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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new yearbook of the Korean Church also in e-book Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The first is St. Andrew Kim Dae-geon, ordained a priest on August 17, 1845, the most recent is Don Kwang-Kyu Gi, who became a priest on September 24, 2016. Since 1845 (considered the "Official" da ...
• 26 January 2017
  AMERICA/BELIZE - Resignation of the Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, in Belize, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Dorick McGowan Wright. The Holy F ...
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  25 January 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Araucania: final report of the Commission led by Mgr. Vargas Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a public statement, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, thanked the Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Vargas, and the members of the Advisory Co ...
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  25 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The tears of the people and the future of young people at the basis of the dialogue between opposition and government Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The main points to be discussed at the negotiating table are the questions of the people, the tears of the people, what families want to offer to give young people a path with a future", said t ...
• 25 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Mysore, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Mysore (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Antony Vazhapilly. The Holy Father appointe ...
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  25 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Muslim family in Telkeif secretly hosts a Christian woman in the years of the jihadist regime Telkeif (Agenzia Fides) –Government troops found the Christian Iraqi, Georgette Hanna, 60 years old in the house of a Muslim family in the town of Telkeif last week when they regained the town which was for almost thre ...
• 25 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A catechist of Kajo-Keji parish killed Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A catechist of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Kajo-Keji (South Sudan) was killed on Sunday, January 22 in the chapel in the city of Lomin. This was reported by the parish priest, Fr. Jesus Arand ...
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  25 January 2017
  AFRICA/GABON - "Let us say no to violence" urge the Bishops, while the situation remains tense Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "The current situation in our country is very worrying and calls us all into question" say the Catholic Bishops of Gabon in the message published at the end of the Plenary Assembly of the Bis ...
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  25 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi suggests a ground-breaking legislation to delegalize Islamic divorces "verbally" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The divorce rate among the Egyptian Islamic population is growing exponentially, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi suggests a ground-breaking legislation to delegalize divorces "verbally" d ...
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  25 January 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Restore dignity to women and include them in the working world Serang (Agenzia Fides) - The status of women is very precarious in Indonesia, they often remain isolated from the working world and very often work without receiving any salary. The phenomenon is widespread in Pandeglang ...
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  25 January 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No water, bread, fuel, electricity in the capital of South Kordofan Kadugli (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to flour and fuel shortages, since early this year the inhabitants of Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, complain of serious problems due to lack of drinking water and electrici ...
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  24 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Chávez Botello to reporters: "nourish the social conscience, because it is very weak" Antequera (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Chávez Botello, anticipating the feast of St. Francis de Sales, Patron of journalists, wanted to celebrate the feast yes ...
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  24 January 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops denounce "a deleterious climate which threatens to undermine the achievements made" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - National reconciliation, release of all persons detained in relation to the political-military crisis of 2002-2011, redistribution of wealth for greater social justice. These are the indications ...
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  24 January 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - Institute in favor of good education and the care of children awarded in Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Nicolas Barre Institute, school supported by the non-profit organization Friends for Central Africa, was the most awarded in Bangui on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Enseignement C ...
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  24 January 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Denunciation of violence against children employed as domestic servants without pay Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Six out of ten children have been victims of different types of violence in Paraguay, caused in particular by the environment surrounding them. This is what emerged from the complaint of the Co ...