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  12 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic institutions called to enhance agro-ecological production Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – During a meeting held yesterday, May 11, the Episcopal Commission for the Service of Charity, Justice and Peace, chaired by Mgr. Guilherme Werlang, Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil), brought forward ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: the population in Hassakè is at the mercy of the Kurdish factions armed by the West Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - Tension returns in the city of Hassakè and across the northeastern area of Syria. While the pressure exerted for years around the main cities of that region by jihadist militants from Jabhat a ...
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  11 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Latin American Bishops denounce: "The responsibility for the disaster in Venezuela is Maduro" Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - "Venezuela is experiencing a humanitarian crisis, the government is barking up the wrong tree with the proposal of the Constituent Assembly rejected by all citizens", said Mgr. Cástor Oswaldo ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom to President Moon: "become all thing to all" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Become all thing to all" as St. Paul says in the Letter to the Corinthians: this is the far-sighted and original wish that Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, addressed to the new ...
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  11 May 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - 25% of children are born from teenage mothers, 19 year old women already have two children Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Guatemala records one of the highest pregnancy rates among teenagers in Latin America, and this leads to bringing girls on the path of poverty instead of studying and finding a decent job ...
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  11 May 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Jesuits return the lands of the Rosebud Indian Reservation to the Sioux Dakota (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits are returning more than 500 hectares of land to the Rosebud Indian Reservation (RIR), the Sioux Indian reserve in South Dakota. The operation should be completed at the end of May. ...
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  11 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - London Conference: "I hope in a true international coordination on Somalia" says Bishop Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I expect greater involvement of the Somali diaspora, while better coordination and a unified approach of the international community would be desirable" says Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibout ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Focolare Movement: unity and peace among young people belonging to different religions New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting unity, peace and solidarity among young people belonging to different religions in India: this is the aim of a series of events that the Focolare Movement in India have organized in ...
• 10 May 2017
  AMERICA/CUBA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Sergio Cabrera Angulo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 January 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Sergio Ernesto Cabrera Angulo, of the Archdiocesan clergy of S ...
• 10 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of "San Paolo" interdiocesan Seminary in Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Savarimuthu Arockiaraj, of the clergy of the diocese of Tiruchirapa ...
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  10 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Jesuit: "Islamic populism, danger for Indonesia" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For many Indonesians, yesterday was a sad day. Defeated in the run-off in the elections for the seat of governor in Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Protestant Christian of Chinese ethnicity, ...
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  10 May 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr Olivera underlines: "Reconciliation means justice, reparation and truth" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Sometimes it is thought that the path of reconciliation also means impunity and to leave behind the serious crimes committed. Reconciliation is true only if it manages to reach reparation a ...
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  10 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Criticism and accusations against al Azhar and the Great Imam. But a Coptic Bishop defends them Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After hosting the International Conference on Peace and having reserved a warm welcome to Pope Francis, during his visit to Egypt, the University of al Azhar is shaken by controversy and personal ...
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  10 May 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Interreligious forum: protecting children from violence and exploitation Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The V Forum of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) was inaugurated yesterday, May 9, by Panamanian Bishop Julio Murray. About 430 leaders of the world's leading religions and 60 c ...
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  10 May 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CELAM creates a commission to study the situation in Venezuela San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Juan Espinoza, auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) and Secretary General of the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM) at the beginning of the XXXVI Ordinary General Assembly of CE ...