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  12 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Initial reactions to the initiatives made in the USA for the creation of a "protected" area for religious minorities in the Nineveh Plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The intention to submit to the US Congress a resolution sponsored by both Republican and Democrat politicians to demand the establishment of an autonomous province in the Nineveh Plain "under th ...
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  12 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Church mobilizes for President al Sisi’s visit to the US New York (Agenzia Fides) - Priests and Coptic Orthodox faithful living in the US have been called by the Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in North America to take part in the event convened on 20 September ...
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  10 September 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of the CEP Seminar: "Care for the people God has entrusted to you, care for priests, care for seminarians. This is your task" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your places of origin are diverse and far from each other, and belong to the great constellation of so-called 'mission territories'. Therefore each of you have the great privilege and resp ...
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  10 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - An initiative made in the USA for the creation of a protected area reserved for religious minorities in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The political and administrative future of Mosul and the north-Iraqi province of Nineveh continues to be the center of operations, initiatives and projects of different origins, often divergent or ...
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  10 September 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - There is no food or medicine, people are starving and tension increases in the country Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, said that Venezuelan people should resolve conflicts peacefully. "There is no food, and there are no medicines, this has become a serious ...
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  10 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Castro: "We must participate in the referendum in a responsible manner and with a conscious vote" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Following the signing of the agreements reached between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas in Havana, the President of the Colombian Bishops Luis Augusto Castro, Archbishop of Tun ...
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  10 September 2016
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Patriarch Emeritus Sabbah denounces the resurgence of "sectarianism" in Palestinian society Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Latin Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah, known by everyone for his closeness to the national Palestinian cause, strongly denounced the "serious deterioration" he perceives in Palest ...
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  9 September 2016
  VATICAN - Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, Director of Agenzia Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fabrizio Meroni, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) and Director of CIAM (International Center for Mi ...
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  9 September 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Being Cuban means to be devoted to Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre": centenary of the proclamation as Patroness Bayamo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Cubans have the privilege of praying our Mother as Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre!": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Álvaro Beyra Luarca, Bishop of the Diocese of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo-Ma ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - First hospital dedicated to Mother Teresa in India, for the treatment of the tribals Miao (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Miao, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, opened the first hospital dedicated to Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The ceremony took place on September 8, 2016. T ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Human trafficking through social network increases Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of human trafficking in Vietnam continues to increase, and advocacy groups argue that the victims are also influenced by social media. Between 2011 and 2014 cases increas ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Churches of the Middle East: gratitude to Muslim leaders who recognize the contribution of Christians to the Arab civilization Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Churches and Christian communities of the Middle East appreciate and follow with optimism the initiatives of institutions and Muslim leaders in the region "who have engaged in the rejection of ...
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  9 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops of Kaduna - "No to the creation of grazing reserves for herdsmen" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - No to the creation of grazing reserves for herdsmen moving in northern Nigeria. This is what the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna in a pastoral letter sent to Agenzia Fides say. "W ...
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  9 September 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishop of Myitkyina: "New hope for peace with ethnic minorities" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - For some time peace and national reconciliation with ethnic minorities in Myanmar is an issue that is constantly on the political agenda: "Now, with the new government of the National League f ...
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  9 September 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Living mercy at the border between Mexico and the USA Texas (Agenzia Fides) - The border between Mexico and the United States has become a constant scene of the passage of thousands of immigrants from the south of the continent who try to reach North America, in a desperate ...