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  15 June 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Queen Rania visits the "Restaurant of Mercy" run by Caritas Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the holy month of Ramadan, Caritas volunteers who since December have been offering meals to those in need at the Restaurant of Mercy in Amman, in the Jabal al Weibdeh area, have modified their ...
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  15 June 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - New intervention of religious leaders to denounce "hate speech" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We have taken note of the rising cases of hate speech and war mongering associated with particular politicians. This trend is worrying and must not be allowed to take root in the Country’s po ...
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  15 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Murders of human rights defenders: UN has to intervene Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent that the Pakistani government "captures the killers of Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti and other activists for human rights and justice", because such cases highlight "the persis ...
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  14 June 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Letter of the Prior of the Dominicans: "The situation is terrible, people suffer from hunger, human rights are violated" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Venezuela is terrible" and "the population suffers from hunger": these expressions highlight the difficult and painful situation faced by Venezuelans and are found in a letter ...
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  14 June 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Twenty-one children repatriated in the last 36 months San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - 20% of the total number of repatriated migrants in Honduras are minors. According to data of the National Center of Information of the Honduran Social Sector (Ceniss), over the past 36 ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops' concern: "safety is in danger, the cooperation of all is necessary, from individuals to the government" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Without security, all plans for the development of a Country could remain a mirage", say the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement in which they express their "grave concern" over "the unacceptable i ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Criticism by the Armenian community to Patriarchal Vicar Atesyan for the position taken with respect to the German resolution on Genocide Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Armenian Apostolic communities in Turkey have expressed a clear distancing towards the letter sent by the Patriarchate to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the vo ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Corruption is rampant in public hospitals Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Since Sudan introduced a health insurance system in 1994, the public health sector has witnessed a deterioration and decline that has led to the emergence of corrupt practices. An investigative ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Hunger is a silent war that is killing Malawi", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Hunger is a silent war that is killing Malawi", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary from Malawi. "Hunger for many families means one meal a day, a collective fasting for all the ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian population is growing in three Indian states Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian population in three Indian states of Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand has increased at a faster rate compared to the growth of the total population growth rate during the 2001-11 ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop Bo: "Communicating mercy means listening to our people" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to listen to our people in Myanmar: Muslims, the Rohingya, the Ma Ba Tha, the National League for Democracy, civil society, even those who are against democracy. Listening is the first ...
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  14 June 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate responds to the criticism on the invitation to fast for one day together with the Muslims during Ramadan Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The request made by the Chaldean Patriarchate to all Iraqi Christians to unite for a day of fasting practiced by Muslims during Ramadan (see Fides 13/06/2016) has provoked some criticism, also e ...
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  14 June 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Denying rights kills people, there is very little space for democratic participation Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua continue to speak out against the decision of President Daniel Ortega not to allow the presence of national and international observers, in the presidential elections on ...
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  13 June 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A hundred kilometers of running against poverty and hunger Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – A marathon was recently held in Madrid: "My kilometers change your life" promoted by Oxfam Trailwalker Intermón in Madrid. The aim of this initiative, now in its eleventh year around the world ...
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  13 June 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Four years after the massacre of Curuguaty investigations do not go ahead Canindeyú (Agenzia Fides) - The Paraguayan Bishop of the diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, His Exc. Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina Salinas, celebrated yesterday, Sunday, June 12, a Holy Mass in the countryside of ...