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  12 January 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New Year begins in the sign of unity between Catholics and Muslims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A new year marked by an atmosphere of unity and brotherhood between Christians and Muslims in which the experiences of cooperation and coexistence between them has increased in Indonesia. In man ...
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  12 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Kerala give their support to farmers Kottayam (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Bishops of Kerala - which brings together the Bishops of various rites present in the state, support farmers in their needs and calls on the government not to neglect their probl ...
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  12 January 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For the Bishops: the capture of 'El Chapo' should give hope that crime will decrease Celaya (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, Bishop of Celaya, said that the new capture of "El Chapo", the well-known criminal, head of a Mexican organization dedicated to international dr ...
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  12 January 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - Mgr. Serpa and the prisoners in Cuba: Being imprisoned, “shut in”, is not the same thing as being “shut out” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Cuban diocese of Pinar del Río, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Serpa said that in Cuba there are political prisoners, and these are people with long convictions for whom he has asked a re ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Hundreds of displaced South Sudanese stranded at the border with DRC Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of South Sudanese have been abounding the capital of Western Equatoria State, Yambio, to take refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, where they are deprived of humanit ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Bishop of Port-Gentil Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 January 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Euzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu, Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Libreville as Bishop of the Diocese of Port-Gentil (Gabon). The ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Is the constant insecurity in the east used to sabotage the elections? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The persistence of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group originally from Uganda but still active in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raises various concerns ...
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  11 January 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - MSF supported Hospital bombed: dead, injured and collapsed buildings Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Shiara hospital, in Razeh district in northern Yemen, was hit yesterday, 10 January 2016. A serious accident that caused at least four dead and 10 injured and the collapse of several buildings of ...
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  11 January 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girl kidnapped with the aim of conversion and forced marriage Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - An eighteen year old Christian of Kasur district, Punjab Pakistan, was kidnapped by a Muslim man with his accomplices while she was alone in the house. The parents have filed a complaint against t ...
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  11 January 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian and Muslim representatives visit the Christian cemetery desecrated in Kirkuk Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Christian and Muslim representatives visited yesterday, Sunday, January 10, the Christian cemetery in Kirkuk, desecrated on December 23, with damage to several tombs and graveston ...
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  11 January 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The situation of migrants in Honduras: "It is sad that mothers with their children are expelled" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Care of Human Mobility, an organization of the Catholic Church in Honduras, has asked the US government of President Barack Obama to end the recent raids and expulsions of undoc ...
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  11 January 2016
  AMERICA - Latin America, the most dangerous region for human rights defenders Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Latin America is the most dangerous region for activists who defend human rights: dozens of people died here defending land rights, the environment and the indigenous and homosexual community, a ...
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  AFRICA/TOGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Sokodé and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 January 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sokode, Togo, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba, in accordance with ca ...
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  11 January 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Dengue: in a few months a hundred dead and many suspected cases Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Since the end of August to 11 December 2015 hundreds of people died from dengue hemorrhagic fever. This is what the health minister of West Darfur declared who added to the data 523 suspected ...
• 11 January 2016
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Mgr. Bassène: "Caritas Senegal is at the service of all, because Charity is an integral part of the gospel" Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas Senegal wants to be in solidarity with man and be on his side whenever he is faced with the difficulties of life" said His Exc. Mgr. Jean Pierre Bassène, Bishop of Kolda and President of ...