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  23 November 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Meeting of the Bishops of Central American SEDAC has begun, prayers for the victims of hurricane Otto Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) opened their annual meeting yesterday afternoon, in the chapel of the Marist Brothers Center in Guatemala City. Accordi ...
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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholics and Evangelicals say: "No to new therapeutic abortion conditions" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The new conditions in the proposed abortion law are a mere scapegoat and trap in order to attract public sympathy and also capitalize on such in order to advance abortion on demand among women ...
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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The US government supports the mediation of the Congolese Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We underscore our support for the discussions facilitated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CENCO) between the political opposition and the Government of the DRC to reach a consensus path ...
• 23 November 2016
  EUROPE - Testimony: the first value by which the Church can and must communicate Glasgow (Agenzia Fides) - "In times marked by an intense individualism, where persons, with their desires and emotions, become the measure of all decisions and communications, a personal and consistent witness of one’s ...
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  23 November 2016
  ASIA/CINA - Death of Msgr. Francis Tong Hui: zealous and caring Pastor Yan'an (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Msgr. Francis Tong Hui, Emeritus Bishop of Yan'an (Yenan), in Shaanxi province (Continental China) passed away on 27 October, at 10:15 pm. He had been admitted to hospital in Tangdu foll ...
• 22 November 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Appointment of the Rector of the National Seminary "Our Lady of Lanka" in Kandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 July 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Jayakody Arachchige Don Mervyn Expeditus, of the clergy of the Archdi ...
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  22 November 2016
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The Scalabrinians discuss the reorganization and revitalization of the service to migrants Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, known as Scalabrinians, are celebrating the IX General Assembly of their congregation in Lisbon, which brings together representatives of the vario ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Moroccan Association aims to create a center for street children Nador (Agenzia Fides) – In order to cope with the phenomenon of street children, the Association of Moroccans Resident in Spain has proposed the construction of a reception center and guidance for unaccompanied minors ...
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  22 November 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padrón to Fides: "People are falling into depression over the disappointment of dialogue which is not leading to anything positive" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV), His Exc. Mgr. Diego Padrón, who came to Rome to accompany His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida, created Cardinal ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Award to a missionary nun at the service of lepers for thirty years to Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - "The date of November 19, 2016 will remain in the annals of the village of Ilena of the diocese of Fianarantsoa", writes to Fides Father Albert Rainiherinoro, M.I. "That day - continues the ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Chief of Staff: "We are ready to protect peace in view of elections" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It is my responsibility to help the police protect peace and properties. We are ready to deal with any person or group of persons who will disrupt the peace enjoyed by Ghanaians", said the Chief ...
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  22 November 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The plight of Quilmes denounced by Mgr. Tissera: "People no longer have money to buy milk" Quilmes (Agenzia Fides) - The "Mass of Hope" was celebrated on Saturday, November 19 with a massive presence of faithful, at the big park of the Malvinas, point of encounter of the three districts that make up the Argent ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Ivorian Civil War weapons sustain the Central African instability Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in the Central African Republic has demonstrated that not only the weapons looted in Libyan deposits sparked the wars in sub-Saharan Africa in the civil war of 2011, but there are also ...
• 21 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Kikwit, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 November 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Kikwit (DR Congo), presented by his Exc. Mgr. Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. Th ...
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  21 November 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Around the world one out of ten children grow up alone Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – One child out of ten worldwide grows up alone, without any assistance and protection. This is what the international organization SOS Children's Villages denounced on the occasion of Universal ...