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  7 November 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadist Islamic State release 37 other Assyrian hostages of the valley of Khabur Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - At least 37 Assyrian Christians were released today by the militia of the Islamic State, after having been held hostage since last February 23, when the jihadists had captured them during the o ...
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  7 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Historical Coptic monasteries damaged by floods Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Floods caused by heavy rains in recent days that hit the region of Wadi al-Natrun have caused heavy damage in the four historic Coptic monasteries of Anba Bishoy, Al Suryan, Al Baramos and St. Mac ...
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  7 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Bolivia towards the American Missionary Congress Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Cilenia Rojas, National Coordinator of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Bolivia praised the interest and encouragement expressed by the Bolivian Bishops before the news that Bolivia ...
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  7 November 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The program for the beatification of three priests killed in 1991 by the Shining Path presented to Parliament Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The official program of the beatification ceremony of priests Michael Tomaszek, Zbigniew Strzalkowski and Alessandro Dordi, killed in 1991 in Pariacoto (north of Lima) by the Sendero Luminoso terro ...
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  6 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 100th Assembly of the Episcopal Conference: V American Missionary Congress (CAM 5) is among the topics to be discussed Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The 100th Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (CEB) takes place these days, from November 5 to 10, in Cochabamba. In this second meeting of 2015, the Bolivian Bishops must elect t ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for tolerance and respect for human rights during elections Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "There are concerns that the election results will serve to highlight growing ethnic and religious divides in Burma and that a new, democratic government will be hamstrung when it comes to ending ...
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  6 November 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - On Saturday, November 7, 2015: the Country will be declared "Ebola free" Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, November 7 after 1 year and 5 months, Sierra Leone will be declared Ebola free, considered the largest epidemic in history: 14,061 cases registered and 3,955 deaths in the Country. ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Necessity to adequately address the reality of climate change Boyarshing (Agenzia Fides) - The village of Boyarshing, about 300 km southwest of the capital, Dhaka is plagued with water woes. Women queue for hours with their vessels at the only public tap, in a line that moves agoni ...
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  6 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi inaugurates a house of the migrant in Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - On November 3, the Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas, His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, inaugurated a house to welcome migrants. The house will be a reference point for ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Son of a Protestant pastor kidnapped New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The son of a Protestant pastor was kidnapped in the Indian state of Andra Pradesh. According to preliminary police investigations, 20-year-old Issac was kidnapped by Maoist groups. So far, the ...
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  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi threatens the risk of a civil war Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We directly live the concerns expressed by the international community on the situation in our Country, because every day we see the bodies of people killed during the night here in Bujumbura ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: no to the division of Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The prospect of a division of Syria on a sectarian basis worries the Maronite Bishops, who propose to look to the institutional model of Lebanon to try to neutralize the centrifugal sectarian for ...
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  6 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Middle East Council of Churches: unify the date for the Easter celebrations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The path for the Promotion of Christian Unity also involves the adoption of concrete measures such as a common date for the Easter celebrations. This is what was reported in the final declaration ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: more confessors in the Shrines for the Holy Year of Mercy Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrims who come to Holy Land during the upcoming Year of the Holy Mercy will have better access to the sacrament of confession in churches and shrines scattered in the land where Jesus l ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Even Christians demonstrate in Erbil against the law on the Islamization of minors Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, November 4 hundreds of people belonging to the non-Islamic components of Iraqi society demonstrated in front of UN representatives in Erbil to protest against the law that allows t ...