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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslims fighting Isis: "sign of sincerity" says a missionary Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very positive step. It demonstrates the sincerity of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the search for peace": this is how Fr. Angel Calvo, a Claretian missionary, for severa ...
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  29 January 2016
  EUROPE/CRETE - The pan-Orthodox Council will be held in Crete Chambésy (Agenzia Fides) - The pan-Orthodox "Holy and Great Council" will be held from 16 to 27 June at the Orthodox Academy of the Greek island of Crete. This was decided by the primates of the autocephalous Orthodox ...
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  29 January 2016
  AMERICA / MEXICO - "Mexico is a cemetery, and the government only goes to light a candle to the dead", says Mgr. Lona Reyes Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico is a cemetery, and the government only goes to light a candle to the dead": are the harsh words of His Exc. Mgr. Arturo Lona Reyes, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Tehuantepec (Mexico) ...
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  29 January 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishops in view of the elections in August: "No to discrimination and incitement to hatred" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The multiparty democracy in Zambia is at risk for the spread of intolerance, regionalism and tribalism. This is what the Bishops of Zambia say in a statement issued at the end of their Plenary As ...
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  29 January 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Zika virus throughout Latin America Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The World Health Organization has launched a global alert on the spread of the zika virus. Currently, America is the most affected continent (see Fides 13/01/2016). In Venezuela, there are betw ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Kerala meet political and social leaders Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - To understand the perspectives and ideas of the various political parties and civil society organizations; express the views of the Church on social and political issues: with these intentions the ...
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  28 January 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Castro Quiroga: "FARC must hand over their weapons if they really want peace" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tunja and President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, expressed the hope that FARC will hand over their weapons and added that th ...
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  28 January 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The history of the Salesians in Bolivia in the biography of the missionary Tito Solari Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - In the days of preparation for the feast of Don Bosco, on January 31, in Bolivia the great contribution of the Salesian missionaries to the country, including His Exc. Mgr. Tito Solari Capell ...
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  28 January 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - An alternative to street life for children with problems Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - A group of volunteers and professionals are committed to removing children with economic and school problems from the streets. The Support Center for Minors (CAM) work with children from broken f ...
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  28 January 2016
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Two hundred and fifty Islamic scholars sign the Marrakech Declaration calling for religious freedom for all Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal to develop an Islamic jurisprudence on the concept of citizenship, that is inclusive of all groups, was signed on January 27 by 250 leading Islamic scholars gathered in Marrakech, at t ...
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  28 January 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Is there a real political will to defeat the LRA?" asks the Bishop of Bossangoa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The LRA rebels continue to enslave villagers, making them load carriers and sex slavesand they are also burning down villages", says His Exc. Mgr. Nestor Desire Nongo-Aziagbia, Bishop Bossangoa ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Jubilee Year, fruitful time for interreligious dialogue Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Let yourself be touched by the grace of God to have a heart open towards others, in a frank and friendly atmosphere: is what His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Pe ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Discovery of a church which dates back to the fourth century in Cappadocia with precious frescoes on the life of Christ Nevsehir (Agenzia Fides) - Archaeological excavations in the underground city discovered in 2012 in the city of Nevsehir, in the historical region of Cappadocia, have brought to light an underground church carved into th ...
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  28 January 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Ten Coptic workers in prison for having built an "illegal" wall Samalout (Agenzia Fides) - Ten Coptic men were arrested while they were building a fence wall for the Coptic church in the village of Abu Hennis, near the city of Salamout, in the governorate of Minya. The news was repor ...
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  27 January 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Jewish of the Menhir Tag group pay homage to the desecrated cemetery in Beit Jamal Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A group of more than sixty Jews wanted to express their conviction and shock at the desecration of the Salesian cemetery in Beit Jamal and paid homage to the cemetery where last December serio ...