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  26 January 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the "evil hand" of "external players" has brought chaos in the Middle East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "It seems that the evil hand has put in place all that was planned to change the situation", causing untold suffering to the peoples of the Middle East. And "it is no secret" that "the interven ...
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  26 January 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - Illegal fishing and slavery: a serious phenomenon which penalizes the Country Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - From informed sources we learn that: "in Thailand there are increasingly numerous testimonies of extreme slavery carried out on illegal fishing vessels that have not docked at a port for year ...
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  26 January 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan: "more efforts are needed for peace in our Countries" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The international community have to develop alternative plans if peace agreements reached between the Government of South Sudan and the armed opposition should fail. This is what the Bishops of Sou ...
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  25 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Armendáriz Jiménez on the funding to political parties: "We cannot speak of many millions when our people are poor" Querétaro (Agenzia Fides) - "It is worth making a list of what you can do with all this money ... Given the abundance of money, I believe we must demand services where there are not any, we must require health centers w ...
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  25 January 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Attack in the Christian area in Qamishli: 3 dead and 10 wounded Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack in Syria’s northeastern Kurdish city of Qamishli, on on the evening of Sunday, January 24. The attack took place in th ...
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  25 January 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Dengue continues to spread: prevention and health monitoring Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - The outbreak of dengue fever, that was proliferating in the Country, has been declared an epidemic and there is a greater spread of cases in various provinces. The infections started from Mision ...
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  25 January 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth Seminar in Seoul: "God loves you just as you are" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "When you feel frustrated, think of the unconditional love of God and remember that God loves you just as you are. When we experience the power of God's love, the world will begin to change", is ...
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  25 January 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Justice and unity, the fruits of the Eucharist Cebu City (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharist has a strong social dimension and requires a "fight against poverty and cruelty": this is what Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar said, who was sent as a re ...
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  25 January 2016
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The political crisis in Mozambique also affects Malawi due to the many refugees Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The number two of the Renamo (the former guerrilla movement which has become the main opposition party), Manuel Bissopo, escaped an ambush in the second largest city in Mozambique, Beira. On Janu ...
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  25 January 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Cura Brochero, a priest close to the people": joy after the announcement of the canonization Cruz del Eje (Agenzia Fides) - "Cura Brochero worked for us, for our human progress" said His Exc. Mgr. Santiago Olivera, Bishop of the Diocese of Argentina in Cruz del Eje, commenting on the news of the upcoming canoni ...
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  25 January 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Even the LRA rebels respect Pope Francis Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Even the LRA rebels respect Pope Francis. When a seminarian from St. Andrew parish told Ugandan rebels that their car and the computer was a gift from the Pope, they did not touch it", says to A ...
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  25 January 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - National Director of the PMS: we thank President Rohani and Ayatollah Khamenei for the end of the embargo Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The end of the embargo against Iran "is for all of us who belong to the Iranian people, a historic event. There is widespread happiness, that embraces all the people, both Muslims and Christians. ...
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  23 January 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haiti's presidential run-off cancelled amid violent street clashes Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haiti's presidential run-off, scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, January 24 has been cancelled amid violent street clashes and political uncertainty. The appeal launched by the Episcopal ...
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  23 January 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO DRC - Bishops cancel the march of February 16 to avoid possible political manipulation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 January, in a letter addressed to all the Bishops in the country, the National Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (CENCO) announced that it has decided to cancel the ...
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  23 January 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: missionary children with a generous heart Huesca (Agenzia Fides) - "Can a child be a missionary?" This is the question at the heart of the National Day of Holy Childhood in Spain which will be celebrated tomorrow, Sunday, January 24. "Can a child be a mission ...