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  15 September 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Eight days after earthquake: 90 dead, villages still totally isolated, aid hub: Mexico's Catholic Church Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – A week has passed since the tremendous 7 September earth quake in Mexico epicentre area of Pijijiapan, in Chiapas, followed by 634 after-quakes, which left thousands of families homeless and c ...
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  15 September 2017
  AFRICA/TOGO - “We are seriously concerned about what may come now” National Director Pontifical Mission Societies tells Fides Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is still worrying in a Lomé. Since my return to Togo on 23 August tension is high with Opposition protests” Fides was told by Rev Donald Charif-Dine Fadaz, National Director of ...
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  14 September 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Lake Titicaca: a route without any control for the trafficking of children Puno (Agenzia Fides) - To raise awareness among citizens about the serious crime of trafficking and establish common working criteria between the Church, society and the State in order to reduce these cases that occur da ...
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  14 September 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We are tired of the impunity of guerrillas": protest of civil society in northern Kivu who call for greater security Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Some "dead city days" in Beni and Butembo (in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo) to protest the insecurity that persists in the area due to the presence of numerous arm ...
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  14 September 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians divided on the Kurdish independence referendum. The Chaldean Patriarchate: there is a risk of armed conflict Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - While September 25th approaches, date of the referendum announced by the government of the autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan to sanction its independence from Baghdad, there are contrasting s ...
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  14 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In Parliament the case of the Christian student killed in school Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The case of Sharon Masih is tragic and a shame for the country. It is necessary to act urgently. That is why I have asked all members of the National Assembly to reconsider the issue of the s ...
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  13 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - A Jesuit: "India must be united in the defense of pluralism, against emerging violent forces" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "The premeditated murder of Gauri Lankesh is an unprecedented offense to the nation and causes rage, shock, and sadness. Gauri represented the best of a free and fearless India that respects t ...
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  13 September 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Let us share the journey of life with everyone": Rancagua and the commitment to migrants Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years it has been estimated that more than half a million migrants have arrived in Chile, mostly from the countries of America. Several thousand arrived in the O'Higgins region, at th ...
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  13 September 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious Kenian confessions: "The Electoral Commission must assure a credible vote" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) should focus on the coming elections by ensuring that they put their house in order first. Do not drive with the rear mirror on. You do no ...
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  13 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "Stop intolerance at school; justice for Sharon Masih’s family" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The government of Pakistan seems more interested in school infrastructure and security of buildings than in the quality aspect of the education system. We live in a society where students spread ...
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  13 September 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Marayati: "War is fought through forgiveness" Munster (Agenzia Fides) - "War is not fought with war, but through dialogue, forgiveness, reconciliation, and the will to start a new life and follow new paths of peace": said Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Butr ...
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  12 September 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The killers of Fr. Onunkwo, Nigerian priest kidnapped and killed on September 1 have been arrested Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Suspected killers of Fr. Cyriacus Onunkwo, Nigerian priest kidnapped and killed on September 1 in Orlu, the second city of the State of Imo, in south-east Nigeria (see Fides 4/9/2017), have been a ...
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  12 September 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Congress: corruption, lack of ethics, environmental devastation, call in a "Church that goes forth" Recife (Agenzia Fides) - "The 4th National Missionary Congress was the meeting of brothers and sisters who shared their faith, their struggles, their anguish, their dreams, their hopes. During this time we felt the Holy ...
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  12 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Churches in Pakistan: solidarity with Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and immediate truce Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation of the attacks suffered by the people of Rohingya in Myanmar, and full solidarity and closeness to the Muslim population: this is a declaration signed by the President of the ...
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  12 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Protection of abused girls: the experience of the NGO Suraksha Belagavi (Agenzia Fides) - Rescuing girls sold for the sex market, trafficking, prostitution, child marriage: it is with this spirit that the NGO Suraksha organization, is committed to the recovery, rehabilitation, devel ...