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  21 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A hospital boat to give assistance in the most remote places Macapá (Agenzia Fides) - Religious Camillians continue their health project in the area of the largest river in the world. We are talking about the "Camillians at the mouth of the 'Amazonas", and Fr. Raúl Matte, Camill ...
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  21 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Slovak missionary who was shot and seriously wounded has died Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Rev. Sr. Veronica Rackova, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit (SSPS), who was shot and seriously wounded in South Sudan, has died. Sr. Veronica was allegedly shot by Sudan People ...
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  21 May 2016
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Religious denominations reaffirm their commitment to national reconciliation Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that unity and reconciliation are in line with what the Holy Scriptures say, that is why in 2000 we established Christian Gacaca that helped to deliver restorative justice to ou ...
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  21 May 2016
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Only half of refugee children manage to attend primary school Paris (Agenzia Fides) - In a report made public in recent days, on the occasion of the World Humanitarian Summit to be held in Istanbul on 23 and 24 May, UNESCO and UNHCR reported that only 50% of refugee children attend ...
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  20 May 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Aid from the UAE for Iraqi Christian refugees Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The eleven Iraqi Christian refugee families in Mosul who found hospitality in Naur, western urban area of the municipality in Amman, will also receive this year material aid reserved for them from ...
• 20 May 2016
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Appointment of the Rector of the "Holy Name of Mary" Seminary in Honiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Paulus Suparmono, of the Congregation of Mission (CM) as Rector of t ...
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  20 May 2016
  AMERICA - CELAM presidency on a visit to the Roman Curia to talk about projects Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - CELAM members are visiting the Vatican departments this week to exchange viewpoints, and especially to present to them the 80 programs in which they are working on in Latin America, ranging ...
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  20 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Closure of Dadaab: President Kenyatta discusses it with the UN Security Council Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Today May 20th, the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, will meet members of the United Nations Security Council in Nairobi to discuss the impending repatriation of refugees as well as the gener ...
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  20 May 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Clear objectives to reduce poverty and protect democracy San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy presented a new version of the legislation to help solve the financial crisis Puerto Rico is going through. The recent bill for Puerto Rico entitled "PROMESA" ( ...
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  20 May 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Need to stop the phenomenon of early marriages", the warning of the Bishop of Tenkodogo Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Like all young dioceses, even that of Tenkodogo in Burkina Faso, has many difficulties to face". In Tenkodogo the are many basic facilities lacking such as clinics and schools, but the phenomenon o ...
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  20 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The liberation of the girls in Chibok is an important sign", said Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The question we must ask ourselves is: they were abducted two years ago, why haven’t we found them yet?" asks Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, to Agenzia Fides, commenting on the r ...
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  19 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Colombia: Visit to the Apostolic Vicariate and Missionary Congress Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will carry out a pastoral visit to Colombia, from May 21 to 28, for the episcopal ordination of the ...
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  19 May 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - US set to arm "Christian" anti-extremist militias in Iraq? The Chaldean Patriarch: "It is a very bad idea" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian anti-Islamic State forces in Iraq are set to benefit from a defence spending bill headed for authorisation by the US Congress and Senate, justifying this action as part of the fight ag ...
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  19 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Calm returns in San Pedro, Mgr. Ozoria warns not to expect an absolute power San Pedro de Macoris (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Ozoria Acosta, Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro de Macoris, condemned the incidents that took place in recent days in the Dominican Republic because of the ...
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  19 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops are against the closure of Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in the world Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The closure of the refugee camp in Dadaab will undoubtedly have consequences not only for hundreds of thousands of refugees but for the entire region", say the Catholic Bishops of Kenya in a st ...