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  16 October 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The clash between Qatar and Saudi Arabia behind the Mogadishu attack? Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - There could be the Gulf crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia behind the Mogadishu attack on October 14, which provoked, according to the latest provisional toll, at least 300 deaths and more ...
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  16 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop: murder of priest Samaan is a criminal known to security forces, not a "mentally unstable" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The young Egyptian Ahmed Said al-Sonbati, who on Thursday 13 October killed and stabbed Coptic priest Samaan Shahata in a peripheral street in Cairo, is not a person who is mentally unstable but a ...
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  14 October 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Central Africa, the strenuous search for peace, in the midst of violence In the history of the Central African Republic, there is a "first" and "after" Pope Francis’ visit. The country ended up under the spotlight of the world media in November 2015 thanks to the Holy Father’s visit and t ...
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  13 October 2017
  VATICAN - The cause of beatification of Cardinal Celso Costantini opens Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 October, on the day of his death 59 years ago, the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification and canonization of Cardinal Celso Costantini (1876-1958) opens in the Cathedral of Concordia S ...
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  13 October 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Peace is built with prayer: visit of the Community of Taizé in South Sudan Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Peace is born from the heart of every man and is built in society and in the nation through prayer: this is the message left by the representatives of the Community of Taizé to the youngsters in ...
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  13 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The "horrible night" of Tumaco: abandonment, violence and death, invisible borders, drug trafficking Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "All these acts of violence and death that have occurred throughout the history of our region, in addition to abandonment and marginalization by the State, have created the propitious scenario fo ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Msgr. Mathew Hu Xiande, tireless pastor and passionate promoter of the study of the Bible Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – In the early hours of 25 September, His Exc. Msgr. Mathew Hu Xiande, Bishop of Ningbo (Ningpo), in Zhejiang Province (Mainland China) died at the age 83. He had been hospitalized for a few days ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Archbishop Takami: "Justo Takayama Ukon, an example for today's Christians" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Samurai of Christ, Justo Takayama Ukon - beatified on February 7, 2017 in Osaka - lived an authentic, honest, sincere, and deep Christian life. He was recognized as a martyr, even though he wa ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Demonstration of Iraqi Christian refugees: We do not want to go back to Iraq, give us permission to emigrate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Some dozen Iraqi Christian refugees organized a demonstration in Beirut on Wednesday, 11 October in front of the offices of the High Commissioner for Refugees to ask the competent authorities to ...
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  12 October 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Reception in the North of the country of South Sudan Refugees fleeing conflict and famine Arua (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda in recent months has faced a flow of refugees out of the ordinary. The West Nile Region and the Kiryandongo District, with approximately 2.7 million inhabitants, have in fact taken in an eno ...
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  12 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Between violence and reconciliation Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the ceasefire, attempts of pacification and the steps towards national reconciliation, violence continues in the southern part of Colombia. About half of the people who were forced to mov ...
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  12 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three members of the Ahmadiyya community killed, three condemned to death for blasphemy Sheikhupura (Agenzia FIdes) - A lawyer, his wife and two-year-old son were killed by unidentified aggressors in their home in Sheikhupura. Another five-year-old son miraculously survived the attack who hid under the bed. ...
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  12 October 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionaries, "anonymous heroes" Santiago de Compostela (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries "are anonymous heroes, they are human beings chosen to withstand the difficulties. Brave and obedient children, endowed with patience and strength. Examples of moral ...
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  12 October 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Bishops of the Province of Bamenda: "We are disgusted by the violence against the population" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfounded accusations". This is how Cameroon’s Minister of Communication, Issa Bakary Tchiroma considered the reports of the massacres of demonstrators in the North west and South West Anglo ...
• 12 October 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Resignation of the Archbishop of Korhogo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Korhogo, Ivory Coast, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Marie-Daniel Dadiet. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 12/10 ...