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  10 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church: "After the elections, new hope for a future of unity in the nation" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We have high hopes. This opens a new era for our country, which we hope will be marked by unity. People are happy and it seems there are no risks of a military coup": is what Mgr. John Hsane Hgy ...
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  10 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination in the education system: a petition to the Supreme Court Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to inform the Supreme Court of hate speech against religious minorities in Pakistan present in textbooks and highlight the discrimination in the education system: with this ...
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  10 November 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 3,000 participants at the III National Missionary Congress: to relaunch the missionary parish Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - With the desire to continue the missionary renewal of the local churches in Peru, the Archdiocese of Trujillo, the Episcopal Commission for Missions and the National Directorate of the Pontific ...
• 10 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Justice and Peace" launches a major project of solidarity across the Country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - To be present and close to the last and the marginalized, to promote the culture of solidarity and hospitality. These are the goals of the project presented by the "Justice and Peace" Episco ...
• 10 November 2015
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Start negotiations to overcome the crisis after the cancellation of the vote in Zanzibar Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations are being held to overcome the political crisis due to the annulment of the results of the presidential, parliamentary and local elections in the semi-autonomous archipelago o ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch convenes a protest against the law on the Islamization of minors Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The demonstration convened by Chaldean Patriarch Raphael I Louis to protest against the law on the Islamization of minors will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, November 10, in front of the Chaldean ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: there is "selection", not "election" of minorities in the local vote Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the recent elections held in Punjab and Sindh, the two main provinces in Pakistan, according to the current system, religious minorities have been deprived of the right to choose their represe ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "There is no evangelization without prayer" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians cannot proclaim Christ to the world if they are not converted to Christ. The heart of the new evangelization is prayer and spiritual renewal": This is what the Archbishop of Singap ...
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  9 November 2015
  AFRICA/GUINEA - A weak monitoring system favors the spread of Ebola Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – A few days ago WHO declared Sierra Leone Ebola free (see Fides 06/11/2015), but in neighboring Guinea the disease continues to claim victims and has so far killed over 11,000 people in West Af ...
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  9 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violence, food insecurity, malnutrition: the population is exhausted Bentiu (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in southern Sudan continues to worsen, in October alone, dozens of children died and cases of violence were recorded. A new document of the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - The dispute regarding the lands of "Kamp Armen" continues Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The dispute regarding the lands of "Kamp Armen" continues, the former Armenian orphanage on the outskirts of Istanbul, expropriated after the military coup in 1980 from the Armenian Protestant ...
• 9 November 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Kribi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Damase Zinga Atangana, Vicar General of the diocese of Obala as Bishop of the Diocese of Kribi, in Cameroon. Rev. Mgr. Damase Zinga A ...
• 9 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "The Pope’s visit invites us to reflect on the values of the nation" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The coming of the Holy Father gives us the opportunity to reflect on those values which are the cornerstone and foundation of our Nation, for which our ancestors struggled and sacrificed their ...
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  9 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Assembly of Bishops in progress: Eucharistic Congress, family and priestly formation Buenos Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The 110th Plenary Assembly of the Argentinean Bishops' Conference, which brings together more than one hundred Bishops of this country, opened yesterday, with a Eucharistic Celebration. The ...
• 9 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - A situation that seems beyond control Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The ultimatum expired on Saturday, but no one knows what the consequences are. It seems that the government is afraid", Church sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi told Agenzia Fides, whe ...