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  12 March 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The local government repairs damaged church in Palembang Palembang (Agenzia Fides) - In a mainly Muslim area the local government, composed of Muslim administrators has allotted funds to repair a Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Zacharias, damaged by vandals during the ni ...
• 12 March 2018
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Menongue resigns Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis accepted today the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Menongue (Angola), presented by Bishop Mário Lukunde. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 1 ...
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  12 March 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA- Elections won by right wing contrary to negotiations for peace Bogotà (Agencia Fides) – General elections in Colombia, held Sunday 11 March, saw a clear win for right wing Parties which openly oppose peace talks tabled with guerrilla groups of Marxist matrix. According to fir ...
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  12 March 2018
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Healthcare costs: Comboni sisters provide free medical care for women refugees Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In Sudan healthcare is costly and in every state hospital in Khartoum the capital of Sudan, everything has a price: first aid, medicines, drips, syringes bandages; medical tests, admittance � ...
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  12 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Declaration of religious belief on official documents: a hard blow for religious minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The High Court of Islamabad has sentenced that citizens must declare their religion before applying for jobs in the state administration, civil service, armed forces, or the judiciary. The C ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Msgr. Dal Toso: "the primacy of the mission consists in listening to the Word of God" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot proclaim the Word of God if we do not first receive it with an open heart. For this reason, even for us today, the first commandment is, “Listen Israel”, as we heard in the Gosp ...
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  9 March 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Bauchi: "Leave politics aside. Bring the abducted girls back home", Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "My call is for the government to leave politics aside and bring back these girls: leave politics and protect lives. You do not politicize life, for Christ’s sake", said His Exc. Mgr. Hilary Nan ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women entrepreneurs increase with the help of Caritas Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Accompanying Pakistani women along the path of forming an entrepreneurial mindset and starting their own small or medium-sized enterprises: this is the goal of Caritas Pakistan which in Karachi ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate: "to vote is a duty" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The participation in the upcoming political elections, scheduled for May 12, represents "a national and moral duty" and an opportunity to advance Iraq on the path of democracy, stability and j ...
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  9 March 2018
  AFRICA - Women, milestone of the Church in Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "One thing that cannot be ignored, when we speak of the African Church, is that, if the Holy Spirit is the invisible force of the Church of Africa, women, without a doubt, are the tangible force. W ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - "24 Hours for the Lord": Chinese Catholics join the Pope and the universal Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Despite being a working day, the parish of the Holy Trinity, in the city of Jiu Jiang, Jiang Xi province, in mainland China, is crowded with faithful of all ages since this morning, March 9th: n ...
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  8 March 2018
  AMERICA - Catholic female journalists: a voice in the fight against injustice Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The condition of women in Latin America shows a deficit in respect of rights, social inclusion and equal opportunities, despite the progress made; it is the task of the Catholic press to keep atten ...
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  8 March 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Promotion of African woman: Harambee Award 2018 to a Nigerian doctor Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian activist Ebele Okoye received, this year the Harambee Award 2018 to the Promotion and Equality of African Women, created by the Catholic association Harambee Africa International onl ...
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  8 March 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians: a renewed commitment to peace in the Korean peninsula Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders, social workers, human rights activists, leaders of civil society organizations renew their commitment to peace in the Korean peninsula: this is one of the messages underlined at ...
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  8 March 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: no interference of security services in political elections Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral process that will lead Lebanon to vote on 6 May to renew the composition of the national parliamentary assembly must guarantee free and independent elections, and must be defended a ...