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  15 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The jihadist of the Islamic State behead three well-known imams in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The self-styled Islamic State of jihadists (Daesh) beheaded three well-known Sunni imams in Mosul in the public square accused of not obeying orders that forced them to recruit young people for th ...
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  15 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Posters on walls in Baghdad to ask Christian women to wear the veil Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – There are posters on the walls of Baghdad, near the churches and in neighborhoods where there are still Christian communities asking women to wear the veil. The message is addressed directly t ...
• 14 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Hundreds of cases of extrajudicial killings Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - There are between 150 and 200 people who were found dead in what appears to be extrajudicial killings in Bujumbura and in the "Rural Bujumbura", the suburban area of the capital of Burundi. Th ...
• 14 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Clashes between the army and members of a radical Shiite movement Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Dozens of people were killed in clashes between the Nigerian army and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, a group formed by Islamist Shiites, in Zaria, in the north of the Country. A ...
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  14 December 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The missing are "legally declared dead": the Bishop say the authorities want to close the investigation Tamaulipas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, His Exc. Mgr. Antonio González Sánchez, denounced that it is clear to everyone that the judicial authorities intend to clo ...
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  14 December 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - About 37 thousand people displaced due to the rise of the River Paraguay Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The waters of the Paraguay River are exceeding the maximum level of 7 meters in height towards the capital Asunción, forcing about 37,000 people to flee their homes. According to the National ...
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  14 December 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa calls for an amesty Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, in an interview with the local television "Televen", sent to Fides, spoke of the last parliamentary elections held on December 6. As a citize ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A new priest in Orissa, in the Year of Mercy Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The new Jesuit priest who will be ordained on December 30 comes from the district of Kandhamal, in Orissa, which was the scene of anti-Christian violence in 2008. Narendra Singh, 35, will be ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai visits Egypt; the election of the President is taking longer than expected Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai carried out a four-day visit to Egypt, which ended yesterday, Sunday, December 13, and was characterized by a busy schedule, not only from a pastoral point ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Agahi", the weekly to give "the good news of mercy" in Urdu Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The good news of God's mercy in Urdu is a tool to give all Pakistani citizens, of all religions": this is what Fr. Arthur Charles, a Capuchin friar and editor of the magazine says to Agenzia Fi ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - At least 17 churches and Christian shrines destroyed by jihadist groups Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - At least 17 churches and Christian shrines have been destroyed, desecrated or occupied by jihadist groups in the Syrian conflict. The list was provided by sources linked to local Christian comm ...
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  11 December 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Children's Village Singers involved in the fight against child labor Quito (Agenzia Fides) - 'Por tí vamos a vencer' is the title of the musical play just presented by the Economic and Social Inclusion Ministry (MIES) and interpreted by the 'Niños Cantores del Pueblo' choir. The more th ...
• 11 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Assault against the barracks in the capital, the government said "attacks failed" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting took place last night and this morning in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where rebels who oppose the third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza, attacked all the barracks in the ...
• 11 December 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Nuncio in Kinshasa urges Central African refugees in Congo to welcome Pope Francis' message of peace Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Kinshasa, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Mariano Montemayor, called on Central African refugees welcomed in Zongo, on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Cen ...
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  11 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Year of Mercy opens in prison num. 39 Moron (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Year of Mercy also opened in prison num. 39 in the city of Ituzaingó, that belongs to the great Buenos Aires. His Exc. Mgr. Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the Diocese of Moron, on Wednesday, ...