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  18 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Teachers in Catholic schools ready to strike for higher salaries Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Teachers at Lebanon’s Catholic schools may go on strike this evening Wednesday 18 October to protest because they risk being excluded from a pay rise connected with new rules regarding “sa ...
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  18 October 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES Bishops say temporary protection for immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras must be extended Washington (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to prolong the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras, in view of the Congress’ revision and the possibility of it being definit ...
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  18 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities suffer discrimination at work: study to be made Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “I left my job with a multinational company in Karachi the day my manager told me not to use the same objects and utensils as my Muslim colleagues. I was told to take them home with me and ...
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  18 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - : “The political crisis can be an opportunity for dialogue to tackle the country’s difficulties”. 18 October 2017 political elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The political crisis can be an opportunity to start sincere dialogue on the country’s unsolved problems” the Catholic Bishops of Kenya say in a message sent to Fides, while the country is ...
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  18 October 2017
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - At least 5000 homeless after tropical storm: local Catholic Church provides shelter AMERICA/COSTA RICA – At least 5000 homeless after tropical storm: the local Catholic Church involved in providing shelter San José (Agenzia Fides) – The fury of Nate tropical storm continues after leaving at ...
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  17 October 2017
  AMERICA - A Synod for 9 Countries that involves more than 500 peoples Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The initiative of Pope Francis announced on Sunday, October 15, before the Angelus prayer is fascinating: "Accepting the desire of some Catholic bishops' Conferences in Latin America, as well as th ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer for seven innocent Christians of Orissa who are imprisoned Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is in prayer for the release of seven innocent Christians in the Indian state of Orissa, in prison for nine years. Their names are: Bhaskar Sunamajhi, Bijay Sanseth, Buddhadev ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi is militant-free: now the economic development of Muslim areas is urgent Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Marawi, on the Filipino island of Mindanao, in the south of the country, has been liberated: the regular army resumed full control over the entire territory which on May 23 had been ...
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  17 October 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan seeks to renegotiate national unity Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In politics everything is negotiable, also the way of living together" said His Eminence, Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, in his speech at the 18th annual lecture of the ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - New war winds on the Nineveh Plain Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The "Babylonian Brigades", formation of popular protection militias who also count Christian militias in their ranks, have told the Kurdish militia Peshmerga to abandon all areas of the Nineveh ...
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  17 October 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Plague alarm: the contribution of Catholic hospitals and Catholic dispensaries Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Madagascar, pneumonic plague, the most serious and mortal form of plague, is under way, according to the country's Ministry of Health and so far has affected at least 343 people and has ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Interference and pressure in the election process of the new Armenian Patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – In early October Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian, current "locum tenens" of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, sent a letter to possible candidates for the role of new Patriarch, in the ...
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  16 October 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Commitment to the defense of life, family, democracy: a Church which "goes forth" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) – To commit oneself in order to intervene more decisively in defense of the lives of the most vulnerable, against human trafficking, migration and the danger of losing democracy: is the goal expre ...
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  16 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhists and Christians in Myanmar await the Pope's visit Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Buddhists and Christians in Myanmar are waiting for Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar from 27 to 30 November with enthusiasm. Since October 12, a huge poster has been placed in front of the Cathed ...
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  16 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Crimes against the Dalit increase: alarm of the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The growing atrocities on the Dalits give the impression that India is returning to the age of Manu Smriti when Dalits were treated worse than slaves": this is what Archbishop Thomas Menampar ...