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  5 April 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President Zuma do not be afraid to consider resigning" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Bring the political crisis in Parliament to preserve democracy and social peace, ask the South African Bishops in a message signed by Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Presi ...
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  5 April 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More attacks against priests and nuns; unknown persons assault Paida parish in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From Kinshasa to North-Kivu, churches, convents and Catholic schools are vandalized, looted and attacked by armed bandits, rebels or other uncivilized persons", denounces CEPADHO, an NGO based ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Massacre of Idlib, Bishop Antoine Audo: destabilizing issue, and what carries weight are the interests of the forces involved in the war Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "In this fragmented situation, with many interests and actors involved, it is difficult to be sure one hundred percent of the way things are. But what we know based on our experience, I just cann ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Six months after the hurricane the commitment for people with disabilities continues Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Six months ago hurricane Matthew hit Haiti, causing the most serious humanitarian emergency in the Country after the 2010 earthquake. The situation is still difficult today. In a note sent to Fide ...
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  4 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar condemns the attack in Russia. The Grand Imam: Interreligious dialogue is not enough to stop terrorism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - An immediate condemnation of the terrorist attack that on Monday, April 3 hit Saint Petersburg was expressed by the University of Al Azhar, the main theological and academic center of Sunni Islam. ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Archbishop Leow to Catholic journalists: "Keep truth and reality together" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Be honest in your reporting. Always attentive to truth. Verify facts and value accuracy over speed. As Catholics, we are called to hold reality and truth together": This is what Archbishop ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops' Conference agrees to participate in the dialogue proposed by Cartes Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay has confirmed its participation in the dialogue convened by President Horacio Cartes with various political sectors. According to the statement sent to Fide ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Youth Day to be held in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine Youth Day, which will bring together young people from all the dioceses of the archipelago, will be held from November 6 to 10, 2017 in Zamboanga del Sur, a city in the far sout ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian political parties insist: administrative autonomy for the Nineveh Plain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The administrative autonomy of the Nineveh Plain continues to represent the most concrete political objective of parties and political and social organizations animated by leaders and Christian mi ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Crime helps to increase the number of children who are orphaned Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In the last five years the number of children orphaned as a result of the underworld has increased significantly in Caracas. Although there are no official figures of children and adolescents wh ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Nicanor Peña: "Corruption and impunity must be fought at all levels" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña, has spoken in favor of the investigation by the Attorney General on the scandal o ...
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  4 April 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - General strike called by the opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Residents in key cities joined a general strike called by the opposition to force Congolese President Joseph Kabila to implement a power sharing deal signed on December 31, 2016 to provide the ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishop of Caacupé on the situation: "The authorities that govern us are the real culprits" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Caacupé, His Exc. Mgr. Claudio Giménez Medina, said that "many are guilty of what happened, usually those who exercise authority, but especially those who lead th ...
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  4 April 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture: "Beware of online recruitment into ISIS of our students" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards in order to prevent them from being recruited ...
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  3 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Prayers and aid for victims of the Mocoa disaster, at least 250 dead Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – During the night of Saturday 1 April a huge mud slide swamped the Colombian town of Mocoa. The Mocoa and SanBoyaco rivers burst their banks sweeping away homes, cars and two bridges. At leas ...