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  27 January 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - In the world a person is affected by leprosy every two minutes Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of volunteers will meet on Sunday, January 29, in hundreds of Italian squares, for the 64th World Day of Leprosy (GML) and witness the commitment of the Italian Association Amici di Ra ...
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  27 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "There is already a bloodbath in Venezuela" denounces Mgr. Santana Comillas (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not see why our people have to suffer so much", said the Archbishop of Maracaibo, His Exc. Mgr. Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. with tears in his eyes, at a conference organized in ...
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  27 January 2017
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Rampant corruption aggravates the damage caused by drought Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Drought is bringing the people in Malawi to their knees. This is what Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary says to Agenzia Fides, "the water level in Lake Malawi has dropped a lot. The ...
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  27 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops of Mexico: "pain and rejection for the construction of this wall" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sorrow and rejection with regards to the construction of this wall, and respectfully invite all to reflect on the ways through which we can ensure security, development, work ...
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  27 January 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The commitment of Caritas Bangladesh with regards to coping with climate change Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Bangladesh Caritas is working to address the issues of climate change: says to Agenzia Fides Anjalina Diana Podder, Program officer for Social welfare and community development sector of Caritas B ...
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  27 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the Nineveh Plain; the first funds to rebuild houses and churches have been allocated Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, January 26, a delegation of the Chaldean Church led by Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako I visited the area of the Nineveh Plain recently reconquered by the government army, also welcome ...
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  27 January 2017
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - "The crisis is over, but we need help", says to Fides the Bishop of Banjul Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - "On his arrival in Banjul, yesterday, January 26, new President Adama Barrow was greeted by a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands of people", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Robert Patrick Elliso ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians united in prayer and deed, in the name of "clemency" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Week for the unity of Christians in Pakistan, today concludes in Lahore, with an ecumenical prayer vigil, which saw the four largest Christian denominations pray, meet, reflect and share expe ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - The path of charity of the Catholic communities intensifies for the Lunar New Year Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis’ wish and hope for the people who are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year, is that families "become more and more a school where you learn to respect each other, comm ...
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  26 January 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Religious leaders ask the UN to mediate between the government and gangs San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Lutheran Bishop Medardo Gomez told the press that the leaders of the Lutheran and Evangelical Churches of El Salvador will ask the United Nations to mediate between the Salvadoran governmen ...
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  26 January 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Report of the American States Organization disappoints many, even the Church Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - "The lords of the American States Organization (OAS the acronym in Spanish) are politicians that adapt themselves to the circumstances, they are not defenders of freedom and justice; they disguis ...
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  26 January 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Five young persons excel at the Jubilee Year of Mercy competition Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Every one of you is a leader, every one of you is a winner, and every one of you is unique", said the Archbishop of Accra, Archbishop Charles Palmer-Buckle, at an award ceremony held at the Holy ...
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  26 January 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Peace must be a project for the future, says a missionary Duékoué (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of young people in Duékoué is marked by the wars of 1997 and 2011. In 2016 the first elections were boycotted. In December there were those laws, to which an opposition party f ...
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  26 January 2017
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Drought: Bishops' warning but the government minimizes Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "I call for intense prayers to be held across the country. This is so that God, who protected the sons of Israel in their 40-year journey to the promised land, may look upon us with mercy ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Controversial debate on Christians in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The condition and the future destiny of the Middle Eastern Christian communities continue to be the focus of different approaches and also geo-political controversy implemented by political leade ...