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  18 November 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The Holy Doors in continental China close, but "the door of mercy in our hearts remain open forever" Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Door is closed, but the mercy of the Lord is upon us forever; the proclamation of the Lord's mercy continues; the door of mercy in our hearts remain open forever; the work of me ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Abandoned at the mercy of the sun, hunger and parasites San Diego (Agenzia Fides) - The march of children and immigrant families from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to the United States, fleeing violence and poverty does not stop. The alarm was launched by the Ag ...
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  18 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic leaders: "demonetization only affects the poor" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A measure that targets the poor: this is how some Catholic leaders have judged the recent measure of the Indian government defined by economists "demonetization". In recent days, the governmen ...
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  18 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of a new Premier; the mediation of the Bishops continues Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "CENCO continues its mission with different political actors. Our desire is to see everyone join efforts to overcome the socio-political crisis in the Country", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi ...
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  18 November 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Purges continue, Turkey removes the only Christian co-mayor Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - In the institutions and Turkish political bodies purges ordered by the central government against politicians and officials continue, accused of being supporters of the network of Fethullah Gulen ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The suspension of the hydroelectric project El Quimbo requested by the population Garzón (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is not merely the absence of war; nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies; nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly an ...
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  18 November 2016
  AFRICA - The U.S. Bishops approved making permanent their Subcommittee on the Church in Africa Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Bishops approved making permanent their Subcommittee on the Church in Africa and the hiring of two people to assist the subcommittee in carrying out its work. The Bishops in 2004 h ...
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  17 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church accompanies the peace talks with ELN with impartiality and discretion Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian government, through the Commission created ad hoc to negotiate with the ELN (National Liberation Army), met the Bishops in charge of accompanying the process of dialogue with this g ...
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  17 November 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop Suharyo: "The appeal against corruption is above all for the Church" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption exists in the Catholic Church and the pastoral appeal of Indonesian Bishops to stop corruption is above all for the Church, which must renew itself and develop a service system able ...
• 17 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. John M.Vianney" Major Seminary in Pretoria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2016, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Thembayona Paul Manci, of the "Servants of Christ the Priest" (SC ...
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  17 November 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The commitment of Catholics against human trafficking Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Forms of human exploitation are in all nations of the earth, and Australia is no exception. They exist because of the greed of society that, in order to have goods and services at low cost, forg ...
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  17 November 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The population of the Red Sea and the Blue Nile is dying of thirst Ad-Damir (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Sudanese Parliament have declared that several people have died of thirst in the Red Sea and the Blue Nile, where there is a severe shortage of drinking water. The authorities ha ...
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  17 November 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - New meetings between newly elected President Aoun and the heads of Churches Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon there are increasing signs of the imminent presentation of a new government, led by the Sunni Premier Saad Hariri, newly elected President Michel Aoun, after meeting Maronite P ...
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  17 November 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - President Barzani: we will not withdraw from the reconquered lands, Kurdistan will be multiethnic and multireligious Bashiqa (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Peshmerga troops will not withdraw from lands they reclaimed from ISIS in the military campaign for the liberation of Mosul, explaining that this was agreed with the United States a ...
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  17 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After Kabila’s latest statements, the possibility of an agreement mediated by the Bishops diminishes Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The agreement born from national dialogue is the only road map developed by the Congolese themselves" to get out of the political crisis. This is what the President of the Democratic Republic ...