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  15 October 2015
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Food crisis: there are no basic social services Harare (Agenzia Fides) - In Zimbabwe there is a new food emergency. The UN estimates that more than 1.5 million Zimbabweans, 16% of the population, need urgent help. The southern regions are in particular at risk, where ...
• 15 October 2015
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of Bishop of Mtwara and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mtwara (Tanzania), presented by Mgr. Gabriel Mmol, in accordance with can. 401 § 1 of t ...
• 15 October 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Bishop of Zomba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D., General Definitor of the PP. Discalced Carmelites as Bishop of the diocese of Zomba (Malawi). Rev. Fr. ...
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  14 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace and prosperity, the duty of every citizen Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Every Pakistani citizen has a responsibility and a key role in building peace in Pakistan": said His Exc. Bishop Joseph Arshad, Bishop of Faisalabad, speaking at a recent seminar dedicated t ...
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  14 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremists demand an anti-conversion law in Jharkhand Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremist groups have begun a campaign to promote the adoption of a new "anti-conversion law" in the Indian state of Jharkhand, in north central India. As Fides learns, after the news of th ...
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  14 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the block of East Jerusalem feeds anger and feelings of revenge Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The imposition of Israeli checkpoints in Palestinian areas of Jerusalem represents a 'safety measure' that provides no security, but on the contrary increases anger and frustration, and thus ...
• 14 October 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Ayacucho, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 October 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela), presented by His Exc. Mgr. José Ángel Divass� ...
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  14 October 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The wealth of Brazil should be better distributed" asks Mgr. Nicioli Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – On October 12 during the celebration in honor of Our Lady of Aparecida, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Aparecida, His Exc. Mgr. Darci José Nicioli C.SS.R., asked for political affai ...
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  14 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First Mass in Nahuatl: "The Nahuatl peoples are hope" Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time a solemn Mass was celebrated in Nahuatl (the native language) in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City which was presided by the Archbishop of Puebla, His Exc. Mgr. Victor S ...
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  14 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty and discrimination for Mexican minors Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty and inequality in the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCSE) primarily affects child population, since one out of seven children live in extrem ...
• 14 October 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The PMS invite to "put an end to hostility and bickering" and ask for sanctions and compensation Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Central African Republic have denounced "crimes and looting, destruction of places of worship and churches, such as acts of barbarism committed in o ...
• 14 October 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops invite "All work together with the Electoral Commission to have lists of credible voters" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - All those who are called to work with the Electoral Commission for the preparation of new electoral rolls "have to be honest and truthful in their contributions", to win the confidence of the Ghan ...
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  13 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: who defines military operations against the jihadists as a "Holy War" is foolish Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - "I have heard that senior officials of the Patriarchate in Moscow have blessed the Russian military operations against jihadi militias operating in Syria as a 'Holy War': I want to clearly say ...
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  13 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy: bail for a Christian, final hearing for another case Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is good news for the Christian community in Pakistan: the Christian Pervaiz Masih, arrested in the district of Kasur on September 2 for alleged blasphemy (see Fides 03/09/2015), was granted ...
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  13 October 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - 200 children working in the fields have been redeemed Llano Tugrì (Agenzia Fides) - At least 200 boys, girls and adolescents in Ngäbe Bugle, an indigenous area in Panama, have been saved from the work in the fields by the Ministry of Development and Labour (Mitradel). The ...