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  26 September 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayers for peace in the Church closer to the demilitarized zone Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Young Christians of different denominations (Catholic, Protestant and Anglican) met near the border between North and South Korea to pray for peace and reconciliation. As reported to Fides by th ...
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  26 September 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "No one can remain indifferent". A year ago, the massacre of 43 students in Iguala Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - "No one can remain indifferent. The awareness of the greatness and dignity of each person must bring us to love, respect, promote and defend life in all its expressions and moments, and not to ...
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  25 September 2015
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - The events on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide followed by more than a billion viewers Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The broadcasting on commemorative events dedicated to the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide - concentrated especially in the days between 22 and 24 April - were followed on average ...
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  25 September 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The self-defense "Sotoro" militias shoot each other Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Thursday, 24 September, violent armed clashes broke out between two brigades belonging to the self-defense "Sotoro" militias, often credited by the media as "Christian" militias, thi ...
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  25 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "No" to discrimination on the status of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Reversing the trend on discrimination against non-Muslims in government jobs: is what the "National Commission for Justice and Peace", within the Bishops' Conference of Pakistan ask for in a note ...
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  25 September 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "free and transparent elections" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A free and transparent vote, a harbinger of genuine democracy; aimed at candidates who are building peace, reconciliation, the common good: is what Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon ...
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  25 September 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Proposal for reform to combat the poverty of 20 million children Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, over 20 million children live totally deprived of any rights. Many of these children sleep in the streets, suffer hunger and are exposed to multiple risk situations. To curb the s ...
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  25 September 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Thousands of pilgrims for the feast of the Patron saint of the country La Vega (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of faithful from different villages of Cibao (north), from Santo Domingo and from all over the country flocked to the church of Santo Cerro, a steep village between La Vega and Santiag ...
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  25 September 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Earthquake victims help other victims: the President of Caritas Chile in the affected areas Coquimbo (Agenzia Fides) - "All the parishes in the country, Catholic schools, apostolic movements of all the dioceses are praying for those who are suffering today in the Archdiocese of La Serena. This Campaign aims to ...
• 25 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The control of rare Burundian earths behind the political crisis related to the third term of Nkurunziza? Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Behind the political crisis in Burundi there is also a struggle of influence between foreign powers for the control of deposits of rare earths. This was revealed to Agenzia Fides by sources of ...
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  25 September 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Thousands of displaced by floods which hit the Country Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Heaving flooding hit Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone on Thursday, September 17. It is one of the most severe flooding in recent years, in a Country that has not finished fighting against t ...
• 24 September 2015
  EUROPE/POLAND - Youth Day and the Jubilee of the Pontifical Missionary Union in Poland Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), in charge of the missions of the religious Congregations, lay mission animators of Poland gathered from September 15 to 17 in th ...
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  24 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church alongside the tribal victims of violence and persecution Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Philippines is alongside the Lumad (tribal) communities who today are victims of abuse, persecution, extrajudicial killings: reaffirmed the Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, His Exc. ...
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  24 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five new Franciscan friars to bring the Gospel in the "land of the Taliban" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In an area marked by violence and intolerance and by those groups of "Pakistani Taliban" known for terrorist acts that target religious minorities, five new followers of St. Francis of Assisi wil ...
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  24 September 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Piorno to the authorities involved in court proceedings: "The best thing is to resign, for the tranquility of the population" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - "In order not to feel even more disappointed by its authorities, the city of Chimbote, after condemming mayor Victoria Espinoza Garcia to seven years in prison, the current deputy mayor Julio C ...