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  28 March 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Corruption and fanaticism": Mgr. Baez invites to give light and soul to society Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of corruption. There are many lies, there is selfishness and a lot of greed for money and power, and this creates injustice and increases the number of poor people", said His Exc ...
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  28 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - No agreement for the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements; Bishops withdraw from the mediation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo withdrew from the mediation for the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements, regretting that the discussions that were held at the Inter-d ...
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  28 March 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Free Patriotic Movement leader: an electoral law to get out of political confessionalism is needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing discussion between the Lebanese political forces to establish the electoral law with which to celebrate the upcoming parliamentary election is an opportunity to lead the Country out o ...
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  28 March 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Kafanchan denounces: "The violence of the Fulani fueled by government complicity" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis here has persisted because of the way and manner the Federal and State governments, as well as the Security Agents are handling it", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Bagobiri, Bishop of ...
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  27 March 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - Conclusion of the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the missionary martyr Fr. Ramin Padova (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, March 25 the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Father Ezechiele Ramin, a Comboni missionary (MCCJ), killed in Brazil on July 24, 1985 concluded. Th ...
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  27 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A survey on corruption on Twitter, to allow the community to reflect Bani (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Bani, Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Victor Emilio Masalles Pere launched a survey in which he asked: "Do you agree with Mgr. Víctor Masalles that the fight against ...
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  24 March 2017
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Country is experiencing economic crisis and millions of children do not go to school Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly a third of Afghan children do not attend school and, in a country at war like Afghanistan, this factor increases the risk of becoming victim of child labor, children are recruited by armed ...
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  24 March 2017
  VATICAN - The martyrdom of a nun engaged in providing assistance to women and respect for their rights has been recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree on the martyrdom of the Servant of God Sister Regina Maria Vattalil (nee Maria), professed nun ...
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  24 March 2017
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Government denounces: More than one million child workers Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Mozambican government has denounced the presence of one million and 400 thousand working children in the Country because of poverty and minimum salary. During the presentation of a survey on ...
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  24 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico celebrates: the child Martyrs of Tlaxcala, protomartyrs of America will be canonized Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With happiness and joy we share the news that the Holy Father Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in audience. During the aud ...
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  24 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - After the Jubilee: in search of the "13th innocent prison apostle" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of mercy the community of the baptized in India has multiplied initiatives of pastoral closeness and solidarity in Indian prisons. Hundreds of prisoners have been released or have ...
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  24 March 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The experts alarm: the Holy Sepulcher at risk of collapsing Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Sepulcher risks collapsing if nothing is done to shore up its unstable foundations. The alarm was launched by the same team of archaeologists and experts who have just successfully co ...
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  24 March 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Sister Cecilia: the Bishops launch new initiatives for her release Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mali have launched an initiative to obtain the release of Cecilia Argoti Narváez, the religious of Colombian nationality of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Imma ...
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  24 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - In a liberated Church the 14 "rules of behaviour" imposed by jihadists to the people of Mosul have been found Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Penalties for those who smoke and those who drink, prohibition for women to leave the house if it is not necessary, death penalty for blasphemy are some of the 14 "rules of behavior" that the mili ...
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  24 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Two countries but one Church, committed to migrants": meeting of border dioceses Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released yesterday, the group of representatives of the border dioceses of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, who met on March 21 to analyze common problems (see Fides 23/03/2017) ...