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  29 September 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In Parliament the new law against "hate speech": a step forward Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture of Myanmar has submitted a draft law against "hate speech" to Parliament. The measure will be discussed and submitted to legislators for possible cha ...
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  29 September 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Christian becomes President of the Syrian Parliament Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Hamoudeh Sabbagh ied, 59, is the first Christian elected President of the People's Assembly (the Syrian Parliament) in decades. In the election, which took place on Thursday 28 September, Chris ...
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  28 September 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Share the Journey" campaign begins, to welcome migrants who "too often seem invisible to us" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The worldwide campaign to support displaced people began yesterday, September 27. On the same day, several Bishops across the United States joined Pope Francis as he launched the "Share the J ...
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  28 September 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Economic and social crisis: minors, adolescents and older people in the streets rummaging for food among the waste Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The long economic and social crisis that Venezuela is experiencing and the great difficulty in finding groceries are having a worrying impact on children and families living in more vulnerable s ...
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  28 September 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops alarm: "There is a risk of economic collapse and open conflict if political forces do not talk" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Majority and opposition must listen to IEBC’s (Independent Electoral Commission) invitation to dialogue, and chart the way forward with the aim of holding free, fair and credible Presidential ...
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  28 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - "Is the Gospel needed in Japan?" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "A question remains carved in our minds and in our hearts. A question that Cardinal Fernando Filoni provocatively left us during his pastoral visit: Is the Gospel needed in Japan? Where and how to ...
• 28 September 2017
  VATICAN - Appointments at Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples announced the following appointments: The Holy Father has appointed as Apostolic Nuncio in Gre ...
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  28 September 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church announces a conference on homosexuality. Patriarch Tawadros: marriage can only be heterosexual Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Coptic Catholic Patriarch Tawadros II reiterates the unavailability of the Coptic Church to legitimize in any form, marriage among same-sex, while Coptic environments announce a forthcomi ...
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  27 September 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mapuche issue: clashes and arrests outside the Cathedral of Concepcion Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - At least 30 people were arrested after a demonstration outside the Cathedral of Concepcion in southern Chile. During the demonstrations, several citizens who support 4 Mapuche activists who h ...
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  27 September 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Governor Nawfal al Akoub: more than 1,400 Christian families have already returned to the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1400 Christian families have already returned to their homes and villages scattered in the Nineveh Plain, which they abandoned in the summer of 2014, due to the advance of the jihadist m ...
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  27 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A woman converts from Islam to Christianity: now she and her family risk their lives Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Pakistani woman from Punjab who has chosen to convert from Islam to Christianity has been threatened with death and forced to flee from her home, to take refuge in a secret place and is hiding ...
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  27 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Promotion of health care in rural villages, not "proselytism" Gumla (Agenzia Fides) – The Daughters of Sant'Anna, Catholic Sisters present in the Indian state of Jharkhand, are at the forefront of health care assistance for those people who do not have it, especially in rural are ...
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  27 September 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - "The Church is under attack" denounces the President of the Episcopal Conference recalling the abducted priests Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Priests are not engaged in politics. If there have been appeals on behalf of some pastoral agents, it is in the framework of civil commitment, respect for values such as justice, peace and rec ...
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  27 September 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Church: Public institutions must help correct false religious concepts of reproduction Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - State institutions must help counteract and correct concepts of reproduction that claim to be religious-based, and are also followed by the people. This is the wish expressed in the public speech ...
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  26 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi nominated for Sakharov Prize 2017: the blasphemy law in the spotlight Lahore (Agenzia FIdes) - Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and in jail since 2009, has been nominated for European Union’s high-status award edition 2017 of the prestigious "Sakharov Prize ...