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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: still no news of the priest kidnapped after the massacre in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) - Almost two weeks after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home in Aden (see Fides 04/03/2016), where four Missionaries of Charity along with 12 others were killed - the ...
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  16 March 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Outbreaks of cholera for the drought in Oromia, in the Somali region and of the Peoples of the South Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The precarious situation that Ethiopia is living due to water shortage (see Fides 09/03/2016) continues to affect the battered population even at a health level. In an appeal launched by the ...
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  16 March 2016
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Seven hundred Cuban emigrants in critical situation call for a diplomatic solution Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal José Luis Lacunza, Bishop of David, has received a report on the situation of the Cuban people in Paso Canoas, and announced that he will inform the Country's Bishops and together ...
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  16 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Day of the martyrs of Orissa will be celebrated on August 30 Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the state of Orissa (Central India) will celebrate "Martyrs' Day" on August 30 every year. As Fides learns, this was established by the Regional Conference of Bishops of Orissa ...
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  16 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attacks on churches in Lahore: still no guilty Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - At what stage are the investigations into the attacks that a year ago marred two Christian churches in Lahore? On the first anniversary of the explosion in front of the Catholic church of St. Joh ...
• 16 March 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Rector of the "Paul VI" Theological Seminary in Antsiranana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 30, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Sylvain Bevazaha, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Amtsiranana ...
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  16 March 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - A seminar being held on the translation of the Bible in African languages Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Africa has to meet the challenges of today by cooperating with other Christian faiths in translating the Bible for all language groups on our continent", said His Exc. Mgr. S ...
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  16 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Catholic Bishop of Guizeh: the murder of Regeni used to ruin relations between Cairo and Rome Guizeh (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of Giulio Regeni was carried out by "professional torturers" perhaps also aimed at "ruining the relations of the present Egyptian and Italian governments". This is how Anba Antonios Az ...
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  16 March 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Tension in the north of the country because of the violence of armed groups and police reprisals Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - After the attack by a group of armed people against a police patrol in the town of Santa Rosa in San Jose de Bocay, (Jinotega) which took place two days ago, now the calm in this community rura ...
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  16 March 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 38 children out of danger born from pregnant women who have the zika virus Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest epidemiological bulletin of the National Institute of Health, until March 5, there have been 941 cases of zika cases regarding about 4,020 pregnant women of the Cari ...
• 16 March 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - At least 22 dead in an attack against a mosque in the northeast Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least 22 people were killed in a double suicide bombing in a mosque in the village of Molai-Umarari, about 10 km from Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. A suicide bomber ...
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  16 March 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land discuss the agreements still suspended between Israel and the Holy See Amman (Agenzia Fides) - There are also the relations between the Holy See, the local Churches and civil authorities in the list of topics on the agenda of the Assembly of the ordinary Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land (A ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anniversary of the attacks on churches in Lahore: faithful pray for peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful Christians, Catholics and Anglicans, recalled the first anniversary of the attacks, March 15 of 2015, against two churches in Youhanabad district, Lahore with liturgical celebrations. T ...
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  15 March 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Pucallpa appeals for calm, after 6 days of strikes and violence Pucallpa (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement, the Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa, His Exc. Mgr. Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, SDB, together with his priests,have asked citizens to remain calm and seek dialogue ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Still too many children recruited by armed forces Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012, Burma had agreed with the United Nations not to recruit minors among the militias. However, according to the local media, the Armed Forces of the Country did not respect the agreement. T ...