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  19 October 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The 25-year-old Kazakhstan-Holy See diplomatic relations Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "For a quarter of a century, Kazakhstan and the Vatican have created favorable conditions for a progressive improvement of bilateral dialogue at a political, humanitarian and scientific level. Th ...
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  19 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch calls politicians to "national reconciliation": "To protect the people before the oil wells" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The "unprecedented circumstances" that the country is going through are "the result of all that happened in Iraq from the north to the south for years and until now". Therefore, this critical ...
• 19 October 2017
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Port of Spain and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Everard Harris, C. ...
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  19 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Among the Catholics uncertainty prevails over the politicians lack of will to resolve the crisis Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are so many things going wrong in our Country while the media seems to be focusing only on politics", says to Agenzia Fides Rose Achiego, a Catholic lay in Nairobi. "Let's take, for examp ...
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  19 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Myanmar needs healing and reconciliation" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Myanmar needs healing and reconciliation", says Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, in an interview with Fides, talking about the situation in the country in the proximity of the Pope's t ...
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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 ...