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  4 November 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Rosary "for national unity", a prayer that unites Christians and Muslims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Rosary, the Marian prayer par excellence, is today a support for national unity and inter-religious harmony in Indonesia. And it is a prayer also appreciated by Muslims, "especially because, ...
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  4 November 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Violence and insecurity in Venezuela The nation is going through a deep crisis: it is ranked second among the most violent countries in the world, with over 91 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. The State seems to have handed over the control of securi ...
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  4 November 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haitian lay people called to rediscover their mission in society and the Church Port au Prince - (Agenzia Fides) - 180 Catholic lay faithful from all the dioceses of Haiti took part in the National Congress of Laity held in Port au Prince from 31 October to 3 November. The meeting, promoted by the C ...
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  3 November 2017
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The President of the Bishops' Conference: "A church which grows in Malawi, thanks to the laity" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy because in Malawi, the Church is very active at a pastoral level and counts on the precious contribution of the laity": says Mgr. Thomas Msusa, Archbishop of Blantyre, Presiden ...
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  3 November 2017
  AMERICA - Positive peace signs in the continent Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - "Although security in Latin America is still precarious, the first signs of peace are beginning to be registered": this is what emerges from the data in the Global Peace Index 2017 report, recei ...
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  3 November 2017
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The "big family" of a small church under the protection of John Paul II Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Church is very small, but for this reason we feel a big family. We all know each other and are very close. For example, on 8 October, on the occasion of the first female solemn religious p ...
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  3 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - DNA tests to identify the bodies of the Coptic martyrs of Libya Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian authorities have been conducting DNA tests on the deadly remains of the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded in Libya by jihadists linked to the Islamic State, whose bodies were found in early O ...
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  3 November 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops: after critical moments, the elections will allow to make choices regarding the present and the future Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP) will be in the Vatican from 5 to 12 November for their Ad limina apostolorum, "bringing with them the report of the episcopal ministry o ...
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  3 November 2017
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Patriarch Rai invited to Riyadh. Apostolic Vicar Ballin: Perhaps it is the beginning of a new attitude towards other religions Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, at the invitation of the authorities of the Country. This was confirmed by both official sou ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Withdrawal of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia from the Christian villages of the Nineveh Plain Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Peshmerga militia is preparing to withdraw from the areas of Nineveh Plain still under their control, according to an agreement that in the next few hours will see Iraqi troops in th ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian philosophers: "Pluralism and Inclusion in Indian Society" Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - "The diversity and pluralism of cultures and religions in India are not a problem, but an opportunity. Even those who live in the suburbs or are minority groups have a role and to allow them to ...
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  31 October 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - "Presidential elections in 2018": for the Bishops they are possible, for the US they must be held Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential elections are to be held by 2018. This is a point where both the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo and US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley agree on. On 27 Oc ...
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  31 October 2017
  AFRICA/NIGER - Guerilla in Niamey: the testimony of a missionary Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "On Sunday, October 29, the neighborhoods in the center of Niamey resembled the urban guerrillas of other ages", writes to Agenzia Fides Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society of African Missi ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Women's religious congregations mobilize to face the water emergency Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The German Foundation for International Cooperation (GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and the Jordanian Government, with representatives of the Catholic women's relig ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdish President Barzani announces his resignation; Church concerned over the controversy around the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate and the Chaldean Patriarchate expressed their concern for the recent events registered in the Nineveh Plain, the area of traditional roots of Christian communities ...