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  22 August 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Peace talks with communist guerrillas: the Church hopes Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines expresses "hope and confidence" for the upcoming peace talks between the Philippine government and the "National Democratic Front" (NDF) which will be held ...
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  13 August 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Polio returns in Nigeria, two cases in the north Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria has reported its first two cases of polio after more than two years, in an area that was recently freed from Islamic extremists who attacked the volunteers because of vaccinations, announ ...
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  13 August 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The border with Venezuela reopens Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Five border crossings, of which the most important, Cucuta towards San Antonio del Tachira, will be reopened today, Saturday, August 13, according to the agreements by the presidents of Colombia, ...
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  12 August 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "If there is still hunger, there is extreme poverty", Mgr. Medina denounces the situation of farmers Misiones (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (Paraguay), His Exc. Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina called on the Minister of Agriculture, Juan C. Baruja, to travel places in Misiones ...
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  12 August 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on the American continent Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - From 27 to 30 August the church all over the American continent will be present in Bogotà to celebrate the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy for Latin America and the Caribbean. There will also be ...
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  11 August 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mama Antula and Cura Brochero, the Bishops prepare the celebrations Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA) which since Tuesday, August 9 has been dealing with themes of social and pastoral realities of the count ...
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  11 August 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National dialogue begins, crucial for the future of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - National dialogue started yesterday, Wednesday, August 10. The first to meet the Bishops of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) was Edem Kodjo . On January 16, the President of ...
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  11 August 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Vargas: "the creation of a table for dialogue among the Mapuche mayors is positive" Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, His Exc. Mgr. Hector Vargas praised the creation of a table for dialogue to resolve the problem of violence in Araucania, led by the president of the Associat ...
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  10 August 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Missionaries of Mercy", a tribute to the more than 500 missionaries of the diocese of León León (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of León (Spain) wants to pay tribute to the 508 Leonesi missionaries who are scattered around the world by celebrating the "Diocesan Jubilee of the missionaries". The event, held as p ...
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  10 August 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - March to unite families separated by the border El Paso (Agenzia Fides) – The bi-national march (USA-Mexico) to unite families separated by the border is scheduled for today, 10 August. Dozens of families will leave from Chihuahuita Park at 9:30 and will gather in ...
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  10 August 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Another church burned in Araucania Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Fire was set to a church in the town of Collipulli, in the region of La Araucania in the early hours of yesterday Tuesday. The fact occurred around 5 in the rural area of La Batalla. According t ...
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  10 August 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Trojan Horse of the Crusaders", "Cardinal in pectore": the fanciful accusations of the Turkish press against Fethullah Gulen Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the Turkish press highlighted the participation of prominent members of the local Christian communities in demonstrations "in defense of democracy", convened in the Country to con ...
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  9 August 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Illegal immigrants in Colombia still at risk of "coyotes", the church excluded and threatened Turbo (Agenzia Fides) - In Turbo there are still about 350 illegal immigrants, of whom 1,800 were in the municipality of Antioquia in May. This is what was stated in a note sent to Fides, of the migration office in Col ...
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  9 August 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 40 dead and many missing, tropical storm in the north. Many families welcomed in churches Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The water due to the heavy rain that devastated Huauchinango, Puebla because of the cyclone "Earl" and "Javier" last weekend is what should fall in a month. This tropical storm also caused more t ...
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  9 August 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Catholics and Orthodox together engaged in humanitarian emergencies. Caritas Jordan launches PEER project Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian emergencies affecting the Middle East, including conflicts and mass emigration due to wartime scenarios, solicit responses shared by Christians of different denominations. Caritas ...