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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Thousands of civilians disabled by the war without any assistance Karadiyanaru (Agenzia Fides) - The decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka, which ended six years ago, continues to have heavy consequences on many of the victims maimed during the conflict, during which more than 100,000 pe ...
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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Local elections in Punjab: Christians say "no" to discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Equal opportunities and citizenship for all, without discrimination: is what organizations in Pakistan and Christian associations, political leaders, human rights defenders, activists and intelle ...
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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A Carmelite nun killed in Kerala Palai (Agenzia Fides) - Murder as a result of a robbery: this is the track that investigators are following after the death of Carmelite Sister Amala Valummel, 69 years old, who was found dead in a convent in Palai, in K ...
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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The European Bishops: a "proper solution" is needed for the Cremisan case Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The European Bishops hope that "the sensitive situation in the Cremisan might find an appropriate solution respectful of the rights of families, their properties and the two religious communit ...
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  18 September 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The National Assembly of Pastoral Care: Renew enthusiasm in evangelization Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) has prepared a multimedia commercial on the Internet that informs and invites the community to attend the National Assembly of Pastoral Care to be hel ...
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  18 September 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops of Bluefields: "We cannot share the violence among poor peasants and indigenous" Puerto Cabezas (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. David Zywiec, Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields (Nicaragua), that covers the Caribbean region of Nicaragua, reported that the Catholic Church, throug ...
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  18 September 2015
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Children recruited have been freed from the armed forces and integrated into educational programs Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - About 400 children recruited by armed groups in Somalia have been released and reintegrated into society through educational programs and professional training. Thanks to a project that the Un ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 60% of children are victims of abuse and violence of all kinds Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Six out of ten Nigerian children suffer violence of various kinds, and a quarter of girls are raped. The alarm was raised by the study, Violence against children, carried out by the Commission for ...
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  17 September 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Crisis with Colombia: "Governments have not done their best to solve the crisis", said Mgr. Padron Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Colombia and Venezuela are brothers and sisters, and peace and reconciliation are possible. People do not deserve violence, what is needed is forgiveness", said the Apostolic Nunc ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Uncontrollable epidemic of measles: 23,000 people infected Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 23,000 people, mostly children, have been infected with measles in the region of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 400 have died. This was reported by the humanitaria ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Un golpe prevedibile visto che la guardia pretoriana di Compaoré non è stata sciolta Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are talking about a predictable coup because the Presidential Guard (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle RSP) which reigned for 25 years, was not dissolved after the destitution of B ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - A church devastated by fire in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Holy Family in Aden was looted and set on fire by unidentified armed men, but according to observers could belong to al Qaeda, rooted in the region. The port city, in the south of ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - To commemorate the "Christian heroes" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To commemorate the Christian heroes who gave their lives for Pakistan: a special celebration was held at the "Santa Maria" minor Seminary in Lahore, which was attended by priests, lay people an ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem: no more discrimination against Christian schools Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The strike that Christian schools have been conducting for two weeks against the discriminatory policies implemented against them by the Israeli government represents a battle to defend ed ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Forcible return for the Vietnamese "Montagnards" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Cambodia has asked hundreds of Vietnamese Christian refugees to return home. According to the UN, in August only 13 out of more than 200 "Montagnards" (as the indigenous people who inhabit th ...