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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to the Heads of State of the Great Lakes: "Terrorism is a threat to the entire area" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Need to also face the issue of security in North Kivu". This is the appeal launched by the Study Centre for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (CEPADHO) in Beni, in eastern Dem ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Release of 145 child soldiers Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan there are currently about 16,000 child soldiers involved in local armed groups and the national army. So far this year other 800 have been recruited. An initiative promoted by the Un ...
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  27 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the liberated towns of the Nineveh Plain: "It is our Holy Land" Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako with his auxiliary Bishop Basileo Salim Yado visited the five Christian towns of the Nineveh Plain already released in the concerted military operat ...
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  27 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Conclusion of the Meeting of Bishops of Southern Spain Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Bishops of southern Spain, which includes the dioceses of Seville, Granada, Almería, Cádiz and Ceuta, Córdoba, Guadix, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Jerez ended in Cordoba (Spai ...
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  27 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A case of alleged blasphemy solved thanks to political and religious leaders Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Islamic religious leaders who intervened to resolve a case of alleged blasphemy in Quetta, the Pakistani province of Baluchistan played a decisive role regarding two Christians. As ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "The conflict in the DRC threatens peace in the whole region", says the Vice President of Kenya Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Great Lakes Region is a threat to all States of the region underlined the Vice President of Kenya, William Ruto, during the summit which opened on October 26, in Luanda (An ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Supreme Court judge, who refused to hear Asia Bibi’s death penalty appeal, resigns Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge, Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, who on October 13, 2016, suddenly withdrew from the final death sentence appeal of Asia Bibi, causing a postponement of the hearing, ...
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  26 October 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - OAS Observer in Nicaragua, the Bishops call for authentic dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has officially accepted a formal invitation from the government of Nicaragua to visit the country, on 5, 6 and 7 November, ...
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  26 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Holywins not Halloween: holiness wins Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - Several Spanish dioceses have encouraged the faithful to celebrate the feast of "Holywins" on 31 October, with images and costumes of saints, virgins and religious, in response to the most pop ...
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  26 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Archdiocese of Kisangani condemns the killing of Don Mulimbi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn the cowardly murder of a servant of God who gave his life for the people. We demand thorough investigations to be carried out", says a statement of the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi for ...
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  26 October 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Support for the rights of African girls Lodi (Agenzia Fides) - "On Nice’s side" is the multimedia campaign in support of the rights of African girls supported by the Fighting World Hunger Movement that tells the stories of seven girls who in various parts of ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The new Superior of the Jesuits in Southeast Asia is a blogger Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – He is appreciated for his incisive and persuasive preaching and especially for his blog "Breaking The Word": we are talking about Fr. Christopher Soh, the new Regional Superior of the Jesuit ...
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  26 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Investigations underway for the death of a 91-year-old priest Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the municipality of Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia) are investigating the death of the 91-year-old missionary, Jose Fortunato Bedoya Franco, which happened in circumstances ye ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ecumenical prayer for the liberation of Mosul. The Chaldean Patriarch: may 2017 be the "Year of Peace in Iraq" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 2017 as "Year of Peace", celebrated by the Churches and the Christian communities in Iraq to promote national reconciliation and to save the country from the centrifugal forces that may continue t ...
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  26 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Pope Francis invites Christian leaders of South Sudan to discuss the crisis Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has invited Christian religious leaders of South Sudan to the Vatican to discuss the serious crisis that the youngest African State is facing. This was revealed by His Exc. Mgr. Paoli ...