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• 8 November 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 November 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, of the clergy of Bafoussam, Member of the "Communauté de l'Emmanuel" and Vicar General of the same diocese as ...
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  8 November 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan company creates a website to denounce irregularities in the US elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A Kenyan non-profit company has launched a website which lets voters report irregularities at the polling stations of the US presidential elections being held today, 8 November. "Ushahidi", whi ...
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  8 November 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Patriarchal Vicar of Aleppo, wounded by a gunman: "I share the cross of those who suffer" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank God who protected and kept me alive. I thank God because in this condition and in this experience I can share the cross with so many people that today suffer in Syria, especially in Alep ...
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  8 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Zambia, a Church characterized by a strong missionary spirit Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni ended his pastoral visit to Malawi, and arrived in Zambia yesterday afternoon, November 7, and immediately met the Bishops' Conference, in Lusaka, conveying Pope Francis� ...
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  8 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Poor Clares: the contribution of prayer for evangelization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "This Monastery is a guiding-light and a beacon of spirituality, a flowering of local vocations with the mission to provide prayerful support each day for the work of evangelization that takes ...
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  7 November 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Roberto Lückert: the referendum should be the main theme of the dialogue Coro (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Coro, His Exc. Mgr. Roberto Lückert, gave a long interview to Venezuelan newspaper "El Impulso" in which he thanked the Vatican delegation and noted that it "will real ...
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  7 November 2016
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Seizures of religious literature at "unauthorized" retailers Baku (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, November 4 the State Committee for the work with religious organizations carried out a joint inspection with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior, in shops that sell religious ...
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  7 November 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the condition of the Country does not allow delays in forming a government Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The economic and social emergencies that mark the present situation of Lebanon does not allow any delays or postponement in the formation of a government that would help the Country. This is what ...
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  7 November 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Ortega still President, but abstention is 78% Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, last night said that citizens deserve "authorities elected in another way, in a way that truly represents the popul ...
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  7 November 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Bishops: to prohibit asylum application to migrants is "a cruel decision" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The announcement that the government will introduce a new measure prohibiting refugees, who have arrived in Australia by boat since 19 July 2013, to apply for a visa, is deeply disappointing. To ...
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  7 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "There is a risk of genocide", said the leading association of the South Sudanese diaspora Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan the risk of genocide is real and everything must be done to prevent it, says the Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan (CASS), an association of various groups and organizations of ...
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  7 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Malawi: "promote, direct and coordinate missionary activity in the dioceses" Karonga (Agenzia Fides) - After having presided at the consecration of the Cathedral of Karonga (see Fides 05/11/2016), in the afternoon of Saturday, November 5, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for ...
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  7 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Demonstration of the opposition dispersed; reception of Radio Okapi and RFI blacked out Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The police prevented the demonstration in Kinshasa on Saturday, November 5 by the opposition (see Fides 04/11/2016). Officers surrounded the residence of Etienne Tshisekedi, the main opposition ...
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  7 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination and violence against Hindu minorities Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu population in Pakistan suffer due to discrimination and violence which often go unpunished: this is what Ashok Kumar Jay denounces, a Hindu activist for the rights of religious minorit ...
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  7 November 2016
  VATICAN - Lay members: "indispensable for evangelization in Malawi" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his pastoral visit to Malawi, Cardinal Fernando Filoni celebrated Mass in the parish of St. Patrick, in Lilongwe, on the afternoon of Sunday, November 6th, and then gave a brief spee ...