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  7 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: the martyred Sisters were loved by the Yemenite people. Still no news of abducted priest Aden (Agenzia Fides) – The local people “loved the Mother Teresa Sisters killed in Aden, and admired their way of serving others regardless of religious belonging , putting first the most in need. This earned ...
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  7 March 2016
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "The Gospel of joy guides our mission": international symposium prepares CAM 5 Pando (Agenzia Fides) – " The Gospel of Joy Guides our Mission " was the theme of the 2nd International Missiology Symposium held in Ururguay 28 February to 2 March. The symposium is part of preparations for the 5th ...
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  7 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Completed and available the Catechism of the Catholic Church in Urdu "A Work of Mercy ” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “At the end of 13 years of intense work , the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church translated into Urdu, approved by the Holy See and sent to press, has been just published in Pakistan. ...
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  7 March 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop intervenes to calm the people after 'disappeared' person is found dead Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of people, friends and family members of Victor Garcia Garcia, found dead with evident signs of torture in Ejido Salvador, in the area of Tierra Blanca, staged protests on 5 March ...
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  7 March 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - University protests: Bishops call for “honest dialogue with students” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Not enough has been done to promote an environment that enables open and honest dialogue to happen. We call for honest dialogue on the issues raised by the students at various campuses� ...
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  5 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros tells his flock: buy state bonds to help the country Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt’s economy is on the verge of collapse for a series of factors including the drop in income connected with tourism, revolts in 2011, terrorist attacks, the Russian aircraft which crashed ...
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  5 March 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN Solidarity with Indian orphanage in Irinjalakuda Lodosa (Agenzia Fides) - St. Antony’s Orphanage in Balabhava in the Indian diocese of Irinjalakuda, in Kerala, continues to be supported by the missionary community of Recollect Augustinians, through the Esperanza Span ...
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  5 March 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Motobike-ambulance service guarantees assisted delivery to more than 200 mothers a month Oyam (Agenzia Fides) – Guaranteeing assisted delivery to mothers in Oyam district in Uganda, is the mission chosen by the Italian organization Medici con l’Africa CUAMM (Doctors with Africa) on occasion of this year ...
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  5 March 2016
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “Deportation of migrants increases”, concern at the end of a regional Meeting of Migrant Pastoral experts Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – Bishops and pastoral workers from the United States, central America and Mexico denounce an increase in deportation migrants in recent years. In a statement at the end of the 8th r ...
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  5 March 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We must learn to build not to destroy!” says Bishop Galván Galindo against “narcocorridos” music Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) – " We must learn to build not destroy! Today’s type of music influences the state of mind of many adolescents. If they listen to "Narco Corridos" music they want to emulate these people and ...
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  5 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Controversy regarding the “national” prayer called by the government; the local Catholic Church will not take part Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- After asking the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo to cancel the demonstration planned for 16 February (see Fides 16/2/2016), the majority which supports President Joseph Kab ...
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  5 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Massacre of Sisters, Bishop Ballin: the closer the Church is to Jesus the closer she shares in his passion Aden (Agenzia Fides) – “The closer the Church is to Jesus the more closelyshe shares in his passion”. The massacre by a group of armed men committed inside a Home for elderly and disabled persons entrusted to the c ...
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  AMERICA/CHILE - Fr. Gianluca Roso Pontifical Mission Societies National Director confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, confirmed on 8 January 2016 for a five year term the present National Director of the Pontifical ...
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  4 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Terrorist attack kills 4 Mother Teresa Sisters, together with helpers and elderly patients in care Aden (Agenzia Fides) Four Missionary Sisters of Charity, the community founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, were shot dead by gunmen early this morning in an attack on the structure in the Yemenite city of Aden where ...
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  4 March 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Five new Korean missionaries “ad gentes” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Five new Korean missionaries are charged to carry the good news of the Gospel to distant lands: with a special Mass celebrated in Seoul Cathedral on 3 March, Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung, Catholic ...