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  7 April 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Letter of the Bishop of Posadas: "Christian hope must make us responsible in defending our rights" Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Posadas, His Exc. Mgr. Juan Rubén Martínez, in preparation for the celebrations of Holy Week, published a letter in which he writes that "it would be hypocritical ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Palm Sunday: the first national collection for the victims of natural disasters Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 9, Palm Sunday, a national collection in all Catholic communities in mainland China will be celebrated for the first time. The initiative was launched by Jinde Charities, the ...
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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Landslide in Mocoa: Nuncio celebrates Mass for the victims, aid from the Bishops' Conference Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - According to figures of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Colombia, the number of confirmed deaths caused by the mudslide that flooded the town of Mocoa, in the so ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: the enactment of a new election law that guarantees fair representation of all citizens is urgently needed Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The enactment of a new electoral law that "guarantees fair representation of all citizens on the basis of coexistence and democracy which characterize our political system" is becoming more and ...
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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops on the election results: "Transparency, never violence, peace is in danger" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Ecuador is going through difficult times, which threaten the unity of our country. Peace is indeed in danger!" says the statement of the Bishops' Conference sent to Fides. The text continues: "In ...
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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Road Project" for thousands of street children and adolescents Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - In Montevideo, Paysandú, Maldonado, Salto and Durazno "Road Project" takes care of 1,088 children. The project includes a "kids club", as well as 90 youth centers that assist 7,000 adolescen ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice denied to the Christian victims in Orissa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many little-known and never recounted incidents which occurred in the district of Kandhamal. Justice was denied to the most vulnerable and marginalized people such as Adivasi and Da ...
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  6 April 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Catholic missions of Ngaoundaye have been attacked; the bandits fled at the arrival of the Blue Helmets Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic missions in Ngaoundaye, a small town in the far northwest of the Central African Republic have been attacked. "The news that we have is still incomplete", says Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, ...
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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church in the dialogue process: abandon the request of the re-election of the President San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro, His Exc. Mgr. Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. informed that the Permanent Council of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP) consid ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - At school you learn how to stop violence against women Chennai (Agenzia Fides) – To be committed in ending violence against women through measures to prevent, stop and find remedies regarding its effects: the Franciscans in India have launched a special nationwide campaign ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - A "peace march" from Ankawa to Qaraqosh (140km) during Holy Week, to invoke the end of all forms of violence Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - A march of over 140 km to ask for the gift of peace and the end of all forms of violence will be held during the Holy Week from Ankawa - Erbil suburb to Qaraqosh, a town abandoned by its Christia ...
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  5 April 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops call to vote and ask candidates to avoid "foul play" Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops that make up the ecclesiastical province of Xalapa have invited the candidates of the 212 places in the region to avoid "foul play", unfounded attacks or lack of respect during the el ...
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  5 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The help of the Catholic Church to those fleeing from Venezuela Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - The recent events and political developments that are taking place in Venezuela (see Fides 1 and 3/04/2017) have increased the arrival of Venezuelans in Colombia, in search of better opportunitie ...
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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 ...