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  2 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Caritas organizes a conference in Abuja against human trafficking Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Sixty million people were either refugees or forcibly displaced in 2015. In Africa thousands of adults and children are being forced to flee conflict, poverty and persecution and are particularly ...
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  2 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Sister Prema: "Thanks to Pope Francis, who chose Mother Teresa as an icon of mercy " Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to God and to Pope Francis, who proclaimed the Year of mercy and chose Mother Teresa as an 'icon of mercy'. Mother Teresa’s canonization is an opportunity to spread the messa ...
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  2 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National dialogue begins, but without major opposition figures Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "One can verify that dialogue is not inclusive enough". This sentence by Jean-Michel Dumond, the EU representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expresses skepticism with which the inter ...
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  2 September 2016
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Unofficial rumor on the death of President Karimov. Patriarch Kirill thanks him for facilitating "interreligious dialogue" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - While diplomatic sources cited by international agencies announced the death of the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, who in past days suffered a brain hemorrhage, the Patriarch of Moscow ...
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  1 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: "Mother Teresa, a fully Indian saint" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The canonization of Mother Teresa is an important event for India. We are grateful to the government for its support regarding the ceremony on September 4 at the Vatican. It is an important d ...
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  1 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Week for Peace: let us reconcile, meet and rebuild Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 4 to 11 September the 29th edition of the "Week for Peace" will be held in Colombia and the main objective will be to reflect on the urgent need to "reconcile, meet and rebuild relationships ...
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  1 September 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Turkish press accuses Patriarch Bartholomew of complicity with the failed coup Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time a Turkish media has explicitly accused Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I of being an accomplice in the failed coup last July 15, organized, according to Anka ...
• 1 September 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. Isaac Ebo Blay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 29, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Isaac Ebo Blay, of the archdiocesan clergy of Cape Coast as National ...
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  1 September 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Clashes after the announcement of the victory of outgoing President Ali Bongo Ondimba Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - At least two people were shot dead by security forces and many more wounded after crowds tried to storm the offices of the electoral commission in Libreville shortly after authorities announc ...
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  1 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Let us take care of the earth, let us take care of life" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us take care of the earth, let us take care of life" is the theme of the annual campaign sponsored by Catholic Action Argentina (ACA), which starts today, September 1, 2016, second Wor ...
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  1 September 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Expropriation of land ordered by the government are likely to stir up sectarian conflicts Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The possible confiscation of collectively owned land from the State near the Lebanese village of Aqoura (Jbeil district) is likely to stir up sectarian strife. The tension around the sensitive is ...
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  1 September 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "No to censorship of the media, no to violence and hatred", say Christian leaders Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened and alarmed by the Government’s muzzling, harassing and persecution of the private media", said a joint statement of the main Christian denominations in Zambia, after th ...
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  1 September 2016
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - First Mass of the first Mongolian priest Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt reflection on the cross and a moving story of his vocation: is what Fr. Joseph Enkh said during the celebration of his first Mass in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ula ...
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  31 August 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "With everyone's help, we will re-build the school": after the earthquake students in bamboo classrooms Playa Prieta (Agenzia Fides) - "We want our school, we do not want to go and study in another school, or stop studying, or skip a year": these are the students' demands of the school run by the Siervas del Hogar de la Ma ...
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  31 August 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Mother Teresa: a life spent taking care of others Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "Mother Teresa focused her energy on others, not on herself" and this was one of her secrets and her holiness: to take care and focus on one’s neighbor, in the awareness of the preciousness of ...