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  12 December 2016
  ASIA/LAOS - Laos has its first martyrs Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - Historic Step for the Catholic Church in Laos where yesterday December 11, the solemn liturgy of beatification of 17 new martyrs, including missionaries and lay Laotians was held in the Cathed ...
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  12 December 2016
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The "bacha posh": little girls dressed as boys to avoid early marriages with adults Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Afghan families who want to protect their underage girls from early marriages are having to decide whether to hide their sex to avoid grown men to marry them. Parents who choose not to be groped b ...
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  12 December 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Baez: "To promote human rights, it is urgent to renew the entire political structure" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Jose Baez, on Friday, December 9 celebrated a Mass to recall the efforts of human rights defenders in Nicaragua. During h ...
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  12 December 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Martinez Zepeda: After 10 years of the army on the streets, the police must become stronger Irapuato (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent that the municipal and state police across the country become stronger, so that the military army gradually go back to their barracks, because for the past 10 years they have been ...
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  12 December 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Diocese of Maiduguri: "We fear new attacks during the Christmas period" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There are fears that this attack might mark the beginning of a series of Boko Haram attacks during the Christmas period" says Fr. Gideon Obasogie, Director of Social Communications of the Diocese ...
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  12 December 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence on Ahmadis, in defiance of the rule of law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Arbitrary actions are committed both by public forces and by a masse of radical Muslims, carried out in defiance of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms of every citizen of Pakistan: this is ...
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  9 December 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishops' message: renounce violence, restore confidence, renew oneself at all levels Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for the renunciation of violence in all its forms and the wish that this Christmas may be for all Haitians an inexhaustible source of joy, peace and love: these are the fe ...
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  9 December 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Children forced to work 64 hours every week Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The children who live in the Bangladeshi slums are often forced to work 64 hours a week in textile factories of major international brands. This is what emerges from a study carried out by the Bri ...
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  9 December 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese "Mission" for the Grand Mufti of Syria: meetings with President Aoun and Patriarch Bechara Rai Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, Grand Mufti of Syria, on Wednesday, December 7 made a brief but significant visit to Lebanon, where he was received by the first President of Lebanon Michel Aoun ...
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  9 December 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake: over one hundred dead, thousands homeless and destroyed homes, schools closed Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - At least 102 people have died and hundreds injured because of the strong earthquake that on December 7 hit the province of Aceh, in the north of the island of Sumatra. According to the latest ...
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  9 December 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Presidential elections: towards the victory of opponent Nana Akufo-Addo Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The victory of the opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the first round of the presidential and parliamentary elections that were held in Ghana on December 7 seems certain (see Fides 07/12/2016 ...
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  9 December 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops denounce: "Doctors strike causes Kenyan citizens pain, misery and suffering of unimaginable proportions" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our deep concern over the ongoing Doctors and Nurses strike that has caused the Kenyan citizens pain, misery and suffering of unimaginable proportions", say the Catholic Bishops of K ...
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  7 December 2016
  EUROPE/POLAND - Meeting of missionary formation and prayer vigil at the Shrine of Jasna Gora Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 400 people gathered on 3 and 4 December, for the feast of St. Francis Xavier, at the Sanctuary of Jasna Gora for the missionary study meeting and prayer vigil promoted as usual by ...
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  7 December 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of St. Francis Xavier celebrated the patron saint's day in the name of charity Xian Xian (Agenzia Fides) - "Healing the physical and spiritual health of the elderly" with the works of mercy: the parish of Wu Qiao dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, located in the Diocese of Cang Zhou (Xian Xian ) of H ...
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  7 December 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Lack of food: nutritional emergency Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in the state of Borno has reached alarming levels, with at least 500,000 people displaced or isolated in enclaves outside the capital, Maiduguri. They are deprived of means of survi ...