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  3 February 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - UNESCO recognizes the baptism site of Jesus as a "World Heritage Site" Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The site of Jesus' baptism on the Jordan River has been officially declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, during a ceremony held in Paris on the evening of Tuesday, February 2. The ceremony w ...
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  3 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Pereira calls for a more cautious approach towards the zika virus Pereira (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the high number of cases registered so far of people infected by the zika virus, after learning that cases are rising and after the alert launched by doctors to pregnant women, the Bi ...
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  3 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian threatened: "Convert yourself to Islam" Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – The choice was to convert to Islam or face ongoing violence and harassment: is what happened to Christian Patras Hanif, father of five children, victim of abuse where he worked. Patras, a worker ...
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  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Trivandrum of the Latins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 2, 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Christudas Rajappan, Rector of the St. Vincent's Seminary as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum of the Latins (India). He w ...
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  3 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Salah Zuleta denounces: "It is corruption that kills children, even more than drought or organized crime" La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Riohacha, His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta, denounced that the main scourge in the region of La Guajira is the corruption of the political class. The Bishop informed t ...
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  3 February 2016
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - The never-ending drama of refugee children London (Agenzia Fides) - The plight of refugee children seems to have no limits. A report by the British NGO Europol states that children continue to be exploited illegally in the Turkish textile factories that work for ...
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  3 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More violence in the east cause the exodus of local people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Mass Exodus of the Nande community from the village of Miriki, in the Territory of Lubero, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This is reported in a statement sent to Agenzia F ...
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  3 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A bicycle to children for 365 days of Eucharist Palai (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty Catholic children between 5 and 13 in the parish of St. Thomas in the diocese of Palai (Kerala) received an unexpected gift: a beautiful bike. As Fides learns, the gift comes from two of th ...
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  3 February 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Even 15 years are needed to be able to open a community radio Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - A study prepared by the organization "Artigo 19", which has the aim to defend freedom of expression of community radio stations in Brazil, denounced the criminalization that the media in this ...
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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - 10 years since the murder of Father Santoro. Bishop Bizzeti: a misssionary and a man of dialogue, he has much to teach us Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - Father Andrea Santoro, an Italian priest killed in Turkey on February 5, 2006, will be commemorated with liturgical celebrations in Trabzon - a Turkish city on the Black Sea where he was killed ...
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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest and three lay people beaten New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Conviction for the serious gesture, solidarity with the victims, need for an immediate investigation: is what Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, President of the Bishops' Conference of India asks for, ...
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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Encouraging pastoral evaluation for Catholic communities Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Consolidate faith and incentivize spiritual life, especially sacramental life in this Year of Mercy, promote evangelization through the witness of life, renew the parish council, promote ...
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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Bishop: "The new Parliament, a positive step" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The opening session of the new Parliament is a very positive step. We are living a constructive atmosphere in politics and society. We are going in the right direction, marked by transparency, d ...
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  2 February 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - After 30 years the trial of two members of the military accused of crimes against humanity begins Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30 years have passed before two members of the army, suspected of being involved in a case of sexual and domestic slavery of women of ethnic Maya-keqchí in northern Guatemala, ...
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  2 February 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - People are willing to walk even 10 kilometers, and under any weather condition to go to Mass Duque Caxias (Agenzia Fides) - "I came back a few days ago from the experience of the 'Youth Mission' in Rondonia in northwestern Brazil. An initiative promoted by the Youth Ministry of the Diocese of Niteroy (Rio de Jan ...