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  21 December 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Solidarity of the Diocese of Cuautitlan for the fireworks market explosion Tultepec (Agenzia Fides) - "We join all market workers of San Pablito in Tultepec in this tragedy", writes the Bishop of Cuautitlan, His Exc. Mgr. Guillermo Ortiz Mondragón, expressing solidarity with the victims of the ...
• 21 December 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in the Delta region Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest, Fr. Jude Onyebadi, pastor of the church of St. Peter and Paul in Issele-Azagba, in the Delta region in the south of the Country has been kidnapped in Nigeria. According to ...
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  21 December 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians celebrate the Prophet’s birthday, the Muslims celebrate Christmas Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue and good Muslim-Christian relations are also built with the mutual participation in the major holidays of the respective religions. It so happens that the Lahore Franciscans celebrated P ...
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  21 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two human right activists kidnapped, a third seriously injured, in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Serious violence against three activists of civil society in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The three women are part of the Coalition des femmes pour la protection des droits ...
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  20 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The solution is not barbarism": the Archbishop of Ciudad Bolivar after the violence and ransacking Ciudad Bolivar (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly believe that the solution is not barbarism, acts of vandalism and irrationality. We can solve our conflicts in a civilized, peaceful and democratic framework. Violence is the ...
• 20 December 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Yurimaguas and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 December 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas (Peru), by His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde ...
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  20 December 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Central American migrants "seek accommodation" together with the Bishops El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 30 Central American migrants were special guests of the "Posada Sin Fronteras", which was organized by the Diocese of El Paso (Texas) and Las Cruces (New Mexico), last weekend. To lo ...
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  20 December 2016
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "A Doctor at home" initiative in favor of the most vulnerable Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The health initiatives in Mexico City, called "Médico en tu casa" and "Cunas CDMX", were presented to the Ministry of Health (Minsa) authorities of Panama that wants to put them in place i ...
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  20 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Clashes in Lubumbashi; "a girl killed and a parish looted " according to local sources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The people, especially in the suburbs, took to the streets to protest. There were clashes with the police, with gunfire. We have news of a student who was killed by a stray bullet. Cars were s ...
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  20 December 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Archbishop Pizzaballa: the law to 'silence' mosques would represent a "dangerous precedent" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM, Apostolic Administrator of the vacant see of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, expressed his disapproval regarding the project supported by the Israe ...
• 20 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishops of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 December 2016 the Holy Father appointed rev. Allwyn D'Silva, Episcopal Vicar of Bombay, and rev. Barthol Barretto, of the clergy of Mumbai, parish priest and Vicar Forane as auxiliary ...
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  19 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The measures taken have worsened the crisis, the Bishops call on politicians to listen to people Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) issued a message addressed to the authorities of Venezuela on recent economic measures imposed. With regard to the new measures, the Bishops denounce: " ...
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  19 December 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Threats to the Archbishop of Cali, but "Colombia must overcome this stage" responds Mgr. Monsalve Mejia Cali (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia, Archbishop of Cali, talking to some media operators, reported that last Friday, December 16, strangers delivered leaflets to the Archbishop's house, in ...
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  19 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tension on the eve of the expiry of Kabila’s mandate; for the Bishops "dialogue must continue" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue must continue in order to find a solution to the political crisis". This is the meaning of the message of the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, sent to Agenzia Fides, with ...
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  19 December 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - UN to vote on sending observers to Aleppo. Father Murad: Muslims first victims of the jihadists Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The victims of violence in Syria are all Syrians, Muslims and Christians. And the poor are those who suffer most, those who have not had a chance to escape". While the evacuation of the populat ...