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• 7 April 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Bishop of Keta-Akatsi and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 April 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Keta-Akatsi (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Kwami Adanuty, in ac ...
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  7 April 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Autonomous Region of Kurdistan takes charge of Christian civil servants forced to flee their lands Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan has renewed, until the end of 2016, the commitment to pay the salaries of Christian civil servants and public employees who worked in Mosul, in the Ninev ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - In the Syrian city of Sadad, the Christians who had to flee to Europe are beginning to return Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - In the Syrian city of Sadad, Christian families who had to flee to Europe to escape the violence of the conflict are beginning to return. This was reported to the Russian media by Suleiman al Khal ...
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  6 April 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Amnesty law: the relatives of political prisoners call for the intervention of the Pope Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A group of family members of Venezuela's political prisoners chained themselves yesterday afternoon at the entrance gate of the Apostolic Nunciature in Caracas, demanding the intervention of the ...
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  6 April 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Over three million working children Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3 million underage children and young Brazilians are involved in the labor market, 31% in agriculture. This is what emerges in a report recently submitted by the Abrinq Foundati ...
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  6 April 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New air raids on the Nuba Mountains Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Local Church sources confirmed to Agenzia Fides what the rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) denounced, according to which the Sudanese air force has carried out a ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - New Franciscan fraternity in Turkey Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - To witness the Gospel, promoting ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and dialogue with culture, in specific ways, through Francis of Assisi’s example: this is the spirit with which the Fri ...
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  6 April 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The serious situation of drug trafficking denounced by the Bishops, who gather in Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, April 7, the Bishops of Bolivia will meet in Assembly in Cochabamba. According to the note sent to Fides, the meetings of the working groups of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference Comm ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Syriac Orthodox Church: the arrest of Metropolitan Swerios is offensive and humiliating Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Syriac Orthodox Church considers the way the Palestinian police arrested Metropolitan Swerios Malki Murad, Patriarchal Vicar of the Holy Land "insulting". Such police custody – which too ...
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  6 April 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Churches are opposed to the proposed registration of religious denominations Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - After Kenya (see Fides 04/02/2016) Uganda also intends to proceed with the registration of so-called FBO - Faith Based Organizations. A measure, sponsored by the department of Ethics and Religio ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Caritas helps immigrants and migrants Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The work of aid of Caritas Sri Lanka reaches immigrant workers and those who migrate abroad in search of work. Caritas works with economic aid, education, professional training programs, in a ne ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - 6 children die or are injured every three days Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - The toll after a year of war in Yemen is that 6 children are killed or maimed every three days. For them it is also dangerous and difficult to play or sleep. With the intensification of the war ...
• 5 April 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Franceville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 4, 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Basile Mvé Engone S.D.B., Archbishop of Libreville as Apostolic Administrator for the vacant et nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese ...
• 5 April 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - National Director of the PMS, Fr. Anastasio Gil Garcia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Anastasio Gil Garcia, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Madrid as ...
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  5 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Mapuche conflict": another church burned Temuco (Agenzia Fides) – This morning a fire destroyed a chapel in Quepe, in the municipality of Freire, Chilean region of La Araucania. The chapel had been a reference point for the local faithful for 30 years. Accor ...