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  23 May 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Yet another attack with three victims in the area of Qamishli inhabited by Christians Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) – The terrorist attack carried out in "Miami street", in Wusta district, inhabited mostly by Christians, in the late evening of Saturday, May 21 in the center of Qamishli, Syria's second larges ...
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  23 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - 87-year-old Fr. Peter Meienberg, a Benedictine who helps the prisoners of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "I realised that prisoners needed more than just spiritual nourishment; they were living in very bad environments, and so I set up Faraja Foundation, and through the help of friends and my famil ...
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  23 May 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A market to help refugee children in Lebanon Siviglia (Agenzia Fides) - Help us to help, is the motto of a trade market organized by the Andalusian Palestino Association for Children, intended to raise funds for eye and ear surgeries regarding children living in re ...
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  23 May 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Bishop Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin, zealous and patient Pastor Jixian (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 8, 2016, around noon, His Exc. Mgr. Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin, Bishop of Jixian (Weíhwei), Henan Province (Mainland China) died. He would have turned 91 on May 23. On May 6 he h ...
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  23 May 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop: after a meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Imam al Tayyib, the Egyptian press announces the resumption of dialogue between the Holy See and al Azhar Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - "In Egypt great importance is given to the meeting between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar: even the most popular newspapers dedicate large space to the event on the front page, and r ...
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  21 May 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: "The government must stop radical Islamic groups and preserve coexistence" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope the government does its part to stop Islamic radical groups and preserve Indonesia's multicultural and multireligious identity, based on the Pancasila", the "five principles" at the ba ...
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  21 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Two years ago the Bishops' letter to President Ortega, still unanswered Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Two years have gone by since the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) delivered the document "En Búsqueda de Nuevos Horizontes, para una Nicaragua mejor" (Seeking new horizo ...
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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 ...