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  13 April 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Don Benoît Kinalegu has passed away, the priest who was next to the victims of the LRA Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Don Benoît Kinalegu, the Catholic priest who alerted the world to the terrible abuses of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Congo, passed away at only 53 years of age. In particular, it was ...
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  13 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad invites a "high-level delegation'' of the Patriarchate of Moscow to Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad has invited a ''high-level delegation'' of the Russian Orthodox Church to visit Syria, at a time when the Syrian government army seems to have reversed the dest ...
• 12 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Erection of the Diocese of Rayagada and appointment of the First Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 April 2016 the Holy Father erected the new Diocese of Rayagada, in India, with territory taken from the Diocese of Berhampur, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Cuttack- ...
• 12 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Dindigul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 April 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Thomas Paulsamy, Pastor of St. Anthony's Church in Kallukuzhy, former Vicar General of the diocese of Tiruchirapalli as Bishop of the Di ...
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  12 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The South Asian Franciscans are committed to the poor and marginalized Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans of the South Asian countries reaffirm their commitment to serve the poor and marginalized, helping, in particular, to respond to the most pressing social issues that occur in S ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Inhumane conditions for children and workers found in a warehouse for packaging Maipu (Agenzia Fides) - Following a Government inspection in a warehouse for packaging in the department of Maipú, province of Mendoza, workers and children were found living in inhuman conditions in these unhealthy env ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Poverty, abuse and family conflicts are forcing children to live on the streets New York (Agenzia Fides) - A report by the National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) revealed that, in 2015, 2 and a half million children in the United States were living in shelters, on the streets, in cars, or in ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa’s appeal in the face of lynchings and widespread violence: "Do not kill" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, yesterday published a letter, also signed by the four auxiliary Bishops, in which he condemned the lynching of criminals as sin. "With dee ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - A growing crisis: teachers risk retirement San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - While the Puerto Rican government cannot seem to recover from the deep economic crisis in which it has collapsed (see Fides 18/03/2016), now teachers in public and private schools risk retireme ...
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  12 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: need to remove the contents of hatred in school textbooks Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to remove the contents of hatred and prejudice towards religious minorities in school textbooks in use in schools across the country: is the appeal launched by the National Commissi ...
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  12 April 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops denounce: "Corruption is killing the country" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The cancer of corruption is killing our Country. Are we heading towards a society without God, plagued by tribalism, in which money has become the only God": is the sharp cry of alarm of the Bi ...
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  12 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Clarification on Christians killed in Qaryatayn, denial regarding the news about the "jihadist" massacre Qaryatayn (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months, in the Syrian city of Qaryatayn, many Christians were killed in different circumstances, in different ways related to the fact that the region in which that city is situated ...
• 11 April 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Gaitán, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 April 2016 the Holy Father, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Luis Horacio Gómez Gonz ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The memory of the dead in the light of faith urges evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to Chinese tradition and culture, following the lunar calendar, the Day of the Dead falls on April 5. Even the Chinese Catholic community, which dedicates the memory of the dead on Nov ...
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  11 April 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - A "children's clubs" to prevent diseases Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The health center of Guarambaré has just launched a "children's club", a space where the little ones and their parents will be together once a month. The statement sent to Fides says that the ...