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  8 March 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The House approves the death penalty: the Church "in mourning" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine Catholic Church is "in mourning" after the House of Representatives approved the re-imposition of capital punishment in the nation. On March 7, 217 to 54 with one abstention, lawm ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: corruption is a "social leprosy" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - "The state of corruption, ethical degradation, political feudalism that the country is suffering from, the prioritization of personal and sectarian interests is hindering the enhancement of the ...
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  7 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A new project to offer more reception to street children Tuxtepec (Agenzia Fides) - The Casa Hogar Chiria, founded over 20 years ago in the territory of San Bartolo, assists street children and with family issues. In order to welcome these children, this year’s project is ba ...
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  7 March 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "The poor pay a high price because of corruption", denounces Mgr. Ulloa during the national holiday of the Nazarene Atalaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel in Atalaya, 250 km from the city of Panama, was the traditional appointment destination for devotees of Jesus of Nazareth, which every year on March 5 g ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The drama of "bacha-bazi", boys kidnapped and sold, used as spies Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - For many years activists for human rights in Afghanistan have been putting pressure on government authorities to take action to prohibit and severely punish those responsible for the cruel practic ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - From the Philippines a gift of faith for Catholic couples in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Raman and Teresita Santiago, a Christian married couple from the Philippines, members of the Catholic movement "Couples For Christ", have arrived in Orissa in recent days for a meeting with ...
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  7 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "People rummaging in the garbage looking for food increases" highlights Mgr. Gutierrez Ciudad Bolivar (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Ciudad Bolivar, His Exc. Mgr. Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. complained that every day there are more and more people rummaging in the garbage looking for foo ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Kirkuk, the political and Christian Social components try to unite into a single Council Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The appeal repeatedly launched by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Christians not to proceed "in random order" on the political and social ground, but to try to merge their forces in o ...
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  7 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Still obstacles regarding the implementation of the San Silvestro agreement; for the Bishops "one must be patient" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not the task of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) to meddle in the internal affairs of political platforms", said His Exc. Mgr. Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of Mbandaka- ...
• 6 March 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kuching and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 March 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kuching (Malaysia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Ha Tiong Hock. The Holy Fathe ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Church is not "against Duterte" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - There is a gap between President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The faithful see the pronouncements of Duterte against the Church and against pries ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister of religious endowements: defending churches against the assaults is part of the doctrine of Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks on Christians and their property are "attacks on all of us". Attacks on churches are comparable to "attacks on mosques", and the defense of Christians and their churches "is part of th ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 10,000 displaced persons have returned home Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "All refugees have returned home!" The news was reported by Fr. Federico Trinchero, Discalced Carmelite missionary who works in the Notre Dame du Mont Carmel convent in Bangui, capital of the Cen ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal of human rights organizations against the crimes committed against the Rohingya Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen organizations engaged in the defense of human rights have urged the United Nations to investigate the atrocities committed by the Burmese army against the Muslim minority Rohingya. "The ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Auxiliary of Juba: "No to National Prayer called by the President whose troops are responsible for the tragedy that afflicts us" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should I go to pray where there is no holiness, where there is no forgiveness? It is a joke to hear the President of the Country calling prayers while at the moment, the soldiers are hunting p ...