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  11 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni concludes his visit to Zambia: "Where the cross is, there is Jesus" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of his pastoral visit to Zambia, Cardinal Fernando Filoni celebrated Mass with the Missionaries of Charity in Lusaka yesterday. "With the Canonization of Mother Teresa still fre ...
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  11 November 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops concerned about the increasing presence of drug trafficking in politics Luque (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay who gathered in the city of Luque for their ordinary Assembly, discussed various issues affecting the country and called on all Paraguayans and State authorities to examine ...
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  11 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Seitz to border communities, "the Church will remain by your side" El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - After the outcome of the presidential elections in the United States, the Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Mark Joseph Seitz, sent a message to the border communities ...
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  11 November 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Complaint of Christians: Kurd Party imposes a census to manipulate the demographic balance in the Syrian area of Hassakè Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - The apparatus and officials of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), and its military wing YPG (People's Protection Unit), rooted in the north-eastern regions of Syria, with a Kurdish major ...
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  11 November 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - 10,000 children have died due to preventable diseases Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues to worsen. Since last March at least 10,000 children under 5 years of age have died due to preventable diseases. The rate of malnutrition continues to g ...
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  11 November 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslim protests, the Archbishop of Jakarta: the guideline is legality Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Tension is still high in Indonesia, after the massive demonstration of radical Islamic groups that on November 4 led through the streets of Jakarta over one hundred thousand people, who demanded ...
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  11 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Precarious security increases while the population demands a round table Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation is serious outside the capital, as demonstrated by the attack on the camp of displaced people in Kaga Bandoro on 12 October", say Church sources to Agenzia Fides from Bang ...
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  10 November 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops denounce: "The fight against corruption is fundamental" Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement titled "God loves righteousness and justice" (Ps. 33), the Bishops of Guatemala denounce an "institutional paralysis" that manifests itself in different ways, such as obstructio ...
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  10 November 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Family and social pastoral being discussed by the Episcopal Conference Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - About 35 Bishops of Bolivia will reflect on the reality of the country and other issues affecting the national society during the Assembly of the Bishops' Conference (CEB) which opens this mo ...
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  10 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni opens the National Catholic Forum in Lusaka: "The Church here is still young but certainly growing" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church here is still young but certainly growing. May your efforts today and always produce fruit in vocations and in the effective proclamation of the Gospel. The Holy Father is near to you ...
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  10 November 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate proposes the creation of a "Council of Churches in Iraq" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarchate of Babylon is studying the project for the creation of a "Council of Churches in Iraq" bringing together all the Churches and ecclesial communities present on Iraqi territory, a ...
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  10 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Early Pregnancies bring poverty and diseases among adolescents Merida (Agenzia Fides) - Pregnancy among adolescents is one of the main factors that contribute to maternal and infant mortality and to diseases and poverty. This is what was stated in the Maternal and Perinatal Health P ...
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  10 November 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops hand over an anti-corruption book to President Kenyatta Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Any officer adversely mentioned and implicated in graft ought to step aside even as investigations proceed. There should be conclusion to investigations and actual convictions for those found g ...
• 10 November 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of the Bishop of Incheon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 10 November 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. John Baptist Jung Shin-chul, titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary of the same diocese, as Bishop of Incheon (Korea). (SL) (Age ...
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  10 November 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 37 publishing houses participate in the "Coptic Book Fair" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are 37 publishing houses involved these days in "Coptic Book Fair", underway until November 22 at the exhibition hall in St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. The inauguration, which took place on T ...