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  7 May 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Gangs kill and terrorize, even blackmail those who carry out humanitarian projects Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights organizations and religious institutions continue to be concerned about the increase in insecurity throughout the country in Haiti, according to a report sent to Fides by loc ...
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  6 May 2019
  EUROPE /CZECH REP. - Spiritual retreat and new impetus for the animators of Missionary Childhood Mountain Hatching (Agenzia Fides) - About forty leaders of the Little Mission Club of Bohemia and Moravia gathered in Mountain Hatching in the Krkonoše Mountains for a meeting promoted by the National Director of the Po ...
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  6 May 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D'Rozario to the faithful in Sri Lanka: "We are next to you" Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - "We assure you that we are united with all of you in the sufferings, pains and difficulties you are facing. We pray for all those who have lost their lives, for those who have been injured and for ...
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  6 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Dialogue on the release of prisoners and the suspension of international sanctions are blocked Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The regime of President Daniel Ortega wants the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy to ask the international community to suspend sanctions against Nicaragua as a condition for continuing d ...
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  6 May 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Haifa, more than 5 thousand Christians took part in the traditional procession in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 5 thousand Christians took part in the traditional procession in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, popularly called Taalat al-Adra, the “Ascent of the Virgin”. Along the route which ...
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  6 May 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians and Muslims of India: "Concrete and joint aid to the people of Sri Lanka" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "As Sri Lanka is a country very close to us, together we intend to offer practical help to allow the victims of the Easter attacks to overcome the unprecedented crisis that has devastated their l ...
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  6 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Mgr. Francisco Lerma Martinez, Bishop of Gurué: a life dedicated to Mission Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "His dynamism, energy, entrepreneurship, liveliness and sense of humor were always a joy that infected and fascinated those who met him", writes to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Pedro José da Silva Louro, ...
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  6 May 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "It is necessary to create national unity by managing diversity", says the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I think that the problems in Nigeria have very little to do with the things that we ascribe, but is everything to do with our inability, sheer incapacity to manage diversity. Managing diversity i ...
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  4 May 2019
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Hussein Rahhal (Hezbollah): the decline of Christians is a danger to the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The decline of Christians in the Middle East is a phenomenon that arouses "concern". This also applies to Lebanon, where the decline of the Christian component also jeopardizes the maintenance of ...
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  4 May 2019
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops condemn post-election violence and offer themselves as mediators to overcome the crisis Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very worried about the incidents and violence that marked the vote, for the scarce participation of the population in the vote, and for the unimaginable scenes of violence of May 1st", s ...
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  4 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Youth, protection of minors and migrants to the attention of Bishops Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us make our own the suffering of the country that continues to suffer violence, insecurity, poverty, inequality, political uncertainty, environmental degradation and social inequality", ...
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  3 May 2019
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: serious discernment is necessary in view of the general elections Guatemala de la Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops in Guatemala we support the application of ethical principles according to the Gospel, we do not support parties or candidates in particular, and every citizen has t ...
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  3 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Cyclone Kenneth: "Rains and gusts of wind have turned the landscape into a landfill" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – Destruction and inconveniences due to Cyclone Kenneth which devastated northern Mozambique last week causing about forty deaths. "The rains and gusts of wind at 280 km/h have transformed the l ...
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  3 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Church in Tambura launches the project for a new maternity ward Tambura (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan, because of the civil war that began in 2013, the mortality rate of unborn children and mothers is very high due to the lack of adequate health facilities. The difficult health si ...
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  3 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Mission gave the pygmies in addition to the Gospel, also freedom and dignity, preserving their culture and traditions" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Belemboké, 500 km south-west from Bangui, is a mission of only pygmies", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Federico Trinchero, a Carmelite missionary stationed in the capital of the Central African R ...