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  15 May 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAFRICA - Dramatic situation in the south-east: hundreds of dead in clashes; civilian refugees in churches and mosques Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 130 deaths in Alindao in the south-east of the Central African Republic, caused by armed groups who also attacked Bangassou (230km east of Alindao), where 6 Blue Helmets were kille ...
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  15 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Three Syriac Bishops ask for international protection for Christians in the Nineveh Plain. But the Chaldean Patriarchate dissociates itself Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The widespread statement released on Friday 12 May by three Syriac Bishops (a Syirac-Catholic and two Syriac-Orthodox) in northern Iraq, asking for the creation of a protected area reserved for Ch ...
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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Mary, protagonist of the 2019 WYD logo created by a young Panamanian Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Ambar Calvo, a a 20-year-old student of architecture at the University of Panama, was the winner of the competition for the next World Youth Day logo (WYD), to be held in Panama from 22 to Januar ...
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  15 May 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COST - The protests of the mutinied military continues; in Odienne the Bishop joins the mediation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – In Abidjan and Bouaké the military have taken to the streets and continue protesting by shooting in the air and terrorizing the population. The mutinied demand the payment of the remainder o ...
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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican missionary denounces the situation of peasants El Seibo (Agenzia Fides) - "If the 'Central Romana' (agro-industrial company) dared to destroy the homes of 80 families in January 2016 at 3 o'clock in the night, without an order from the State Attorney, then stole thei ...
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  13 May 2017
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Appeal of religious communities: may law reign in social and individual life Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - Concerned about the climate in Albania, in particular for the absence of dialogue with regards to the resolution of national problems and, above all, on the issue of elections; for the violent an ...
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  13 May 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Church celebrates 25 years of its presence: mission theology course for clergy and laity Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "2017 marks a historic step for the Catholic Church in Mongolia and the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar. In fact, we celebrate a double anniversary: the 25th anniversary of diplomatic re ...
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  13 May 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Recycling sneakers to fight poverty in Mozambique Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - #RUNCYCLE campaign has just been launched in Madrid. Promoted by the European High School in Madrid, with the collaboration of Runnics, the SEUR Foundation and Hello Media Group agency, the initi ...
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  13 May 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CELAM Assembly: "We asked Mgr. Romero for his intercession" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central American Bishops have been meeting for 75 years to analyze social, economic and political situations, and above all to share the aspects of their ministry. Together we faced ou ...
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  12 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The drama of little girl brides Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, hundreds of thousands of girls are forced to marry with far older men than them. This is what emerges from the Investigaciò en Salud y Demografia (Insad) report, where it is esti ...
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  12 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Civil society: abolish the blasphemy law, as pro-Ahok demonstrations multiply Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Indonesia should seriously examine the implementation of the Law on blasphemy and abolish it. The government needs to develop a standard to eliminate religious hatred": this is what the Asian H ...
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  12 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A meeting of Bishops in Reynosa suspended for security reasons Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of insecurity affecting the whole Mexican region of Tamaulipas has forced the suspension of a meeting to be held in the border town of Reynosa, which should have been attended by repre ...
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  12 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Trial for religious contempt against the Islamic preacher who called Christians and Jews "infidels" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil has tried to soften the controversy caused by his recent televised statement in which he defined Christians and Jews "infidels" and their doctrine "corrupt". But the contr ...
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  12 May 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - A priest died in April because of the ill-treatment suffered Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Adolphe Ntahondereye, Vicar of the parish of San Francesco Saverio di Gatumba (in the west of Burundi on the border with the DRC) died yesterday, May 11, two weeks after his release, due ...
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  12 May 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops praise the establishment of the "ministry for the fight against corruption" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The national emergencies that all Lebanon's political forces must urgently face are the fight against the "cancer" of corruption and the search for a widest possible consensus around a new electo ...