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  18 October 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Fall assembly of Bishops, which will question the widespread violence Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will meet November 14-16, in Baltimore for their fall general assembly. During the assembly, the Bishops will hear from Archbishop Joseph E. Ku ...
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  18 October 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turn of the screw on evangelical communities, in the name of defending "national security" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish authorities have decided to expel Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, head of the Evangelical Church of Smyrna (Izmir Diriliş Kilisesi, Church of the Resurrection) along with his wife, Lyn Nori ...
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  18 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop Rufin Anthony has passed away, "Pastor with a big heart for people" Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - "An authentic Pastor has died, a person with a big heart. Mgr. Rufin Anthony was a priest and Bishop loved by the people because he was a simple, open, humble person. He totally dedicated him ...
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  18 October 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 175 women disappeared or murdered in the last three years San Luis Potosi (Agenzia Fides) - Last week three cases of missing women were reported which provoked the reaction of an association for the defense of women's rights and the intervention of the Archbishop of San Luis Po ...
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  18 October 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The President returns from America, but there remain doubts about his health Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "After so many broken promises on the return of the President, Sunday’s promise, October 16 was fulfilled", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba from Malawi, where President Arthur Peter Mutharika fi ...
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  18 October 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Personal contribution" of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas for the restoration of the Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has offered a donation as a "personal contribution" to support the restoration of the Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre. The news, reported by the official Palest ...
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  18 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The majority and a part of the opposition agree: presidential elections in April 2018 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There is no date for the presidential and political elections, but some intermediate election dates for the start of the electoral process, in the meantime a government of national unity led by ...
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  18 October 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo’s appeal: "Stop conflicts with ethnic minorities, we need to negotiate" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - New flare-ups in the civil conflict between armed groups of ethnic minorities and the Burmese army exploded in Kachin and Karen states, as well as new violence in Arakan state exploded right afte ...
• 18 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Gwalior, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 October 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Gwalior, India, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Kaithathara. The Holy Father app ...
• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Jowai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Victor Lyngdoh, Bishop of Nongstoin as Bishop of the Diocese of Jowai (India). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 17/10/2016) ...
• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Nongstoin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Dominic Jala, S.D.B., Archbishop of Shillong as Apostolic Administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese o ...
• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary to President Duterte: "Even violence is a drug" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the campaign of summary justice and extrajudicial executions against traffickers and drug dealers who for months have raged in the Philippines, and has claimed about 3,500 victims, ...
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  17 October 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Vargas: concrete and particular measures for Araucania Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Concrete and specific decisions to address the facts of violence that occur Araucanía should be taken said yesterday His Exc. Mgr. Hector Eduardo Vargas, Bishop of Temuco, in response to stateme ...
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  17 October 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army calls for a ceasefire with ethnic minorities Naypyitaw (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to ethnic minority groups, who have not yet laid down their arms and should sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement before the political talks: was launched by the Commander-in ...
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  17 October 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Deaths due to tuberculosis, lack of food: the Church denounces the situation in prisons Guarico (Agenzia Fides) - The statement from the Justice and Peace Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela was released yesterday, in some parishes of the capital of Venezuela with regards to the prison situat ...