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  18 March 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Hygiene and health accessible to even the most vulnerable people Merti (Agenzia Fides) - Speaking of access to adequate sanitation and good hygiene practices may seem obvious. In Kenya the majority of the population, about 70%, have no clean and functional toilets. A fact that has ser ...
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  18 March 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Cuts in health care, education and pensions in order to pay creditors San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Rico fails to meet foreign debt payments, so the island is facing legal actions by creditors (see Fides 4,5,11/12/2015). Puerto Rico, free state associated with the United States of Amer ...
• 18 March 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Christ the King" Major Seminary in Nyeri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 27, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Peter Maingi Mutune, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Nairobi ...
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  18 March 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops ask for clarity on the appointment of ministers Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Southern African Catholic Bishops are "profoundly disturbed" by Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas’s confirmation that he was offered the post of Finance Minister by members of the Gup ...
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  18 March 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of working children is unstoppable Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) – Throughout Mexico there are more than 22,000 child laborers, many of whom do not receive any financial remuneration. In a note of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers (Crom) in ...
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  18 March 2016
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops "we are shocked": assault in Grand Bassam Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims caused by the terrorist attack in Grand-Bassam, the resort town on the Ivory Coast, on Sunday, March 13 attacked by a commando of Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has risen ...
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  18 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Bishop: the declaration of the USA on the "genocide of Christians" is "an instrumental geopolitics operation" Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The path that led the US administration to recognizing the violence perpetrated by the Islamic State on Christians as "genocide", is "a geopolitical operation" that "exploits the category of ge ...
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  17 March 2016
  AFRICA / MALAWI - The Bishops' letter is the last warning: for a missionary "there is risk of social explosion" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very deep letter and to be taken seriously", said Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfort missionary, commenting on the Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of Malawi on the state of the Country (see ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/HONG KONG - More than 3,000 catechumens will be baptized during the Easter Vigil Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "You have not only found the light, you also have to transform into light that illuminates the world", said Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, to the catechumens on the fourth Sunday ...
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  17 March 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops: "May the State listen to the cry of farmers and their proposals" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) expresses its support to the needs of the population that will give life to the XXIII " March of the Poor Farmer" scheduled today, March 17, in the Pa ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - The tragic odyssey of Pakistani Christian refugees in Thailand Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The escape of thousands of Pakistani Christians that left their homeland seeking refuge in Thailand continues. They escape from pressures, harassment, threats and reprisals. Due to the Pakista ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "Justice for the massacre in Lahore" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To bring to justice the perpetrators of the massacre that on 15 March 2015, following the explosion of two bombs in front of two churches in Youhanabad, Lahore district, killed 21 people and in ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/QATAR - "Religious" TV channels are multiplying all over the Middle East Doha (Agenzia Fides) - The number of religious broadcasters throughout the Middle East has risen by 50 percent in just three years from 2011 to 2014, rising from 50 to 75 religious channels "free to air" (not encrypted). ...
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  17 March 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Castro Quiroga: "What is important is not the date, but the agreement has to be properly formulated" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "What matters is not the date when the agreement is signed, but it has to be properly formulated. We must avoid clauses which may later create problems, it is very important to avoid damaging the ...
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  17 March 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A community radio circuit for peace in the country torn by civil war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A radio network to promote peace has been created by 12 community radio stations in South Sudan. Under this initiative, 45 "citizen journalists" will be trained to gather information to be provided ...