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  18 December 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Precautionary measures for the malnutrition of Wayúu children Riohacha (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ordered precautionary measures to protect children and adolescents of the indigenous Wayúu community of the municipalities of Uribia, Mana ...
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  18 December 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - After jihadist threats, the closure of Coptic monasteries for security reasons has been denied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Historical Coptic monasteries in Wadi Natrun region will not suffer any closure for security reasons, after the jihadist threats aimed in particular against the monastery to Baramos, dedicated to ...
• 18 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 90% of voters approved the new constitution in Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - 90% of voters in Bangui voted "yes" to the constitutional referendum of December 13 (see Fides 17/12/2015), but the turnout was only 30% of voters in the capital of the Central African Republic, ...
• 18 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appeal to the EU: "The crisis in Burundi threatens to spread to the entire Great Lakes region" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - President Nkurunziza’s pursuit of a third term in office has precipitated a humanitarian, economic, and security crisis, forcing more than 200,000 Burundians to become refugees in neighborin ...
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  17 December 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Castro Quiroga on the signing of the penultimate agreement: "prelude to a final peace agreement" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 December, the Colombian government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) signed the principles that discipline the fifth point on the agenda of the peace negotiations being held ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - No quorum for the election of the president. Maronite Patriarch: politicians play with the destiny of the Country Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese parliament failed yesterday for the 33rd consecutive time to convene and elect a new president due to a lack of the constitutionally required quorum. The presidential office, that th ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims united in the fight against terrorism: the path is education Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims are united in the fight against terrorism and urge the Government of Pakistan to implement the National Action Plan against extremist and terrorist groups: is what civi ...
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  17 December 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - At the beginning of the new school year, 574 students will have a renovated school Chipata (Agenzia Fides) - To ensure that learning is enjoyable as well as profitable, all students should be able to study in a safe and secure environment with appropriate ceilings, windows and desks. This is why the no ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christians of the Hashemite Kingdom have been celebrating Christmas together for forty years Amman (Agenzia Fides) - This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the unification of the date on which all the Churches and Christian communities in Jordan celebrate Christmas. In 1975, the heads of Christian Churches ...
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  17 December 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Church's pastoral plan: "No one must take away the joy of the Gospel and the mission" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that all times have been difficult for evangelization and for the Church": With this sentence the new Archbishop of Barcelona, His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Omella, presented the new pastoral ...
• 17 December 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Protests over the resignation of the Minister of Finance: "Zuma go away" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people marched in major cities across South Africa on Wednesday December 9, to demand the resignation of President Jacob Zuma after sending away the Minister of Finance, Nhlanh ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - For the Indian Church Christmas in solidarity with flood victims in Tamil Nadu Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - Churches in South India will experience a Christmas of solidarity and humanitarian aid, to help the victims of the flooding that occurred in recent days in the area of Chennai, in the state of T ...
• 17 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Archbishop of Bangui: "Central Africans want peace and unity" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We have seen the will of the people who want change and want to live within the law", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, capital of the Central Afr ...
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  16 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Solar energy to light up the island of Sagbo Kodji Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in his 30 years on Sagbo Kodji Island, near Lagos, the islanders have electricity at home, thanks to a solar power project that could transform the lives of the island’s 80,00 ...
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  16 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Mercy is religious tolerance New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Religious tolerance is an expression of mercy and is a hallmark of Indian society. India is not a theocracy, it is not a mono-religious state but is a deeply pluralistic nation. Its Constitut ...