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  17 May 2016
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - Trade with Senegal continues to be blocked, there is a lack of primary goods Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between Gambia and Senegal to solve the blocking of cross-border transport which for three months have been preventing trade between the two countries have failed. As previously repo ...
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  16 May 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope's Message for World Mission Day 2016 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, on the occasion of Pentecost, my Message for World Mission Day, which is celebrated every year in October is published. May the Holy Spirit give strength to all the missionaries ad ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Thousands of Cubans arrive in El Paso, the Church calls for solidarity El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Cubans, who were arrested earlier in Panama, are arriving in El Paso, Texas, border area in the United States, and now this city is on the verge of collapsing and there are no more ...
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  16 May 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - Pastor released, three faithful detained Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Iranian Protestant Pastor Nadarkhani, of the "Church of Iran," arrested in recent days in Rasht was released, while three other believers arrested on May 13 are still in custody. As NGO Catholic ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A month after the earthquake: religious celebrations while the emergency continues Quito (Agenzia Fides) - One month after the earthquake that has isolated Ecuador's northern coastal area, 120 thousand children are in urgent need of temporary spaces where to attend school lessons. The earthquake on Apr ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Missionary Congress in Bucaramanga: "Colombian missionary Church goes forth" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We are the Colombian Church in missionary going forth" is the theme of the XII National Missionary Congress of Colombia to be held in Bucaramanga from 26 to 29 May. The organisers of the congres ...
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  16 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The mercy between Christianity and Islam Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The mercy in Christianity and Islam" is the title of a seminar organized in Lahore, on the occasion of the Jubilee Year, by the "Council for Interreligious Dialogue in Pakistan", coordinated by ...
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  16 May 2016
  AFRICA/CHAD - Thousands of Sudanese refugees in Chad are in desperate need of help N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Sudanese refugees in Goz Amer camp, eastern Chad, complain about a severe shortage of humanitarian aid, health care and food services. A group of refugees in the camp, in an interview to a loc ...
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  16 May 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Christian and Islamic NGOs together to promote peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Interfaith Partnership for the consolidation of peace in the Central African Republic (CIPP)". This is the name of a joint project funded by a group of Christian and Islamic NGOs to support the ...
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  16 May 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The draft law on the construction of places of worship presented to Parliament Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The draft law on the construction of places of worship was presented today, May 16, to the competent offices of the Egyptian Parliament, which will discuss and comment on the new legislation in co ...
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  16 May 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Construction of Our Lady of Mount Center starts in Anjara Anjara (Agenzia Fides) - At the initiative of the Parish “The Visitation of Our Lady”, construction work of a multipurpose center has started in Anjara, Jordan. The project, named after Our Lady of Mount, will serve ...
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  14 May 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - The project on "Prevention of human trafficking and smuggling of migrants" begins Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Commission of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference has launched the project "Prevention of human trafficking and smuggling of migrants in Peru: Strengthening of social n ...
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  14 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Concern of the Church for the closure of refugee camps Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – There is great concern regarding the announcement of the Kenyan government to close the refugee camps in Dadaab (considered the largest refugee camp in the world with over 320,000 people, mos ...
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  14 May 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - A Protestant pastor arrested Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, of the Protestant community "Church of Iran", acquitted in 2012 of the charge of apostasy, was arrested yesterday, May 13, in Iran with his wife, Tina Pasandid ...
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  14 May 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Quevedo: "May president Duterte work for peace in Mindanao" Davao (Agenzia Fides) – Need to address the issue regarding stability and reconciliation in Mindanao and immediately engage in defining the peace process with the Islamic community and the communist rebels: asks Cardin ...