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  6 October 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A priest committed to combating drug trafficking found dead Tucuman (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops' Conference of Argentina expresses its sorrow and dismay at the death of father Juan Heraldo Viroche, pastor of the parish of Ntra. Sra. Del Valle de La Florida, in Tucuman. We join ...
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  6 October 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The cross made by a Muslim craftsman is the symbol of the Indonesian Youth Day Manado (Agenzia Fides) - The cross was the symbol of the Indonesian Youth Day (October 4-6), which ends today in Manado. As Fides learns, the cross, made of bamboo and rattan, was built by a Muslim craftsman: the work is ...
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  6 October 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Death and destruction, more than 14,000 people displaced because of the hurricane Matthew Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, October 4, hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti with winds of more than 220 kilometers per hour, sowing desolation and death. The poorest and most vulnerable country in the ...
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  6 October 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The number of deaths due to diarrheal diseases Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll of the recent outbreak of diarrheal diseases in Sudan continues to increase and medical facilities have difficulties in keeping the situation under control. The most vulnerable s ...
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  6 October 2016
  VATICAN - The path opens towards the beatification of Cardinal Celso Costantini Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Triveneto Episcopal Conference "expressed an opinion in favor of initiating the cause of beatification of Cardinal Celso Costantini (1876-1958), a figure of great missi ...
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  6 October 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs: Gulen took advantage of interfaith dialogue to build his "sinister plots" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - In the persisting campaign carried out by the Turkish apparatus against the network headed by Fetullah Gulen (Islamic Turkish preacher expatriated in the United States, who was once an ally of Pr ...
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  6 October 2016
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Illegal migration is bad, yes to legal migration but the key is the development of Africa Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Africa questions the tragedy of irregular migration which sees many young people often lose their lives in the mirage of a better life in Europe. In Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guine ...
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  6 October 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - Guerrilla in the south of Congo resumes: 23 dead Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - 23 people were killed in the attacks committed in late September in the Republic of Congo by former members of the Ninjas Nsiloulou rebel group. This was announced by the Minister of Justice ...
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  6 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The PMS national Director: "We await the Pope as a messenger of peace" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "We await the Pope as a messenger of peace, while the nation is experiencing a period of crisis in Kashmir. It would be a blessing for the country": says to Fides Fr. Faustine Lobo, National D ...
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  6 October 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The government prohibits Coptic demonstrations on the anniversary of "massacre of Maspero" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs denied the associations of young Copts permission to organize a demonstration on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the massacre known as the "massa ...
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  5 October 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Jordan is the Country with the highest number of refugees. Caritas Jordan: unsustainable and dangerous situation Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Jordan currently hosts two million and 7 thousand refugees: a multitude which places the Hashemite Kingdom in first place in the ranking of countries hosting the largest number of refugees and dis ...
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  5 October 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Forum on guaranteeing fundamental rights brings together 26 dioceses Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - "Guarantee of fundamental rights" is the theme of the Forum, to be held on October 29 in Sao Paulo, indicated by the coordination group of the Forum of Social Pastoral Councils of the South Re ...
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  5 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Kashmir crisis: the Church launches a major national interfaith prayer New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We announce a major national prayer to be held on Sunday, October 16, 2016: all the Bishops, all the priests, religious and laity, will animate Masses, liturgies, vigils and prayers for the g ...
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  5 October 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Seven out of 10 children victims of abuse Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 74% of boys and girls and 81% of adolescents in Peru suffer abuse. This is what emerged in the IV National Meeting for Early Childhood, being held in Lima. On this occasion the Ministry of women an ...
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  5 October 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Four Copts (including a child) kidnapped in the province of Assiut Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - Four Coptic Christians, one of whom is also a 9-year-old boy, were kidnapped on October 3 in the city of Manfalut, in the province of Assiut, 350 km south of Cairo. The kidnappers initially deman ...