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  16 June 2018
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Conflict in the Kachin state: new appeal for truce Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In different parts of the Kachin State of Myanmar, a Burmese state with a Christian majority population, the conflict between the Burmese Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has intensifi ...
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  16 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Guanellians close to the disabled, the outcasts of society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - They are rejected by the family. Excluded from the society. Mentally disabled children are marginalized in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For them there is no network of public facilities. T ...
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  15 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The President responds to the proposal made by the Bishops, National Dialogue convened Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua have informed that on Tuesday, June 12 they received the response of the President of the Republic, Daniel Ortega, regarding their proposal to find a peaceful resolutio ...
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  15 June 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church of Orissa is preparing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the anti-Christian massacres Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Indian state of Orissa (or Odisha), in the East of India, is preparing to celebrate the solemn commemoration of the victims of the anti-Christian massacres of 2008 ...
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  15 June 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean patriarch congratulates Muslims for the Eid al Fitr festival and takes part in a dinner for the end of Ramadan Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday evening, Thursday 14 June, Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako took part in a dinner held at the Chaldean church of Mar Korkis, in Baghdad, on the occasion of the end of Ramadan, the ...
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  15 June 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Care and assistance for the ethnic minority Batwa, the forgotten Pygmies Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Batwa, an ethnic group which represents about 2% of population in Burundi, is a community still strongly discriminated against in a country that was torn apart by a civil war until 2005 an ...
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  15 June 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops: "We are worried about the wave of kidnappings"; most of the victims are women Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We note with great concern that there has been an increase in kidnappings, organized crime and killings in our country", say the Bishops of Uganda in their final statement of their Plenary Ass ...
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  14 June 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Caritas Senegal launches a national campaign for migrants and refugees Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - From 19 to 24 June, Caritas Senegal is organising a week of shared activities with migrants and refugees in Dakar, as part of the Global Action Week of Caritas Internationalis. The Global Action ...
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  14 June 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in the Nineveh Plain host Muslims for the evening meal that interrupts Ramadan fasting Bartella (Agenzia Fides) - The initiatives of coexistence and reconciliation in the towns and villages of the Nineveh Plain in which the local Christian and Islamic communities find themselves sharing the iftar, the even ...
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  14 June 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church teaches the values of the Indian Constitution in Catholic schools New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - We need to read, comment and teach the new generations the Preamble of the Indian Constitution in Church-managed schools in India: this is what the Office for Education and Culture under the C ...
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  14 June 2018
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Card. Bo: "The silence of Aung San Suu Kyi speaks of pain, responsibility, struggle for peace" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace in Myanmar is a primary commitment, not only for Myanmar, but for the whole world. It could become an example for the rest of the world: a country in which 135 different recognized ethnic ...
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  14 June 2018
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Comboni nuns are committed to education, integration and religious coexistence Omdurman (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the country is in the hands of the new generations and a good preparation, not only academic, is the basis for building a society that respects the common good. This is what Siste ...
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  13 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A Mass for peace, reconciliation and freedom of faith Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, celebrated a special "Mass for peace and reconciliation" in the Cathedral of Myeongd ...
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  13 June 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church condemns the murder of a priest: "Day of reparation" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation for "the increase of violence and the culture of impunity in the country against the helpless clergy": this is how the Bishops of the Philippines stigmatized the killing of Fr ...
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  13 June 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru: humanitarian aid and sustainable development projects for thousands of people in 2017 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Peru realized 40 projects in 2017 with the support of 35 partner organizations, for 29,500 families, and at the same time, through its two social assistance programs, provided 193,306 peopl ...