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  12 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Abducted Salesian priest released: "We thank God and Pope Francis' commitment" New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) - "First of all, we express our deep gratitude to God for the happy conclusion of this incident. We must then thank the Indian government, which put into place every effort for the release of Fr ...
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  11 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - An open letter to Christian leaders: "You cannot keep silent in the face of the spread of Hindu extremism" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We, as Indian Christians, are concerned about the change that we see in our country that, from a pluralist democracy, is almost turning into a sort of reign dominated by a Hindu ideology. The ...
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  11 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic leaders: you cannot rule the country with murders Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In the so-called crusade against drugs launched by President Duterte, extrajudicial killings continue at a pace of about a thousand per month. The poor are those most affected. To understand the ...
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  11 September 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pope's message to Colombians: "Do not resist reconciliation" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us take the first step" was the motto of the apostolic visit carried out by Pope Francis in Colombia, just concluded, in support of the ongoing reconciliation process in a country marked by ...
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  11 September 2017
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishops: "The spread of sex parties marks the moral decay of several teenagers" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is concerned about the moral decay that has engulfed some teenage girls and boys as it was reported of young ones who were involved in immoral activities of sex orgies and al ...
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  11 September 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Caritas Venezuela's humanitarian program to counter hunger and denutrition Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Solid Pots" is one of the initiatives launched by Caritas Venezuela to counteract the food shortage in the poorest regions of the Country, particularly among children, adults and sick people. T ...
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  9 September 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A missionary: "In South Sudan there is an ethnic but above all political and power conflict" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "It is too easy to describe the conflict in South Sudan as exclusively ethnic. The struggle for power, corruption, poor management of military, political leadership, of resources and the lack of ba ...
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  9 September 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cura Brochero inspires priests today Brochero (Agenzia Fides) - The spirit, the service and the mission of Cura Brochero - the holy priest, canonized on October 16, 2016 by Pope Francis – is an inspiration for the mission of the Argentine priests today: s ...
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  9 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - An alliance based on faith to combat violence against children Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - A "National action plan against violence on children" was born in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The organization is part of a network already present in several South Asian countries (Afghanista ...
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  8 September 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad visits the Syriac Orthodox monastery of the Holy Cross in Saydnaya Saydnaya (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad visited the temporary seat of the Syriac Orthodox monastery of the Holy Cross, under construction, accompanied by his wife Asma and other family members. He was ...
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  8 September 2017
  ASIA/MYANAMAR - The Bishop of the Rohingya Territory: "It is urgent to respect human dignity and build peace" Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of the Rohingya today is very difficult to judge. There is no reliable news and the news that circulates differs, depending on whether it comes from the government, the Rohingya or o ...
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  8 September 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Internally displaced and famine: refugee camps packed Dolo Odo (Agenzia Fides) - As a result of the dramatic drought, the phenomenon of the displaced people of the southeast villages of Ethiopia, bordering Somalia, continues. In the so-called Somali region of the Country, w ...
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  8 September 2017
  AMERICA/CUBA - After a century, the pilgrimage to Cuba's patron saint has been suspended due to hurricane Irma Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - For a century the pilgrimage of the Cubans to Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre has never been suspended (see Fides 9/09/2016). Yesterday, for the first time, every pilgrimage to the Sanctuary was ...
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  8 September 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The history of the Korean Church in the Vatican Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The history of the Catholic Church in the last 230 years is a story of salvation that testifies God's will and works": says to Agenzia Fides, Elisabeth Soo-ran Park, of the Sisters of the ...
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  8 September 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pope Francis: The Church becomes missionary only because it follows Jesus’ attractiveness Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - What moves the church to mission "is not the enthusiasm that burns the generous heart of the missionary", it is rather the "companionship of Jesus in his Spirit. If we do not we set out with Him ...