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  21 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem: "collective punishment" of the Palestinians must cease Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - With each passing day the people of the Holy Land "are losing any sense of empathy, any sense of mutual understanding of our common humanity and common future". This is how the message release ...
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  20 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "This is how we will live the Jubilee of Mercy" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – To carry out a "revolution of mercy" in India, thanks to the daily acts of believers, thanks to special "agents of reconciliation", thanks to the embrace of compassion dispensed to people "w ...
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  20 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church inaugurates a TV channel for children Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The television channel wanted by the Coptic Orthodox Church and dedicated to children is called Koogi TV and was inaugurated yesterday, Thursday, November 19. During the presentation, the spokes ...
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  20 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church strongly rejects the use of the image of the Pope for political activities La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church condemns the use of the image of Pope Francis for political activities. The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) issued a statement, sent to Fides, in which "it deplores and co ...
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  20 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Thousands occupy houses and land, the Bishop denounces the absence of state authorities Merlo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Merlo-Moreno, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Carlos Maletti, denounced the lack of political will to resolve the conflict that now involves thousands of people camped along th ...
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  20 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Need to recognize the persecution of minorities London (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to recognize the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan: says the appeal sent to Fides, launched by the NGO "Global Minorities Alliance" (GMA), based in the United King ...
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  20 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian and Muslim leaders in Kurdistan celebrate together the "day of tolerance" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A "day of tolerance" was celebrated in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Thursday, November 19, at the initiative of local and international organizations, starting from the UN mission in Iraq ...
• 20 November 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Melaka-Johor, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 November 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.I., in accordan ...
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  19 November 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "There are connections between the conflicts in the Middle East and environmental issues" says a Jesuit Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent attacks in Paris and in Baghdad cannot be interpreted as isolated events or disconnected from what is happening in the Pan-Amazon. The climate of war in the Middle East has exploded d ...
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  19 November 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal for inclusive growth in the Asia-Pacific area Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Do not forget the poor and the last in Asian societies: this is the appeal to world leaders, gathered in Manila for the APEC Forum summit (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), by the Church in the ...
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  19 November 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Missionary wounded, his life is not in danger Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – The life of Father Piero Parolari, PIME missionary, wounded yesterday in an ambush in Dinajpur, is not in danger. The missionary, 64, taken to hospital in Dhaka, is still hospitalized but is out ...
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  19 November 2015
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Archbishop Hilarion: France and Russia allies against terrorists "servants of Satan" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Russia and France were allies during the last great war and defeated the Brown Plague (Nazism, ed) together. Now we must together oppose the plague of international terrorism for the sake of the ...
• 19 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Weak signs of hope thanks to pressure from China and Kenya for an inclusive dialogue" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Bujumbura seems to be calm after yesterday’s fighting in several districts of the capital of Burundi (see Fides 18/11/2015). This is reported by local sources to Agenzia F ...
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  19 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Open discussion on the mission in Africa 50 years after the "Ad Gentes" apostolic decree Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are proud and happy of the good news that we have received thanks to the action of missionaries. It is necessary for us to pause on the decree on the universal mission 50 years after its pu ...
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  19 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: participate in the elections and give your support to honest and competent candidates Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and pastoral operators have to encourage "all citizens, and in particular young people, to participate in the second phase of the electoral process". Coptic voters must choose competent an ...