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  24 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Another Coptic Christian found dead in northern Sinai Al Arish (Agenzia Fides) - A 40-year-old Coptic Christian was found dead with a gunshot to the neck, in the Egyptian town of Al-Arish, capital of Northern Sinai, on Thursday, February 23. The body was found inside his ho ...
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  24 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - One of the policemen injured in the explosion in La Macarena has died Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, went to hospital to visit the members of the police who were injured in the explosion in the district of La Macarena, in Bogota, on 19 Febr ...
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  24 February 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Migration Forum: the creation of a network is essential Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The four actions indicated by the Pope (welcome, protect, promote, integrate) concluded the Sixth International Migration and Peace Forum and highlighted the answer that the entire planet must giv ...
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  24 February 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - #WeAreAllTexas: February 28, Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Austin (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 communities throughout Texas will gather in Austin for #WeAreAllTexas: a Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The event will begin with a march that wil ...
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  24 February 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Tourism of the Hashemite Kingdom focuses on "Christian places" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Biblical religious tourism and especially national "Christian heritage" are increasingly at the center of the Jordanian government strategies to encourage the flow of foreign visitors to the Hashe ...
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  24 February 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New desecration of churches and convents: unanimous condemnation of the Nunciature, Bishops and the UN Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The desecration of Catholic churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue, after the assaults at St. Dominic Parish in Limete, in the capital Kinshasa on February 19, and at the major ...
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  24 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce: "War Crimes committed on the basis of ethnicity" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan one kills according to ethnicity. This was denounced by the South Sudanese Bishops in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, which announces that Pope Francis hopes to visit South Sudan ...
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  23 February 2017
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Yearbook: 591 thousand Catholics in Hong Kong, 5 thousand more than last year Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of August 2016, there were 591,000 Catholics out of a population of 7,346,700 inhabitants in Hong Kong. The Catholic figure is contained in the new Yearbook of the Church of Hong ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "A dignified life for life": in El Alto the only integral center for disabled children El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - Virgen Niña, is the only integral center for disabled children which is located in El Alto, in the Los Andes area. Promoted by the homonymous Virgen Niña Association, the center was launched 2 ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 82% of Venezuelan households live in poverty Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the severe economic crisis that continues to affect Venezuela, there is a lack of food and basic products in the Country. The inflation index indicated by the Central Bank in 2015 is 180 ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa: "We must hold elections, the agreements must be respected" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - No representative of the Catholic Church in Venezuela will participate in the round table for dialogue between the government and the opposition, until the electoral path announced last year is ...
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  23 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Peace Center: "The answer to terrorism is unity" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Our response to terrorism is unity. We will continue to promote peace, justice, harmony with all men and women of good will in Pakistan, in the face of the terrorist threat that has bloodied the ...
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  23 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - After the jihadist threat, two Coptic Christians killed in Sinai Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Two Coptic Christians were found murdered on Wednesday, February 22 in North Sinai peninsula, after a video message announcing new attacks presumably by Jihadists against the Christian community h ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Human rights: in Mexico and Central America a sad record of violations Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The Annual Report 2016 of Amnesty International was presented yesterday, February 22, which states that in 2016 there was an acceleration of the human rights crisis in Latin America. Countr ...
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  23 February 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Ghana to be re-consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Francis has confirmed Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello as his Envoy to preside over the Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Vespers for the re-consecration of Ghana to the Sacred Heart of J ...