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  25 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Bishops' statement: "The outcome of the elections must be accepted by all" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (EDC) has called on political leaders and all Dominican nationals to conclude the election process (see Fides 12, 17 and 19/05/2016) in a peaceful and re ...
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  25 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Constitutional Court’s decision paves the way for Kabila to stay in power for a third term Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Constitutional Court ruling of May 11 states that the constitution permits the president of the republic to remain in office until the installation of the new elected president. This is wh ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Israeli government does not keep its promises, Christian schools at risk Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the end of a difficult school year, which started with a 27-day strike, 47 Christian schools operating in Israel are facing a financial emergency from the potentially devasta ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Emergency in the Country for the exploitation of children in tobacco plantations Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The exploitation of child labor in tobacco plantations continues to be one of the most serious emergencies in Indonesia. The complaint comes from the recently published report by Human Rights Wa ...
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  25 May 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Release of Coptic monk kidnapped in Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) – Coptic Orthodox monk Gabriel, kidnapped on Thursday, April 14 in the city of Nyala, Sudan's state capital of South Darfur (see Fides 16/04/2016) has been released. His confreres of the monaster ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyer’s family members almost risked being kidnapped Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian lawyer Sardar Mushtaq Gill’s parents and sister almost risked being kidnapped in Lahore last May 22 by a stranger. The lawyer, who in the past had received threats for his legal commi ...
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  25 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Buenaventura: "Areas without water, the only hospital closed, please help us Mr. President!" Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Ettore Epalza Quintero, P.S.S., Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura, during the Eucharist celebrated on May 21 took advantage of the presence of President Santos and the del ...
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  24 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Guapi: "It is necessary to develop a strong missionary conscience" Guapi (Agenzia Fides) - "After so many years of suffering due to the evils of violence and corruption, now is the right time to eradicate all evil and forgive one another, establishing a culture of peace and giving rise ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - "It seems that La Araucania does not exist for the government" said Mgr. Vargas before INDH Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The session of the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH), one of the institutions that aims to collect relevant testimony of La Araucania, regarding intercultural conflicts in this area, took ...
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  24 May 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Church and civil society against new executions Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal and a campaign to stop new executions scheduled by the Indonesian government and announced as imminent: is what Catholic organizations and groups of the Indonesian civil society ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children drop out of school to look for food Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The economic, food and political emergency within the Latin American Country continues. In past months, in order to survive and find something to eat, one Venezuelan child out of four was forced ...
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  24 May 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Killings of persons with albinism on the rise" denounces Justice and Peace Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Albinos are being abducted and killed for ritual purposes. Graves have been exhumed and some people have been caught by the police with bones and other albino body parts. We as a Justice and P ...
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  24 May 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Rabbis launch campaign against religious hatred fueled by "Price Tag" gangs Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Israel-based Rabbis for Human Rights have announced that a new anti-'price tag' attack inter-party campaign will be launched in the Knesset this week. Tag Meir (the Light Tag Forum) is a coali ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Kidnapping during the Mass, the Bishop denounces "things are getting worse and worse" Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - Before the wave of violence that continues to hit Veracruz, the Bishop of the diocese of Cordoba, His Exc. Mgr. Eduardo Patiño Leal, could not help but declare that "things are getting worse an ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Michoacan is among the five States with the highest rate of child exploitation Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The state of Michoacan is among the five States of Mexico where there is the highest number of child exploitation. According to data collected by the Human Rights Commission, the violence suffer ...