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  31 March 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - High-profile murders and mysterious deaths worsen the political crisis Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Two high-profile murders worsen the political crisis in Burundi, threatening to involve neighboring Rwanda. Former Rwandan Minister Jacques Bihozagara, arrested by the Burundian security servi ...
• 31 March 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Wonju, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 31 March 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Wonju (Korea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Jacobus Kim Ji-Seok, in accordance with Canon 40 ...
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  30 March 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New mission of the Guanellian nuns in the Amazon Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira - (Agenzia Fides) - The Daughters of St. Mary of Providence, known as the Guanellians by their founder, the Italian priest Saint Luigi Guanella, will open a mission in one of the poorest areas of ...
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  30 March 2016
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Secularism" to obstruct the Catholic presence in the life of the country Canelones (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Canelones, His Exc. Mgr. Alberto Sanguinetti, called for "a bit of attention in the use of the definition of secularism" of the State and "greater respect for religious freedom". ...
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  30 March 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Christian leaders call for the release of opposition leader Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - During the Easter holidays several Ugandan Christian leaders launched appeals for the release of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, under house arrest since 19 February. Besigye was arrested du ...
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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Massacre in Lahore: Bishops seek protection and decisive action on behalf of the State Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The killing of innocent people, especially women and children, in the name of religion is unacceptable. Along with Christians, many of our Muslim brothers, women, children and families have be ...
• 30 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - One dead and one wounded in the attack against a vehicle of Caritas, the third in a year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A driver of Caritas was killed in a road ambush near Uvira in South Kivu (eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo). The incident occurred on March 25, when a vehicle of Caritas in ...
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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - In the offensive against Kurdish militias, the Turkish government even "expropriates" the churches in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of the military operations carried out in southern Turkey against Kurdish positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the government in Ankara ordered the expropriation of ...
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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders together for peace against terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Muslim leaders came together to pray for peace and to reaffirm their common commitment against terrorism, in the aftermath of the Easter massacre, which took place in Lahore: as Fid ...
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  30 March 2016
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Orionini open a new community in Chiconela, in the Diocese of Xai-Xai Chiconela (Agenzia Fides) – The Opera Don Orione opens a new community in Chiconela, in the Diocese of Xai-Xai, 200 km from the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. The vast territory entrusted to the Orionini by the Bishop ...
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  23 March 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Women and men of mercy": March 24 the Day of Missionary Martyrs Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Every year since 1993 the "Day of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of Missionary Martyrs is celebrated on 24 March, thanks to the initiative of the Youth Missionary Movement of the Italian Pontifical ...
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  23 March 2016
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - "Corruption is a sin", says Mgr. Harris calling for solidarity with the poor Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - "Every murder is a crucifixion of the Lord. Every time we let a homeless person die on the road, this is a crucifixion of the Lord. Whenever someone dies in our hospitals due to poor medic ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "May Easter bring blessings, light and peace in Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "May the light of the Risen Lord shine upon you all. Let us pray for our brothers and sisters in North Korea: may the blessings on them be abundant. Let us pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula a ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer vigil for the release of the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Expressing grief and mourning for the massacre of the four Missionaries of Charity in Yemen, the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, His Exc. Mgr. Filipe Neri Ferrao, also invoked for the release of the Sa ...
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  23 March 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Poor hygienic conditions and overcrowding promote diseases in refugee camps in north Darfur Sortony (Agenzia Fides) - Water and sanitation services in the camps of northern Darfur are not able to cope with the needs of the newly displaced people fleeing the clashes in Jebel Marra. According to the figures of ...