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  1 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Monastery of Bethlehem set on fire, Palestinian President calls the Maronite Patriarch Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese media reported that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai - currently in Rome - to express solidarity after the fire vandalism damaged a part of ...
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  30 September 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Parish canteen transformed into a hall to exhibit the photographs of missing persons Iguala (Agenzia Fides) - The parish canteen of St. Gerard, in the city of Iguala, Mexican state of Guerrero, was transformed into a hall where there is an exhibition of dozens of photographs of missing persons. Most of t ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Thousands of children risk their lives in the gold mines Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Filipino children, some as young as 9, work illegally in mines financed mainly by local businessmen. Children are exploited in precarious pits 25 meters deep or submerged under water ...
• 30 September 2015
  AFRICA - Bishops on the challenges regarding the family in Africa: poverty, war, ecological crisis, contrary ideologies Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The family in Africa is threatened by poverty, war, ecological crisis and the spread of ideologies contrary to family values. This was stated in the Contribution to the 14th Ordinary General Assemb ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic cemetery vandalized and violence against the faithful Belgaum (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic cemetery was vandalized in Belgaum, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The vandals destroyed the tombs and crosses, and also damaged some buildings in the local cemetery. As reported t ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priest stabbed to death in central Philippines Tanjay (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Antonio Magalso, 44, was stabbed to death yesterday morning, 29 September, in the city of Tanjay, Negros Island, central Philippines. This was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Na ...
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  30 September 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - First "regional dialogue" against food waste Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, His Exc. Mgr. Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D., condemned the waste of food on the occasion of political and social events, stressi ...
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  30 September 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church will support the initiatives of President al-Sisi in favor of youth employment Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Church supports the initiatives in favor of youth employment that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi explained in his speech to the Assembly of the United Nations. The support of the Coptic ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Fire at the Maronite monastery of Bethlehem: there is fear of retaliation for personal reasons Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Palestinian police force are carrying out "at a fast pace and with great commitment" the investigation on the fire which broke out in the early hours of Saturday, September 26 in the Monas ...
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  29 September 2015
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "Ilena is no longer a ghetto": ex-leper colony in the village finally has electricity Ilena (Agenzia Fides) - "The village of Ilena, a former leper colony, where we have been working since 1990, finally has electricity in the city of Fianarantsoa". This was reported to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Albert Rainiher ...
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  29 September 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Murder of an Italian aid worker: the Church asks the government to protect security Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We have learned of the news of the murder of an Italian aid worker. We are shocked and saddened. As Catholic Church we express condemnation for the execrable gesture and solidarity to the family ...
• 29 September 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC - Bangui in chaos: the reconstruction of the accidents, towards an uncertain future Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The situation remains tense in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, the scene of serious accidents in recent days. Local sources have sent Agenzia Fides a reconstruction of the accide ...
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  29 September 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Abou Khazen: the choices of the West on the Syrian conflict continue to be inconsiderate Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The unilateral military initiative of France, which in recent days has begun air strikes against the bases of the Islamic State in Syria, is "another episode in the series of inconsiderate action ...
• 29 September 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Thousands of people find refuge in parishes Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fides received updates on the situation in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic devastated by violence. Yesterday, 28 September, cars did not circulate, only a few rare motorcycles. Sh ...
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  29 September 2015
  ASIA - Catholic NGOs: appeal for climate justice and sustainable development London (Agenzia Fides) - To adopt concrete commitments for a reform of the economic and financial system, an essential condition to eradicate poverty and hunger, modifying models of production and unsustainable consumpti ...