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  3 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian President al Sisi meets the Chaldean and Maronite Patriarchs: let us establish the principle of citizenship in all Arab countries Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders, in the current historical phase, have a key role in spreading in all Arab countries, the principle of citizenship, and reject false interpretations of Holy Books and religious t ...
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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violations of religious freedom increase Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against religious communities and religious freedom abuses increased in Indonesia in 2016: says the Report on Religious Freedom in Indonesia 2016, carried out and just published by the ...
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  2 March 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR -Conclusion of the diocesan phase of the investigation into an alleged miracle attributed to Blessed Oscar Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of El Salvador announced that it has sent the findings of an extensive research to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican, on a "presumed healing" attributed to ...
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  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Peter" Regional Seminary in Cape Coast Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, 2016, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Robert Charles Snyper, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cape ...
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  2 March 2017
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux and new baptisms at Easter Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - There is great vitality in the Catholic community in Cambodia: on 18 February after the consecration of the new church of St Peter in Pot hon (North of Phnom Penh), the Apostolic Vicariate of ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The "Declaration of Al Azhar" relaunches the "principle of citizenship" also for the Islamic world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of speeches and debates, hosted by the Conference of "freedom, citizenship, diversity and integration", organized in Cairo by the Sunni University of Al Azhar and the Council of Mus ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More than 31,000 South Sudanese have left the country because of famine Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Half of the expected number of refugees from South Sudan have already arrived in Sudan in the first two months of the year. The statement comes from the Office of the United Nations High Commis ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Are there economic interests of "strong men" behind the assaults of Peuls shepherds? Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Bocaranga, 120 km north of Bozoum, in the northwest of the Central African Republic remains very tense after the attack on February 2 carried out by armed groups of Peuls shepher ...
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  2 March 2017
  AMERICA - REPAM at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to defend the rights of indigenous peoples Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Rights notified the Pan Amazon Network Ecclesial (REPAM), the convocation of the num.161 ordinary hearing to discuss issues related to th ...
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  2 March 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Agreement reached on the procedures to elect the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The summit convened in Yerevan (Armenia) by Patriarch Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to try to resolve the increasingly tangled dispute in place concerning the next election of the Arm ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children fast for too many days, too weak to go to school Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Scholastic abandonment is one of the consequences of the Venezuelan crisis. It is estimated that between 2005 and 2015, 141,823 primary and secondary school students in the Country abandoned the ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign: "Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Fraternity: Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life" is the theme of the Fraternity Campaign (CF) 2017, organized every year by the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB). The "text of the CF 2 ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New cases of cholera reported in some areas of the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in eastern Sudan have reported the onset of new cases of cholera in different areas of the State. According to local sources, the epidemic is under control, civil society organiz ...
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  1 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Lent, time to help Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians in different parts of India, especially in Kandhamal district in Orissa, need constant prayer and support from everyone, especially during Lent": says to Agenzia Fides Archbishop ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Harsh criticism of the Bishops' regarding the electoral campaign Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Honduras (CEH) in a message published on February 27, addressed all the faithful of the Country to offer some considerations on the electoral campaign for the pre ...