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  17 November 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops concerned about the consequences of urbanization and unemployment Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ghana are concerned about the growing number of street children, a consequence of the increasing urbanization of the country. In the statement, published at the end of their plenary ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "Christians in Pakistan pray for Paris" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are terribly shocked. The massacre in Paris shook all Pakistanis. We condemn all forms of violence. Pakistan is a state which for years has fought against terrorism that has hit the streets, ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christian women spread a manual on domestic violence Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The manual on domestic violence prepared by the Association of young Christian women in Jordan, drawn up as part of the project titled "my dignity", was presented on Saturday, November 14 in Amman ...
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  16 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The child martyrs of Tlaxcala: martyrs of all Latin America Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) - On November 14 with a solemn and heartfelt celebration of the Eucharist, the Apostolic Nuncio His Exc. Mgr. Christophe Pierre presided over the closure of the Jubilee Year for the V centenary o ...
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  16 November 2015
  AMERICA - Latin American Bishops protagonists of the "Pact of the Catacombs" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 16 November, 50 years after the "Pact of the Catacombs", marks a special moment in the life of the Church, particularly in Latin America, as the Jesuit missionaries in Peru point out in a no ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: fight terrorism without "duplicity" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Time has come for the world to stand united against terrorism, and to confront the reasons of terrorism such as feelings of "oppression, hatred, bad education and fanaticism", with no "double- ...
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  16 November 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The closeness of the Church in Korea to French nationals Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grief, closeness and prayer on behalf of the Church in Korea for the victims of the massacre in Paris: is what Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, writes in a message sent to the A ...
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  16 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Shootings in Bujumbura, also in the central areas Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – There are ongoing shootings in Bujumbura, say local sources to Agenzia Fides from the capital of Burundi. "We heard gunfire and explosions up to 40 minutes ago. People fought and are fightin ...
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  16 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "National dialogue must respect the Constitution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - National dialogue proposed by President Joseph Kabila should be respectful of the Constitution and should not give rise to forms of transition or extraordinary institutions. This is what the Bi ...
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  16 November 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Poverty on the rise in Santa Fe and Chapinero: daily wage and lack of retirement among the causes Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The official figures of the Development Bogota Humana Plan on the poverty of many inhabitants of the town of Santa Fe and Chapinero are not positive. Daily wage or by instalments, loans, and the ...
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  16 November 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Each year leukemia affects the health of 1,200 poor children Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Every year leukemia affects the health of about 1,200 boys and girls who live in poverty. It is actually a type of cancer that occurs frequently in childhood, especially between 3 and 4 years of ag ...
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  13 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - Executions: appeal for a moratorium Oslo (Agenzia Fides) - 648 people were executed in Iran in the first half of 2015 (from January 1 to June 18). Iran holds a very high average: every day about 4 executions are carried out. The average is much higher than ...
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  13 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al-Azhar condemns the attack on a Coptic evangelical church Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Attacks against places of worship "go against the authentic Islamic religion and its teachings of tolerance", but fail to undermine the unity of the Egyptian people. This is how Ahmed al-Tayyeb, G ...
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  13 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - A kindergarten, a language and professional training center for the displaced Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The violence committed by terrorists has aggravated an already very critical situation in Iraq, causing the flight of tens of thousands of people from the Nineveh plain towards Iraqi Kurdistan. Th ...
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  13 November 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The President of Caritas Lebanon after the bombing in Beirut: our country is at risk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The attack yesterday in the district of Beirut controlled by the Shiite of Hezbollah "tragically confirms the threat of destabilization that hangs over Lebanon. If the war continues in Syria, it ...