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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 ...
• 13 October 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Tension between Burundi and Rwanda: "there is a risk of an explosion in the Great Lakes region" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We risk a war that would invest the Great Lakes region" say local sources from Burundi to Agenzia Fides, where tension is increasing with neighboring Rwanda, after the deportation of a Rwanda ...
• 13 October 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation of the Bishop of Jaffna, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 October 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Savundaranayagam Emmanuel, in acc ...
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  13 October 2015
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Ecumenical and interreligious coalition disputes the government's fiscal Plan San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The ecumenical and interreligious Coalition of Puerto Rico has stated that workers and the most vulnerable sectors cannot bear the weight of the enormous burden linked to the solution of the fi ...
• 12 October 2015
  AFRICA - Ugandan Bishops: "Pope Francis comes here as a bridge builder" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "In a Country like ours where unity and national consensus has eluded us for decades, the Pope comes as a bridge builder. This demands of us to imitate Christ who came to serve rather than to b ...
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  12 October 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church ready to mediate in the mine issue, "no one has to die for this" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is ready to mediate: said His Exc. Mgr. Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, referring to the clashes between workers of the Canadian mine B2Gold a ...
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  12 October 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Children give a smile to other children: relief to the flood victims continues Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy catastrophe that hit the village of Santa Catarina Pinula continues to mobilize many joint initiatives and aid for the population where there are many victims, especially childr ...
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  12 October 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Jigger disease severely marks AIDS orphans Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In Busia and Siaya more than 509 children suffer from jiggers, a skin infection caused by a flea that damages joints and makes walking difficult, they can walk back to school after being treated ...
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  12 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fears for the Catholic headmaster's family Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and insecurity prevail in Siddique Azam's family, headmaster in the village of Pernawa, in the district of Kasur in Punjab, who was beaten by fellow Muslims. The latter do not recognize the h ...
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  12 October 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Pope's message at the forum on climate: "Follow a fair and integral ecology" Tiquipaya (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, October 10 Pope Francis asked the Second World Conference on Climate Change taking place these days in Bolivia, to be guided by the "principles of a fair and integral ecology" tha ...
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  12 October 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Concern for the resignation of the President of the Independent Electoral Commission Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The resignation of Father Apollinaire Malumalu as President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) is raising questions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is about to experience ...
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  12 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Jihad (Community of Deir Mar Musa): we thank Christians and Muslims who prayed for the release of father Murad Homs (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to the Lord and give praise to the merciful God for this gift. And we thank all the friends in the world who prayed for Jacques and for our monastic community, Christians, Muslims ...
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  10 October 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church: it is urgent to save abandoned children and adolescents who have disappeared Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Save the abandoned children and look into the disturbing phenomenon of missing teenagers" is the appeal launched by the Conference of Bishops of Brazil who officially opened the campaign "Let' ...