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  10 December 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - "Restaurant of mercy" for the poor opens in Amman Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, December 23 the "Restaurant of mercy" in Amman, supported and managed by the local Church in collaboration with Caritas Jordan will open its doors, and will offer five hot meals to t ...
• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Better health care for the rural population of Cunene": project for mothers and children in the remotest part of Angola Chiulo (Agenzia Fides) - On the 40th anniversary of the independence of Angola, Doctors with Africa Cuamm renews its commitment to the Country with the project for maternal and child health in the province of Cunene: "Be ...
• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of the Bishop of Garissa and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 December 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Garissa (Kenya), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Darmanin O.F.M. Cap., in accordance wit ...
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  9 December 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "The visit of the Catholic delegation to the North is a starting point" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The official visit carried out in North Korea has an important meaning because this time the delegation was composed of a large number of prelates of South Korea. I pray it may be a starting poi ...
• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Even the young Church in Malawi is preparing to celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The dioceses of Malawi are preparing to live the Jubilee of Mercy with great participation" writes to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary. "On Saturday, December 12, the ...
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  9 December 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Two million faithful on the occasion of the feast of the patroness saint of Paraguay Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly two million faithful, according to police estimates, gathered between Monday 7 and Tuesday, 8 December, around the Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles in Caacupé, Patroness of Paraguay, ab ...
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  9 December 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishop of Cadiz y Ceuta asks each parish to engage in a work of mercy Cadiz (Agenzia Fides) - Every parish or religious community has a challenge over the next twelve months. The Bishop of the Diocese of Cadiz y Ceuta, His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Zornoza Boy, has asked every parish to assume a co ...
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  9 December 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Missionaries escorted, but social work continues Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "After the attack against PIME missionary Father Piero Parolari, the police patrol the missions in Dinajpur, and we can go out only with an escort. It is a situation that makes you feel uncomfo ...
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  9 December 2015
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Islamic State Jihadists have hacked a Syriac Catholic parish website Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Islamic State (IS) jihadists have hacked the website of Our Lady of Mercy Syriac Catholic Church, posting videos of Islamic State terrorists beheading, shooting and burning victims alive and thre ...
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  9 December 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Patriarch visits Syria, "a sign of love for the Syrian people" Tartus (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai carried out a two-day visit to Syria, stopping in the city of Tartus, in the coastal region of Latakia. During the visit, which began on Sunday, December 6, ...
• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Fighting in Bangui, after the rejection of the nomination of Bozizé, has reduced Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere that Pope Francis left is reducing many reactions, which until recently would have been violent and are now calmer. Unfortunately, some news media continue to inflate tensions lik ...
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  7 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian teacher denounced on false charges of proselytism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Denounced because she "preached Christianity to Muslim girls": this is the fate of Mary Javaid, a Christian teacher at a female primary school in the district of Pakpattan, in the province of Pun ...
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  7 December 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Anniversary of Caritas Bolivia, at the service of the poorest among the poor Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - On December 4, 1958 the Bolivian state granted official recognition to the Caritas Bolivia Social Pastoral as an institution created by the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB), with the aim of ...
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  7 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Drug is not lightning in the middle of a dark night" says Mgr. Uriona Villa de la Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the issue of drugs should be fought with prevention. Drug is not lightning in the middle of a dark night, but is caused by family situations of abandonment becaus ...
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  7 December 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - North Korea "opens up" to the Masses celebrated by South Korean priests Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - From next year, the South Korean Catholic Church in North Korea will send priests to celebrate the Eucharistic liturgies during the major feasts of the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. ...