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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Cordoba comments the new law: "Donating an organ does not contradict the Catholic doctrine, but we must be vigilant" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Law n. 1805, passed by Congress last August and recently ratified, establishes organ donation in Colombia as mandatory. "There is nothing wrong in it" said His Exc. Mgr. Juan Vicente Cordoba Vill ...
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  16 February 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marian Congress in Cebu: "Faith affects life" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian Congress dedicated to the Jubilee of the Mother of Perpetual Help, which opens in Cebu city in the sanctuary run by the Redemptorist Fathers, will not only be dedicated to spiritual them ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Mexico without child labor": only 14 companies out of 4000 respect this trademark Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - According to information distributed by the Secretariat of Labor and Social Security, in Zacatecas, there are about 49 thousand 300 child workers under 15 years of age. According to statistics ...
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  16 February 2017
  AFRICA - February 16 important date for Christians and democracy in the DRC and Uganda Rome (Agenzia Fides) - February 16 is an important day for Christians in Africa. On 16 February 1977, Anglican Archbishop Janani Luwum was assissinated by the military of dictator Idi Amin, his body placed in mangled car ...
• 16 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Civil War: 200,000 people risk starvation in the State of Amadi Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 200,000 civilians are in urgent need of humanitarian aid in the State of Amadi in South Sudan. This is what State Governor, Joseph Ngere Pachiko told Radio Tamazuj, stating that the reser ...
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  16 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate disowns Christian members of paramilitary groups threatening revenge against Sunnis Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Mr. Ryan Salem who yesterday appeared in a television program to assert that Iraqi Christians are also present in Mosul to fight and take revenge on Sunni Muslims, "has nothing to do with the Chri ...
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  15 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack in Lahore, the Bishops: immediately an action plan against terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to implement a national action plan against terrorism, that has to be "the top priority of the government if one wants to eradicate terrorism and extremism from the country": is wh ...
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  15 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The children of the peninsula of La Guajira forced to leave school in order to survive with the sale of fuel Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - In the Venezuelan peninsula of La Guajira smuggling fuel is an alternative for survival that in particular sees children involved. From 8 in the morning thousands of young children start to wo ...
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  15 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Young Muslim volunteers clean up the church of the Virgin Mary in Mosul, former base of jihadists Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - About thirty young people, belonging to an organization of civilian volunteers, mostly Muslims, cleaned and tidied the Chaldean church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in Drakziliya, in Mosul on the ...
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  15 February 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops meeting at the border: "It is necessary to adopt government policies which respect the basic human rights of migrants" Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) - "Over the years we have seen the pain caused by a broken immigration system, by structural policies and economic conditions, that generate threats, deportations, impunity and extreme violenc ...
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  15 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Anglican Bishop: "Soldiers attacked a village and rape women and girls" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - An Anglican Bishop has accused the South Sudan army (SPLA) of mass rapes and violence against civilians in the state of Eastern Equatoria. "We do not know the exact number of women who were raped b ...
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  15 February 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the seminar on Laity and Mission: "When a person feels loved, he opens to the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – A seminar on "Laity and Mission", organized by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) and the International Centre for Missionary Animation (CIAM), with th ...
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  15 February 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Regional elections: Catholics ask for an honest, fair and transparent vote Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "May the elections be honest, fair and transparent; voting is a necessity and an obligation for all citizens": say the five Catholic organizations in a joint appeal titled "Our vote is for the n ...
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  14 February 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Initiatives, meetings and prayer for the sick of the diocese of Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the recent celebration of the World Day of the Sick, the community of Fianarantsoa gathered for two retreats at the Jean Marie Vianney childhood building, in Ambalapaiso. ...
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  14 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Wayuu denounce a state of neglect as the cause of death regarding malnourished children La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the precautionary measures taken by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Wayuu indigenous people continue to suffer from malnutrition. The complaint comes from t ...