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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The freezing cold weather causes the death of many malnourished children Deribat (Agenzia Fides) - A wave of icy cold weather continues to cause the death of several children in the western region of Sudan. Already a few weeks ago a group of malnourished children did not resist the cold. Ac ...
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  11 January 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - All children, including stateless children, must have access to education Petaling Jaya (Agenzia Fides) - No child, whether or not in possession of a birth certificate, should be denied access to education. The complaint comes from a Malaysian lawyer, a human rights advocate. Stateless childre ...
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  11 January 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Government-ELN peace dialogue resumes tomorrow, the Church is closely following the negotiations Cali (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, January 12, dialogue between the Colombian government and the guerrilla group ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) in Quito, Ecuador resumes. The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Darío ...
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  11 January 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese President Aoun, Maronite Christian, mends relations with Saudi Arabia Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Lebanon Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, began his first trip in the Arabian Peninsula with the first result of mending relations with Saudi Arabia, which last year had experie ...
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  11 January 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Rodríguez Peña’s appeal to the authorities: "Quickly resolve the problem of crime" Puerto Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, asked the state security organs to act quickly in the fight against cri ...
• 11 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi communists to Chaldean Patriarch: thanks for your contribution to national reconciliation Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi communists pay tribute to Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako I, and thank him for his contribution to national reconciliation and for his continuous efforts to encourage the involvement ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei: "Give me the permission to meet with the rebels to put an end to violence" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I need the permission to avoid unnecessary suspicion at various checkpoints that I will have to encounter", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei in South Sudan, to Radio Easter, e ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 800 dead and 16 churches destroyed by the terrorist group of Fulani herdsmen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last three months attacks have increased carried out by the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorist (FHT) in more than half of the territory of the southern State of Kaduna", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Jose ...
• 10 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Ricardo Eduardo Garcia Loor, of the archdiocesan clergy of Puerto ...
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  10 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The National Assembly declares "the abandonment of office" on behalf of the President Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, where the majority of Parliament's MPs belong to the opposition, yesterday declared "the abandonment of office" on behalf of the President of Venezuela, ...
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  10 January 2017
  VATICAN - Proclaim the Gospel with gentleness and firmness Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Here is the missionary style of Jesus, and also the style of the disciples of Christ: to proclaim the Gospel with gentleness and firmness, without arrogance or imposition". This is what Po ...
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  10 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Migration Week: solidarity and recognition of immigrants' contribution Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "This National Migration Week is an opportunity to embrace the important work of continuing to secure the border, to welcome the stranger and serve the most vulnerable - all components of a h ...
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  10 January 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Students denounce an Islamic leader for "blasphemy" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Union of University Students in Indonesia (Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Katolik Republik Indonesia, PMKRI) filed a complaint for blasphemy regarding a Muslim religious Habib Rizieq Shihab, ...
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  10 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Official of Iraqi Kurdistan: at least 100 places of worship destroyed or damaged by jihadists in the Nineveh Plain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - At least 100 places of worship have been vandalized or completely demolished in the territories of Mosul and Nineveh Province since June 2014, when the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) impos ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - Pressure on President Jammeh so that he cedes power, "but no use of force", says the Bishop of Ziguinchor Banjoul (Agenzia Fides) - The West African Countries are intensifying the pressure so that outgoing President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, cedes power on January 19 after losing the elections on December 1, won by Adama Barr ...