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  15 November 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs and Catholic Bishops: Lebanese increasingly poor, a government of national "reconciliation" is urgently needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon, following the election of former general Michel Aoun to the office of President of the Republic, a government that can promote national reconciliation and the rapid drafting of an ele ...
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  15 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Adopt humane policies towards immigrants and refugees" ask the Bishops Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The US Catholic Bishops asked President-elect Trump for humane immigration policies towards immigrants and refugees. The Bishops made the plea yesterday at the start of their annual fall Con ...
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  15 November 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Duterte’s turnaround: Yes to nuclear energy Bataan (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippines will make use of nuclear energy and reactivate the Bataan plant, in the north of Manila: this announcement by Energy Secretary, Alfonso Cusi, who confirmed the willingness of Pres ...
• 15 November 2016
  AFRICA/TOGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Dapaong, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 November 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Dapaong (Togo), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Jacques Nyimbusède Tukumbé Anyilunda ...
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  15 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - In North Kivu abductions and assaults on military: this is how terrorists of the ADF welcome a UN delegation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There have been new attacks of the ADF in different places in the Territory of Beni, in North Kivu, province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in which various armed groups terrorize th ...
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  15 November 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops warn: "We risk electoral violence again, just like nine years ago" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Beware, we risk the situation we were in, in the year 2007-2008" warn the Bishops of Kenya, who "note with concern the resurgence of violence, confrontational languages and hate speeches" in th ...
• 14 November 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 November 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, titular Bishop of Monte di Numidia and Auxiliary of the same diocese, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Dioce ...
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  14 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Kidnapped and tortured -the priest who condemned crime and corruption Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - Diocesan priest José Luis Sánchez Ruiz, who had been kidnapped on Friday, November 11, was released yesterday with "obvious signs of torture", according to a statement from the Diocese of San ...
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  14 November 2016
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Inclusion in the educational system to eradicate child labor Puerto Rico (Agenzia Fides) - In Costa Rica child labor is illegal and, despite this, 3,359 children under 15 years of age are engaged in illegal jobs. The figures were released by the National Research on Families (ENAH ...
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  14 November 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Escobar: The national security plan is not giving the expected results San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, in his traditional Sunday press conference yesterday said that the "El Salvador Seguro" plan is not giving the desired ...
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  14 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics migrate to other Churches: Ecumenical comparison Coimbatore (Agenzia Fides) – To contain the migration of Catholics to other Christian denominations: with this explicit goal the diocese of Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu state (southern India), one of the oldest dioceses i ...
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  14 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio: "Mercy as a way of peace for South Sudan" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We must be compassionate towards one another so that peace prevails in our society", said His Exc. Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, in South Sudan, at the closing cer ...
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  14 November 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In February 2017 a seminar in Cairo on a joint study between Al Azhar and the Holy See on the major contemporary issues Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A coordination Committee linked to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Center for Dialogue of the University of Al Azhar, the most authoritative academic and theological cen ...
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  14 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African faithful mobilized to help Haiti devastated by hurricane Matthew Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - A special collection for Haiti on the three last Sundays of November. This is the initiative launched by His Exc. Mgr. Sithembele Sipuka, Bishop of Umtata and Vice President of the SACBC (S ...
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  11 November 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Free surgeries for patients with cleft lip and palate Puno (Agenzia Fides) - For the ninth consecutive year the volunteers of Operation Smile International have planned a series of surgeries at the Manuel Núñez Butrón Regional Hospital of the city of Puno. A statement se ...