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  6 September 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Too many individual interests hinder the achievement of peace; Ethiopia and Eritrea are positive examples", says Mgr. Hiiboro Kussala Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There are still too many individual interests that hinder the full achievement of the peace agreement", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Barani Edward Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, ...
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  6 September 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: the new government must guarantee freedom and limit religious discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The new government in Pakistan aims at creating a social state according to the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (the founder of Pakistan), in which the state is responsible for educat ...
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  6 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian priest kidnapped on September 1 has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Christopher Ogaga, pastor of the Emmanuel Catholic Church in Oviri-Okpe, in the State of the Delta, kidnapped on the evening of Saturday, September 1 while traveling from Okpe to Warri, in s ...
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  6 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - UN Human Rights delegation expelled from the country: "Sad and deplorable". Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The UN Security Council yesterday, September 5, discussed the situation in Nicaragua, at the request of the United States, despite the opposition of China, Russia, Bolivia and Ethiopia, that do ...
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  5 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Salesian missionary missing in Amazonia during a storm São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 3 September Salesian missionary Norberto Hohenscherer disappeared while he was traveling alone on his canoe, down the river Uaupes, in the Brazilian Amazon. According ...
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  5 September 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Week for Peace re-launches dialogue with ELN and the release of all the kidnapped Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Week for Peace (see Fides, 1/09/2018), which coincides with the first anniversary of the Pope’s visit to Colombia (see Fides, 6/09/2017), the president of the Social Pas ...
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  5 September 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Rebirth of the movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue "Silsilah" in Marawi Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - In Marawi, a town on the island of Mindanao made famous by the occupation of jihadist groups linked to ISIS (Islamic State) in 2017, and destroyed as a result of the siege by the army of Manila, ...
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  5 September 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Crisis of Catholic schools, the Maronite Patriarch: politicians lead the Country to paralysis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the start of the new school year, for the second year in a row, Catholic schools and all non-state schools begin classes in a situation of serious crisis, which has been at the cent ...
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  5 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic priest kidnapped in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest kidnapped in southern Nigeria. Father Christopher Ogaga was taken Saturday evening as he traveled from Okpe to Warri, where he was scheduled to celebrate Mass at Mother of ...
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  5 September 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Witnessing the Gospel in a nation with an Islamic majority: the Church's mission in Bangladesh Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bangladesh reiterates its mission of witnessing the Gospel in a Muslim majority country: this is what emerged from the meeting that saw the gathering of Bishops, priests, nu ...
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  4 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Migration routes and the scourge of trafficking in the Amazon are increasing Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - Speaking of trafficking, the first attitude to be taken "is to put yourself in the shoes of victims". In reality, trafficking is a violation of human dignity and rights, a commodification of life ...
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  4 September 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The balance between religious policies and "cult of the state" is at the basis of tolerance Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "In Kazakhstan, the principle of religious tolerance is at the basis of the constitution of the State. Kazakh cities are teeming with magnificent mosques and Orthodox churches harmoniously living ...
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  4 September 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Collective Marriage" for 41 couples at the Maronite patriarchal headquarters Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 41 Maronite Christian couples on Sunday 2 September celebrated the sacrament of marriage together in Bkerké, at the headquarters of the Maronite Patriarchate, in the now traditional ...
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  4 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest gives sermon in Kerala mosque: "Thank you for the aid after the floods" Vechoor (Agenzia Fides) - An Indian Catholic priest spoke to an assembly of the Muslim faithful gathered in a mosque for Friday prayers, thanking them for humanitarian aid received after the recent floods in Kerala. As F ...
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  4 September 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Another human rights defender murdered in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Human rights defenders in Uvira and Fizi, in South Kivu are appalled by the brutal murder of their colleague Masumbuko Birindwa, called Aimable, a very active and highly experienced human righ ...