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  31 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Civil society has been taken hostage by politics" denounces CEPADHO Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Congolese civil society has been taken hostage by politics" complains CEPADHO (Study Centre for the Promotion of peace, of democracy and human rights), a civil society organization in North Ki ...
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  31 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Are US borders open only to Christians? "Who makes these differences feeds fanaticism" says Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We Christians of Syria and the Middle East do not like any speeches that make differences between us and Muslims when justice, peace and aid to those in need are at stake. Who makes these differ ...
• 30 January 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of the Bishop of Gokwe, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 January 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Gokwe, Zimbabwe, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E. The Ho ...
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  30 January 2017
  VATICAN - To fight leprosy but also the discrimination it engenders Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 29, 64th World Day of Leprosy, during the Angelus Pope Francis recalled the anniversary with these words: "Today we celebrate the World Day of Leprosy. This disease, al ...
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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "Climate change affects the poor and women" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "Women, the poor and the vulnerable are the first victims of climate change. We are administrators and we are not masters of creation. We have a moral obligation to protect and preserve it", said ...
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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the selective reception of migrants based on religion announced by Trump is "a trap for Christians" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The option foreshadowed by US President Donald Trump to maintain a "fast track" open for Christian refugees to enter the US, while the doors are closed to citizens of seven countries with a Musl ...
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  30 January 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Disarm hearts to eliminate violence in Mapuche lands Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The lands where the Mapuche indigenous people live in southern Chile are caught up in a spiral of violence (see Fides 11/08/2016; 17/10/2016; 29/12/2016; 25/01/2017). A presidential Commission, c ...
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  30 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - One more week to reach an agreement on the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister's designation, allocation of ministries among the different parties of the coalition, the role of CENCO (Congolese National Episcopal Conference) in the transition period. These ...
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  30 January 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - South Africa reassures the authorities in Harare: "we will protect your expatriates against xenophobic threats" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Zimbabwean government has received assurances from the South African authorities on measures taken to cope with the recent xenophobic threats against the Zimbabwean communities living in the ...
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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - A "day for Lebanon" will be celebrated at the Shrine of Fatima Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In June, a "day for Lebanon" will be celebrated at the Marian Shrine of Fatima, Portugal. The program will begin with the recitation of the Holy Rosary in the evening of June 24, and will end the ...
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  28 January 2017
  VATICAN - The Church's solidarity with leprosy sufferers: 612 centers around the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has a long tradition of assistance towards leprosy patients, especially in mission territories, which is expressed not only with medical care and spiritual assistance, but also o ...
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  28 January 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - The village of Pygmies in Ngouma to ensure essential health services and education for children and women Bagandou (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of a health center, a village and schools are some of the initiatives of the non-profit Friends for Central Africa, regarding the Aka Pygmies, which started in 2000 and still i ...
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  28 January 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The first patient suffering from multi-resistant tuberculosis has been cured Lorengachora (Agenzia Fides) - The Health Center of Lorengachora, Uganda, has celebrated the first patient who had been diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and has been declared clinically cured after two ye ...
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  28 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Trump: stop immigrants from entering the USA to 7 Muslim-majority countries. But for him the reception of "persecuted Christians" is a "a priority" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will limit immigration and refugees from 7 Muslim-majority countries to the USA for three months and acknowledged as "a priority" the imp ...
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  28 January 2017
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Jubilee USA Network coalition: Puerto Rico needs significant debt relief Washington DC (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Rico's "control" board meets January 28 as the island's financial crisis deepens. In a January 18 letter, the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico noted that the ...