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  18 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mothers infected with the zika virus give birth to healthy children Managua (Agenzia Fides) - A small success in the health sector concerns the case of five pregnant women infected with the Zika virus in Nicaragua who have given birth to healthy babies, without microcephaly. According to ...
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  18 May 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Mine clearance of the area around the site of the Baptism of Jesus has been announced Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The area of Qasr al-Yahud, which extends around the western bank of the Jordan River, a place which tradition identifies as the site of Jesus' baptism, will be cleared of mines and other ordna ...
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  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Archbishop of Juba: "there is completely no foundation for us to hate ourselves because of the tribes" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us think of togetherness, let us talk about unity, I think what went wrong with us was because of lack of unity among us the 64, 65 tribes did not succeed to come together and understand thems ...
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  18 May 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees welcomed in Slovakia ask to be repatriated Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - At least twenty of the 149 Iraqi refugees who have been in Slovakia for a few months on the basis of a "selective" welcome program reserved for Christian refugees, have decided to return to I ...
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  18 May 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Solemn celebration of the Pentecost in the sign of Mercy Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - During the Eucharistic liturgy of the Solemnity of Pentecost celebrated in the parish of Xiao Dian, 62 faithful delivered a copy of the Gospel of St. Mark that everyone had transcribed by ...
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  17 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Five suicides concerning young people in 24 hours, "we must do something urgently" says the Bishop Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - "What we want to know is why? What is happening to young people? What are the problems that lead to suicide?" asks His Exc. Mgr. José Guadalupe Torres Campos, Bishop of Ciudad Juarez. The ...
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  17 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Danilo Medina wins the election Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Although 44% of seats are to be scrutinized, Danilo Medina, current President of the Dominican Republic, has been declared the winner of the elections. "What has happened is a victory of ...
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  17 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The 'Robin Hood' of Pakistan to help the poorest Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In Karachi, home to about 20 million people, almost half live below the poverty line and many families struggle every day to be able to get something to eat. A group of young people have joined ...
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  17 May 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Stop sanctions against the Syrian people". An online petition launched by Bishops and religious of the local Catholic Churches Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - A digital online petition to sign on change.org platform, aimed "at MPs and the mayors in every Country" to ask for "the iniquity of sanctions on Syria to be made known to the citizens of the Eur ...
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  17 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Thirty thousand Missionary Childhood and Adolescence groups celebrate their Day Maranhão (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão and President of the National Missionary Council (Comina), invites all Missionary Childhood and Adolescen ...
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  17 May 2016
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Almost half of Mauritanians live in dramatic poverty Nuakchot (Agenzia Fides) - 44% of Mauritania's rural population lives in a situation of crippling poverty, particularly in rural regions. This is what the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Extreme Pov ...
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  17 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society’s appeal: "President, stop the massacres in the territories of Beni and Lubero" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 1,116 people have been killed savagely between October 2014 and May 2016 in the territories of Beni and Lubero (North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) by various armed groups, in p ...
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  17 May 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The frescoes in the ancient church of Trabzon destroyed, transformed into a mosque Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Byzantine church of Aghia Sophia (St. Sophia) in Trabzon, converted into a mosque in 2013, was severely damaged due to the work carried out for its transformation into a Muslim place ...
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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 ...