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  17 November 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Joint appeal of the Bishops of Korea and Japan:"Peace in North Asia is not based on weapons" Kagoshima (Agenzia Fides) - "The current situation in northeast Asia is very worrying. The countries of North Asia are looking for stability and prosperity with their military power, forming alliances with other great po ...
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  17 November 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Mugabe reappears in public; Christian leaders call for a government of national unity Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The hope of a real change is fading between the people of the Country, because President Mugabe seems does not want to give up power", say sources of the local Church in Harare, capital of Zimb ...
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  17 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Multitude of Coptic pilgrims in Rizeigat for the feast of St. George Luxor (Agenzia Fides) – A moltitude of Coptic pilgrims crowded the San Giorgio Sanctuary in Rizeigat, in the southwestern province of Luxor for days, in one of the most impressive celebrations of Christian popular devo ...
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  17 November 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Pasinya accused of "black masses": when politics exploits religion Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The social and political climate in the Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming increasingly tense due to the postponement of the presidential elections to December 23, 2018. And political cla ...
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  16 November 2017
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Let us take destiny in our hands", says a Togolese missionary working in the DRC Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is asking for one thing: an alternative. That is because the reality in Togo has been the same for 50 years, the same name, the same family. The people therefore only ask this: giv ...
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  16 November 2017
  AMERICA/PORTO RICO - Trauma, psychological and emotional damage to hurricane victims who are afraid of the recovery San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - Even after 47 days since the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which in September devastated the Country, emergency has not ended yet (see Fides 2/10/2017). The most serious problem continu ...
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  16 November 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops: profound electoral reform is needed, support for Mgr. Baez Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Nicaraguan Bishops 'Conference (CEN) gathered at the annual plenary Assembly from 13 to 15 November to learn and share the work of the various bishops' Commissions in the face of the social ...
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  16 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian court sentences man to death for the killing of Coptic priest Samaan. The Grand Mufti will have to approve the ruling Cairo (Agenzia Fides). The North Cairo Criminal Court approved the death sentence for Ahmed Said al-Sonbati, the young man who on October 13, killed and stabbed Coptic priest Samaan Shahata in a peripheral street in Cair ...
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  16 November 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The "spirituality of unity" leaves an impression on the Burmese Church Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Myanmar are interested in promoting the "spirituality of unity": says Bishop Felix Liam, president of the Bishops' Conference of Myanmar, to Agenzia Fides. The Bishops of ...
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  16 November 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Justice for the murder of missionary Fausto Tentorio gets closer Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - "There are positive signs and undoubted progress regarding the murder of Fr Fausto Tentorio, and the new investigative group appointed by the government of President Duterte have given the fir ...
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  15 November 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - In memory of Jesus' martyrs: an impulse to change the nation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The death of the Jesuit martyrs and laywomen encourages us to work tirelessly to change the course of history and the country", said Fr. Andreu Olivo, Rector of the "José Simeón Cañas" ...
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  15 November 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "The population is at work and the spirit is high" in Harare, where the military has taken control Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The military has taken control of the key points of the capital: the presidential palace, parliament, airport, bus station, and the radio and television headquarters", says the Commission of Soc ...
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  15 November 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslim Governor of Jakarta criticized at the school of Jesuits Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of the new governor of Jakarta, the Muslim, Anies Baswedan, at the 90th anniversary of the prestigious male college, Canisius College, run by the Jesuits in Indonesia, generated a l ...
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  15 November 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The encounter with God in the city of Kapchagay Kapchagay (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in Kazakhstan I experience every day that every little help, insignificant in appearance, for many people can be a key step in restoring dignity. I have seen vagrants find a job, those w ...
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  15 November 2017
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - After Maronite Patriarch's visit, the first inter-religious dialogue center in Saudi territory could open Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - One of the concrete fruits of the brief but important visit to Saudi Arabia by Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai could be the green light of the Saudi monarchy to the creation of a permanent Interna ...