complete freedom, without ethnic or sectarian influences" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "During Lent there will be elections in our Country. As voters, activists and candidates, we must take care to put in first place the truth, where fraud seems to triumph, and respect the voice of ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The United Arab Emirates create the "Ministry for happiness and tolerance" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The rulers of the United Arab Emirates have decided to create a "Ministry for happiness and tolerance". The new institution was established in the context of the broader reorganization of gove ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Medical report confirms: Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople needs a "guardian" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The health body appointed by the Turkish judiciary to check the health conditions of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Mesrob II, confirmed the status of dementia suffered by the Patria ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Education and food, not bombs, for Sudanese refugees Yida (Agenzia Fides) - Around 60 percent of Sudanese refugees are minors, looking for an opportunity to complete school in South Sudan. One of the first stops for people fleeing the conflict in Sudan’s South Kordofan r ...
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  10 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The giant sign "Immigrant Lives Matter" has been removed El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - "The Border Network for Human Rights and the residents of the border area are deeply disappointed at the decision taken by the International Boundary and Water Commission to remove the mega-sign ...