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  22 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros: the invitation to support President al Sisi is not political interference, but "patriotism" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The invitation to express public support for President Abdel Fattah al Sisi during his visit in New York, by the Coptic Orthodox Church to the faithful residing in the US, does not manifest subo ...
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  22 September 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops choose a woman who will select a new electoral commission Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Kenya conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has selected Mrs. Bernadette Musundi, to a nine-member team that will select a new electoral commission. This is what the Kenyan Bishops decided dur ...
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  21 September 2016
  EUROPE/POLAND - "Go and proclaim": diocesan Directors of the PMS and missionary animators program the new year Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 and 14 September the diocesan Seminar of Czestochowa hosted the meeting of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), in charge of the missions of religious congrega ...
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  21 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church and popular movements: a day of reflection on the 3T project Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – There are now sixty popular movements throughout the country that, together with the General Labor Confederation (CGT) and the Social Pastoral Ministry, next Saturday, September 24, will ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A Pastor and a Christian couple attacked by Hindu extremists Kharghar (Agenzia Fides) - Aggression against a Pentecostal Christian Pastor and a Christian couple in Kharghar, in the municipality of Navi Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. As Fides learns, on September 16 Pa ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Religious leaders pray for peace: terrorism in the name of God is "a sign of the end times" Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Terrorism carried out in the name of religion is "a sign of the Times" that testifies "the approach of the Day of Judgment". And the discord traps scattered by those who use Islam to justify the ...
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  21 September 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI Report on violence against indigenous peoples: 137 murders and 58% are landless Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In a-172-page report, the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) of Brazil, linked to the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB), released figures for 2015 on "Violence against indigenous peoples ...
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  21 September 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Very poor families protest in the streets of Potosì Potosì (Agenzia Fides) - In all of Bolivia, which has over 10 million inhabitants, more than 50,000 families live in extreme poverty and wish to leave the country in search of a decent life. This is what a local organiz ...
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  21 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "We will suspend our participation in national dialogue, no to Kabila’s third term" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops have threatened to withdraw from the dialogue if the political forum is used to give Joseph Kabila an opportunity to stand for re-election. "Out of respect for our innoc ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Dominican at the White House to talk about interfaith dialogue and peace Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing a testimony of interfaith dialogue as a path to peace: is this intent of Pakistani Dominican Fr. James Channan OP, director of "Peace Center" in Lahore, who is participating in the i ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Zhu Weifang offered the Lord all the toil of hard labor for evangelization Wenzhou (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Zhu Weifang, Bishop of Wenzhou (Yongjia), in Zhejiang Province (Mainland China) passed away on September 7. He was 88 years old. The Prelate was born on December 10, 19 ...
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  21 September 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The UN: "serious violations of human rights, strong risk of genocide" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - 564 extrajudicial executions in Burundi from April 26, 2015 till the end of August 2016, were documented by a UN report. "Experts ascertained serious violations of human rights that were and ...
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  21 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Hundreds of Copts at the pro-Sisi demonstration outside the UN headquarters New York (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Copts attended the demonstration convened on Tuesday, September 20 in front of the headquarters of the United Nations to show their support for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Si ...
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  20 September 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The young in Zheng Zhou open the school year with a pilgrimage "at home" Zheng Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The "Divine Love" youth group of the Diocese of Zheng Zhou, in the province of He Nan, in China Mainland, started the new school year with a singular pilgrimage "at home". According to inform ...
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  20 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two priests kidnapped and killed in Veracruz state Poza Rica (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement the Mexican diocese of Papantla confirmed the violent death of two priests: Fr. Alejo Nabor Jiménez Juárez and José Alfredo Suárez de la Cruz. According to information gathe ...