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  24 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Debate to amend the blasphemy law in Senate Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The debate to amend the controversial "blasphemy law", composed of the articles of the Penal Code that punish with life imprisonment or the death penalty insults against Islam has begun in the ...
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  24 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Instrumentum laboris for the 2018 American Missionary Congress is ready Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - After celebrating the two international Symposiums of Missiology in Puerto Rico and Uruguay, the Theological Commission has prepared the Instrumentum laboris which will guide the work of the Fif ...
• 24 January 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father appointed rev. Michael Miabesue Bibi, Secretary-Chancellor of the archdiocese as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bamenda (Cameroon), assigning him the titular ...
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  24 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop offers a donation for the restoration of the mosque Qena (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Bishop Takla, at the head of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Dishna, in the governorate of Qena, has offered a donation to finance the restoration of the historic mosque dedicated to ...
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  24 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Mgr. Ambongo: "The implementation agreement will have to be signeded within the 28th" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Within January 28 the implementation agreement of the understandings reached on December 31, 2016 between the majority and opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo will have to be signed ...
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  24 January 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops on the new public education program Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The basic principles of education in the country should follow the provisions of the General Education Law and the Constitution of the country. Recognizing the many positive aspects of the progr ...
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  23 January 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - "Tired of feeling sorry for ourselves", young people overcome poverty through education Manchay (Agenzia Fides) - "We are tired of feeling sorry for ourselves", said Father José Chuquillanqui, pastor of Manchay, district of Pachacamac, in the course of the Peruvian program Diálogo de Fe. A note sent to Fi ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate distances itself from the Hatune Foundation: "It does not represent us in any way" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch distances itself from the "Hatune Foundation", the organization headed by the religious Syrian Orthodox Hatune Dogan. The foundation presents itself ...
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  23 January 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Rosa Chavez: "Violence is not the solution to the problem of gangs" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, yesterday expressed in the usual press conference on Sunday, his concern for disputes among the main political forc ...
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  23 January 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope's greetings to those celebrating the Lunar New Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After praying the midday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis sent greetings to all people who celebrate the Lunar New Year, with these words: "In the Far ...
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  23 January 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - International Festival on child labor Mar de Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The initiative "Building Cinema: International Film Festival on Work" has announced the opening of registrations regarding the fourth edition of the international short film competition and ...
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  23 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The ultimatum of the Military Adviser of the President to former M23 who have returned from Uganda Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "CEPADHO appreciates the firmness and the opportunity of general Olenga's message of ultimatum to former members of the M23 to surrender to the Congolese armed forces (FARDC)". This is what wa ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: "positive signs" from Islam in the fight against religious extremism Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The expected defeat of jihadist militants and their campaigns of terror provides the opportunity for a real change of pace in Iraqi politics, which aims to build a democratic State based on the ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Young Catholics march for peace and for the common good Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A large gathering of young Catholics prayed, reflected and demonstrated for peace in Karnataka, the Indian state crossed by anti-Christian violence due to the presence of extremist movements a ...
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  20 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Celli will not participate in the meetings for dialogue, an absence that says a lot Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Secretary de la Mesa de la Unidad Democratic (MUD), Jesus Alberto Torrealba, announced yesterday, Thursday, January 19, that the Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela, Aldo Giordano, infor ...