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  5 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Controversy regarding the political representation of Christians and the future of the Nineveh Plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Christian politicians belonging to various Iraqi political groups wanted to meet the country's top institutional representatives to focus their attention on proposals and request ...
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  5 May 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishop Dewane to the Senate: Health system must reach everyone Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In a response that came hours after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628), Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, Chairman of the U.S. Bishops� ...
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  4 May 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two billion children, and women live in countries with serious or very serious forms of exclusion Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A child out of 3 lives in countries with serious or very serious forms of exclusion. This is what emerged from yesterday's presentation in Rome of the new WeWorld Index. It is an instrument created ...
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  4 May 2017
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops: "The frustration of civil society is a bomb that may explode" Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "The frustration of Togolese civil society is a bomb ready to explode on the first occasion", say the Bishops of Togo in their Paschal message. "Let us recognize that behind the appearance of peac ...
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  4 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch: In Egypt the Pope has opened many doors. We hope that Muslims will also benefit from his support Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "With the speeches and gestures of his trip to Egypt, Pope Francis has opened many doors: with Islam, with political authorities, among Christians. We hope that now Muslims also take the opportu ...
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  4 May 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - Assaults on hospitals and health centers mainly affect children Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Assaults on hospitals and health centers in Yemen continue to aggravate the well-being of children. This is what civil society denounces which in the Watchlist report describes in detail a series ...
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  4 May 2017
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Scalabrini-Fest 2017: migration seen from a different perspective Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - In many parts of the world walls are being built against migrants and refugees and many lose their lives at the borders of countries that could welcome them. Yet the international community re ...
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  4 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The population is starving, Caritas Caracas responds with "solidarity pots" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Caracas continues with the initiative "Olla solidaria" ("Solidarity pots"). The program, also called "Community Pots", is promoted by Caritas Venezuela and despite the difficu ...
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  4 May 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Myanmar in the Year of Peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Church which declared 2017 the "Year of Peace", "the Holy See and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar have jointly agreed to establish diplomatic relations", reports a note of ...
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  4 May 2017
  VATICAN - The heroic virtues of Cardinal Francesco Saverio Nguyên Van Thuân have been recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was received this morning in audience by the Holy Father who authorized the Congregation to promulgate ...
• 3 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 March 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Mauricio Silva Jardim, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Porto Alegre, as ...
• 3 May 2017
  EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 16, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Luka Tunjic, of the Archdiocesan clergy in Sarajevo, as National Dir ...
• 3 May 2017
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 June 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Matjaz Kriznar, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Ljubljana, as the Natio ...
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  3 May 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II claims his role as "protector" of Arab Christians Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Hascemite Monarchy will renew its efforts to protect the existence and identity of Arab Christians. This is what King Abdullah II of Jordan reiterated during a meeting with Archbishop Justin W ...
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  3 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The situation of anguish and poverty involves everyone", says the Bishop of Los Teques Los Teques (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Los Teques, His Exc. Mgr. Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez, published a message to the community where, in 8 points, he recalls the feelings of the Catholic Church ...