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  17 November 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - President Barzani: we will not withdraw from the reconquered lands, Kurdistan will be multiethnic and multireligious Bashiqa (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Peshmerga troops will not withdraw from lands they reclaimed from ISIS in the military campaign for the liberation of Mosul, explaining that this was agreed with the United States a ...
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  17 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After Kabila’s latest statements, the possibility of an agreement mediated by the Bishops diminishes Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The agreement born from national dialogue is the only road map developed by the Congolese themselves" to get out of the political crisis. This is what the President of the Democratic Republic ...
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  17 November 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Award to IDHUCA: has been defending the rights of the weakest for 31 years San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, the Ambassador of Spain in El Salvador delivered, on behalf of the Spanish king, Philip VI, a Plaque of Civil Merit to the Institute for Human Rights of the Central American ...
• 16 November 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Anselmo Alejandro Peña Sanchez Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 September 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Anselmo Alejandro Peña Sanchez, of the diocesan clergy of Mao-Mo ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Father Aguilar: "Every day children die in Venezuela, there are no medicines and food" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The director of the Communication Department of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), Father Pedro Pablo Aguilar, highlighted that Venezuelans are becoming "poorer and poorer" because the co ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Two Christians among Trump’s advisors for the Middle East New York (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least two Christians of the Eastern Churches in the American Middle East Advisory Committee, the Advisory Committee on the Middle East appointed by tycoon Donald Trump before being ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Children workers discuss work and decent life Luque (Agenzia Fides) - "Work ennobles us, struggle unites and strengthens us" was the motto of the Regional Meeting that the Latin American and Caribbean Movement of Children and Adolescents Workers (MOLACNNATs), recent ...
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  16 November 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "A small contribution can help change a life" appeal for needy families in the Philippines Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the Catholic Mission with the Appeal for Children, to raise funds for needy children who live in poor communities around the world, this year aims to help a child in the ...
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  16 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal-elect Nzapalainga distributes school kits and food to the children of Km5 Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I have come here so that the children whose parents do not have the means to send them to school, and the abandoned orphans, can study and I hope can be nurses, ministers, deputies tomorrow", sa ...
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  16 November 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders: "Peace is the common good" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Peace is the supreme good for all citizens and all communities in Myanmar: says a heartfelt appeal to political and military leaders launched by a group of Burmese religious leaders, including Ca ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon Ecclesial Convention: situation and prospects of missionary work Belem (Agenzia Fides) – The Amazon Ecclesial Convention, being held from 14 to 16 November in the city of Belem aims at discussing the political, social, economic, cultural and religious situation of the region and the ...
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  16 November 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Report of an NGO on human rights violations: "We risk genocide if nothing is done" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Crimes are being committed against humanity and there is a risk of genocide" denounces Anschaire Nikoyagize, President of Iteka, the local representative of the International Federation of Hu ...
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  15 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two and a half million children victims of armed conflicts Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The damage that the war has caused Colombian children continue to affect their lives. Anxiety and depression, behavioral, social, attention and concentration problems are among the most common. Thi ...
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  15 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - XII Caravan of mothers searching for their missing children Cuahutemoc (Agenzia Fides) - 50 mothers of disappeared young migrants will begin their XII Caravan. The Caravan starts today, November 15, from La Mesilla, Ciudad Cuahutemoc, a city at the center of the Mexican state of ...
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  15 November 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholic Organizations: Winter-emergency for refugees from Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The beginning of military operations to liberate Mosul from the jihadist Islamic State (Daesh) is causing the rapid increase in refugees fleeing Iraq's second city. There are those who believe tha ...