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  13 January 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - President Abbas will inaugurate the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 14 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican and inaugurate the new Palestinian embassy to the Holy See, situated ...
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  13 January 2017
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: "The time of mercy for Cambodia starts now" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "How many times this year, in our Vicariate, I saw God in the faces of children and in your faces! Once again, these days, I have seen God in our midst many times: I saw him in the few faithf ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - For the February elections Bishops call for "a moral regeneration of politics" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - A little more than a month before the presidential elections to be held on February 19, 2017 (see Fides 24/10/2016), the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference issued a pastoral letter, sent to Agenzia Fi ...
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  13 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - One must overcome the ambiguity of the New Year’s Eve Agreement Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement on New Year's Eve to get the Democratic Republic of Congo out of the political crisis for the lost presidential elections (see Fides 03/01/2017), has positive aspects but also pre ...
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  13 January 2017
  AFRICA/CHAD - The Bishops: "The Country is in crisis, but we must resist the temptation of discouragement and violence" N'Djamena (Agemzia Fides) - Chad is going through a very difficult time because "of disputes on the presidential election management, the non-payment of wages and the austerity measures taken by the government to tackle ...
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  13 January 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - Look at the face of children to really understand the phenomenon of migration today Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope has given this World Day for Migrants and Refugees a key to important reflection that passes through migrant children. We must look at them in order to truly understand the phenomenon of ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - On mission in canoe at the Amazon borders Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - For 6 months a lay Ecuadorean, who has chosen to support one of the works of the traveling group of the Society of Jesuits in the Amazon has been committed to doing voluntary work at the triple ...
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  12 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New developments and projects for the revival of the "Way of the Holy Family" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The revival of the "Way of the Holy Family", an itinerary to make pilgrimages to the places that, according to ancient local traditions, were crossed by the Holy Family during their exile in Egypt ...
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  12 January 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics know the plight of the Rohingya, but cannot help them Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - While Korean Yanghee Lee, Special United Nations Rapporteur on the situation of human rights is in Myanmar, for a visit from 9 to 20 January, the serious humanitarian situation of the Muslim minori ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Foundations committed to the eradication of child labor Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Don Bosco and the Salesians projects, identified as foundations, support atypical families in Ecuador in which children are forced to work. In 2016, in Tungurahua, 200 children were welcomed ...
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  12 January 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - The death toll among children due to armed conflict worsens Naham (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Yemen began in 2014 and has intensified since the military coalition led by Riad in favor of the president, Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi intervened. Since March 2015, the Country has recorded ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Navarro: "We must not remain silent but commit ourselves with our history" Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - During the traditional "Rosca de Reyes", a cake to share to celebrate Epiphany, held in the Bishop’s offices of the Diocese of Zamora (Michoacán, Mexico), was also attended by media representa ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops prepare World Youth Day 2019 Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP) is underway. The Assembly began on Monday, January 9 and will end on Friday 13 in Clayton. The central theme is the prepa ...
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  12 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Give dialogue a chance", say the Bishops after the promulgation of the election amendment Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Give dialogue a chance" ask the Bishops of Kenya in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides in the aftermath of the promulgation, by President Uhuru Kenyatta, of the disputed election amendment law. ...
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  12 January 2017
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - The number of "selective" abortions increases Erevan (Agenzia Fides) – In Armenia, a Country strongly characterized by the link with its cultural and spiritual traditions, there is the third highest global rate of selective abortions motivated by sex of the unborn ...