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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad: "Putin is the only defender of Christian civilization" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - According to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "is the only defender of Christian civilization we can trust". This is what President Assad said in an interview, rele ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Religious culture" exam for Armenian students Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – As from this year, more than two hundred Armenian students who attend schools in Istanbul linked to the Armenian community will have to take a "religious culture and moral knowledge" exam to ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Attack against a PIME missionary Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Piero Parolari, 64, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), was hit this morning, on his way to the public hospital where he was serving the sick. He has two wounds to ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Francis of Assisi and the encyclical "Laudato Sì" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in Pakistan reflect on Francis of Assisi's love towards nature and Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì": as reported to Fides, this was discussed in a recent meeting organized b ...
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  18 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The missing priest's body found, he had been set on fire Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Puebla informs the violent death of Fr. Erastus Pliego de Jesus, pastor of St. Mary of the Nativity in the small town of Cuyuaco, who had been missing for a few days (see Fides ...
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  18 November 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops meeting: Bring the Gospel to those who use "the digital world" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua are meeting these days (16, 17 and 18 November) to examine the pastoral work of each Commission and reflect on the commitment of the Church i ...
• 18 November 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The bull distributed to the faithful of Our Lady of Carmel parish in Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Six hundred copies of Misericordiae vultus, the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy bull proclaimed by Pope Francis, were distributed to the faithful of Our Lady of Carmel parish in Beijing during Ma ...
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  18 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Shooting during the night in Bujumbura Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting was heard last night in Bujumbura, also near the Seminary of the capital of Burundi. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by local sources who have requested anonymity for securit ...
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  18 November 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attack in the northeast while the President denounces: "the army sabotaged by corruption" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least 32 dead and 80 wounded in a suicide bombing in a petrol station in Yola, capital of Adamawa State, in the north-east of Nigeria. The attack is attributed to Boko Haram, the group responsi ...
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  17 November 2015
  ASIASIA/SYRIA - Pax Christi: need to put an end to the support to jihadist groups Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - The new round of international talks to seek a solution to the Syrian conflict, which began in Vienna soon after the terrorist massacres in Beirut and Paris, seems to have started a political pro ...
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  17 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Family, formation of priests, environmental problems: the topics analyzed by the Bishops Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Gualeguaychú and President of the Episcopal Commission for Social Ministry, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Lozano, presented a summary of the topics discussed during the 110th Plenary A ...
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  17 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The victory of the National League for Democracy confirmed Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In the first free elections after 25 years, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi, obtained an absolute majority of the seats: With more than 80%, 25 ...
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  17 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Aggression against Christians to "convert to Hinduism" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremists attacked members of the independent Pentecostal Church in Kohkameta in the state of Chhattisgarh, causing several injuries. The faithful were dragged out of the church and bea ...
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  17 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Parish priest in Cook has been missing for days Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Puebla made a complaint to the Attorney General for the disappearance of Fr. Erasto Pliego de Jesus, parish priest since 2011 of Our Lady of the Nativity in Cuyoaco, in ...
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  17 November 2015
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The Bishops: "We hope these unspeakable acts do not give reason to those who take advantage of these attacks to instill hatred" Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - "Living among the Muslims we witness their conviction and their deep humiliation of knowing that these acts are committed in the name of Islam", write the three Bishops of Algeria in a letter to ...