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  16 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The end of Kabila's mandate is approaching Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - While the mediation of the Catholic Bishops aimed at finding a political solution to the impasse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues (see Fides 12/12/2016), the authorities in Kin ...
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  15 December 2016
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - "The Church is opposed to the death penalty", reaffirms the Archbishop of Port of Spain Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - "No to the death penalty". This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Port of Spain, in a brief meeting with the press of Trinidad and Tobago, where the ...
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  15 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence and abuse of Christians in view of Christmas New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - New violence against Christians, carried out in view of Christmas, cause concern in the Indian Christian community. According to information gathered by Fides, on December 14 a group of about ...
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  15 December 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Attack in Cairo: prayer and solidarity of the South African Catholic Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We as the Church in Southern Africa are in solidarity with the Coptic Orthodox Church in mourning the death of our beloved brothers and sisters", says His Exc. Mgr. Victor Phalana, Bishop ...
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  15 December 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - May Jesus be visible even in our home, today! The hope of a missionary for Christmas Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - In Thailand every home, office, factory, farm and public space exposes a giant poster of the King or the royal family, especially in this period of national mourning for the death of the 'Greate ...
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  15 December 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al Azhar visits Patriarch Tawadros after the massacre in the church: "foreign hands behind terrorism" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, led the high-level delegation of the largest Sunni theological center, who yesterday paid a visit at the headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Patriar ...
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  15 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Epidemic of diphtheria after 24 years, a result of the economic crisis Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides) - Since September 28 the main hospital in Ciudad Guayana, in eastern Venezuela, has been admitting among pediatric emergencies only possible cases of diphtheria, a disease that reappeared i ...
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  15 December 2016
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - The Kyrgyz government announced a program to combat Islamist extremism Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - Kyrgyzstan is preparing to create an anti-terrorism state program that will in particular aim to increase both preventive and repressive measures to fight the expansion of religious extremism in ...
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  15 December 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The UN denounces: "Alarming increase of human rights violations" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Since August 2016 we have noted an alarming increase in human rights violations", said a statement from the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) presenting a report on the situat ...
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  15 December 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of Patagonia: "Christmas invites us to take the path of non-discrimination" Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) - In their message for Christmas, the Bishops of the Region of Patagonia-Comahue ask to reflect on the violence that the country lives. "Everything seems infested by violence. We know that violen ...
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  14 December 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Evangelical pastor arrested on charges of belonging to Gulen’s "terrorist" network Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, former head of the Evangelical Church of the Resurrection in Izmir (Smyrna Diriliş Kilisesi), was arrested last week on suspicion of being part of the Hi ...
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  14 December 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - An award to a missionary for her contribution in the field of education Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - For her contributions to public education Sister Micaela Princiotto, a Dominican Missionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be awarded the "Bronze Patujú" (flower symbol of Bolivia). The a ...
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  14 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church: a new policy towards the Dalits New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - To build a truly inclusive community is an ethical imperative: motivated by this intent the Indian Bishops' Conference (CBCI) has launched a new policy of inclusion, support and development of ...
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  14 December 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Ride to Reach Out: cycling through Cambodia to support children in need Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Fill your senses with the sights, sounds and smells of Cambodia, with its changing landscapes and colourful culture cycling along the dusty roads of the Mekong delta. And think if this would hel ...
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  14 December 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Archdiocese of La Plata does not sponsor Scouts who are losing core values La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of La Plata has decided not to renew its sponsorship of the "Scouts of Argentina" because they "are conducting a process in which they are losing certain fundamental values, suc ...