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  3 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church may participate in the final phase of the peace agreements Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A week of dialogue and exchange of proposals: this is how representatives of the Colombian government and the FARC defined these days when participants at the negotiating table to conclude the fi ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Clashes between Jews at the Western Wall for the request of a common space for prayer for men and women Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Riots between ultra-Orthodox Jews and Jews belonging to the "conservative" and egalitarian Judaism, occurred on Wednesday, November 2 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Physical cl ...
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  3 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Election Crisis: waiting for the outcome of the mediation carried out by the Bishops with the opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is waiting for the announcement of a possible agreement between all political forces in order to overcome the political crisis for the failed presidential elect ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new educational center in Youhanabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A new social and educational center in Youhanabad has opened in the entirely Christian Lahore district, upset by a serious attack in front of two Christian churches in 2015. We are talking about ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Youth Pastoral in India: "Young people like eagles" Trivandrum (Agenzia Fides) - "Why do you need and how to set up Youth Pastoral in India? A typical pessimistic answer to this question should not be given: 'Young people are not interested in faith, young people are led ...
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  3 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Report on Corruption: vote of no confidence against President Zuma Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition announced a vote of no confidence against South African President Jacob Zuma after the publication of an official report in which "evidence of possible corruption at the top ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 10,000 children missing in Borno State Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - The northwestern State of Borno, Nigeria, welcomes millions of internally displaced persons. Among these 10 million children have allegedly disappeared to be recruited as terrorists by Boko Ha ...
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  28 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops ask the President to accept the proposed changes to the peace agreements Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, has asked President Juan Manuel Santos to accept the proposals on behalf of the different s ...
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  28 October 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Violence and lack of health facilities aggravate an already precarious situation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Since the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, 62,600 displaced people have been living in 36 temporary camps on the island. Furthermore, 500,000 people are highly exposed to natural ...
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  28 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 360° panorama of the Mission, virtual tour where missionaries worldwide work Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, on the occasion of World Mission Sunday, prepared a "virtual tour" of the Catholic Church throughout the world, elaborated with images sent by the ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: pray for corruption-free nation on Diwali New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A nation free of corruption, violence and divisive: is what the Catholic bishops in India want on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights which is celebrated on October 30. In their wa ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun almost President. The "congratulations" of Maronite Patriarch Rai Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The streets of Beirut are already filled with posters and pictures with the image of former General Michel Aoun, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement who is preparing to become the new Presi ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Religious leaders appeal for calm on the eve of the disputed constitutional referendum Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Read the text that you are asked to approve slowly and calmly. So you can express yourself with a clear conscience, because we are talking about the future of our Country", said His Exc. Mgr. J ...
• 28 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Princesa, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa (Philippines), presented by His Ex ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Pope and religious leaders of South Sudan: "Forgiveness and acceptance of the other is the privileged path to building peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received in audience in the Vatican the principal Christian religious leaders of South Sudan: His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Archbishop of Juba, Rev. Danie ...