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  16 March 2018
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The director of Caritas Somalia: "To remain faithful to the Lord makes our life fuller" Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - Maria Josè Alexander is a young Mexican Catholic, always attentive towards the poorest and most vulnerable sectors of society. After collaborating in the humanitarian sector, between Mexico, C ...
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  16 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "Despicable and inhuman" attack on a Catholic hospital, committed to the common good Ujjain (Agenzia Fides) - It was a "despicable and inhuman" attack: this is how the Indian Bishops define and condemn the violent acts against the Catholic hospital in Ujjain, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. As Agenzia Fi ...
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  15 March 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkey demands life sentence for the evangelical pastor accused of belonging to Gülen’s "network" Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Prosecutor of the Court of Izmir has formally demanded a life sentence for American evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, who was arrested in Turkey in autumn 2016. He is charged i ...
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  15 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Rewriting the history of India: a dangerous move for religious minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu nationalist organizations are trying to rewrite the history of India: a dangerous move for religious minorities such as Christians and Muslims. The ongoing effort is being promoted ...
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  15 March 2018
  AFRICA/SUDAN - An ecumenical coalition to cope with the cholera emergency in Darfur Nierteti (Agenzia Fides) - The threat of the spread of cholera which is now flooding the central and western areas of Darfur is particularly serious in the villages of Nierteti and Jebel Marra. Contagions continue to inc ...
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  15 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Youth in the Amazon: a daily journey to access basic education São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Living within the Amazon means facing the difficulty of accessing basic education. Education is usually carried out in the communities themselves, where schools, in most cases, ...
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  15 March 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "We urge all leaders across the political divide to support the newly found collaboration so that it does not remain a public relation exercise" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge all leaders across the political divide to support this path so that it does not remain a public relation exercise or a show of two individuals", said the Bishops of Kenya at the press ...
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  15 March 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Youth from unemployed to entrepreneurs, thanks to the Jesuits Douala (Agenzia Fides) - "Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you will feed him for life". The Jesuits of West Africa have taken this ancient proverb to the letter. And, faced wit ...
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  14 March 2018
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: the reform of the Church to transform it into a missionary sense Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us not forget that it is the Holy Spirit, dominum et vivificantem, the agent that incessantly moves the Church to a permanent purification and reformation of itself, so that it goes ah ...
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  14 March 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Filipino government: divorce law before Easter Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of the Philippines led by President Rodrigo Duterte intends to approve the bill of divorce in Parliament before Easter. As confirmed by Senate spokesperson Pantaleon Alvarez, a fin ...
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  14 March 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Church calls the faithful to participate in the presidential elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church is increasing appeals and initiatives to remind its faithful of the "national duty" to participate in the upcoming Egyptian presidential elections, scheduled from 26 to ...
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  14 March 2018
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A future of peace and prosperity for the country, also thanks to religious institutions Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The recent political transition in Liberia, which took place peacefully, is the harbinger of a new period of prosperity, freedom and prosperity. With the election of the President of the Republ ...
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  14 March 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Medical center in Sabou: a hope for all of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an ambitious project that will allow us to change the local situation for the better", says to Agenzia Fides, Dr. Fabio Massimo Abenavoli, President of Emergenza Sorrisi, in presentin ...
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  12 March 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Our prayers have been answered!”: local Christians rejoice over unexpected meeting between President and leader of Opposition AFRICA/KENYA - “Our prayers have been answered!”: local Christians rejoice over unexpected meeting between President and leader of Opposition Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- "The meeting between President Uhuru and the l ...
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  12 March 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - In Ghuta, evacuation of civilians begins. Bishop Khazen says: the method used for Aleppo can work there too. Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – At least 52 civilians, including 26 children, were evacuated during Sunday 1 March from east Ghuta, an enclave east of Damascus controlled by anti-Assad militia and under siege by the Syria ...