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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor attacked in Rajasthan New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Pastor Sumati Prakash Kharadia, of the Protestant community "Assembly of God," was attacked and brutally beaten by a mob of about 25 extremists in the village of Sabli, in Rajasthan. The Pasto ...
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  23 March 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A New Hope for Central Africa destroyed by civil war Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "For almost four months - apart from some isolated incident and without any particular consequences – there has been no shooting in Bangui" writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Federico Trinchero, Disca ...
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  23 March 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Casas: "You cannot think about peace without eradicating corruption" Neiva (Agenzia Fides) - "You cannot think about peace in Colombia if you do not eradicate serious corruption that pervades the country", said the Bishop of the Diocese of Colombia in Neiva, His Exc. Mgr. Froilan Tiberio ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Archbishop on the massacres in Brussels: unfortunately, Europe is reaping what has been sown in Syria and Iraq Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - In the massacres in Brussels, after those in Paris, "unfortunately innocent people reap what European powers have sown in Syria and Iraq in the last few years". This is the bitter reflection re ...
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  22 March 2016
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - 4,000 children die for lack of clean water every day London (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Water Day, which is celebrated today, March 22, the NGO for development cooperation and humanitarian aid Plan International has denounced the death of more than 4,000 chi ...
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  22 March 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Gualberti: "The rule of law threatened, we need the truth!" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day the media reports news of people who take advantage of power to enrich themselves, even resorting to corruption, lies and deception. In an attempt to conceal the facts against the ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Experience of evangelization in the street for the youth in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A witness of public faith, with a Christian message in the streets, and an appeal for the gift of peace on the Korean peninsula: is the initiative launched by young people in Seoul who experienced ...
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  22 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Assumptionist priest, who denounced the exploitation of Coltan to the detriment of local populations, has been killed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Why are you killing me?" are the last words of Fr. Vincent Machozi, Assumptionist priest killed in the night of Sunday, March 20 in the village of Vitungwe-Isale, 15 km from Butembo in the Ter ...
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  22 March 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Thousands of catechumens will be received into the Catholic Church at Easter Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people across the United States will be welcomed into the Catholic Church on Easter Vigil, March 26. Among them, many dioceses around the country are welcoming entire families w ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Holy Thursday in prayer for peace and for Fr. Tom, kidnapped in Yemen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A call to prayer for peace, with a special intention for Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen (see Fides 04/03/2016, 17/03/2016): is what Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime asks all the Sa ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace built by children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A peace march, carrying signs with messages of peace and harmony for the country: is the initiative experienced by Muslim and Christian children of the group created by the Council for interrelig ...
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  22 March 2016
  AMERICA - Three American Countries on the black list of human rights Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Cuba, Venezuela and Guatemala are on the blacklist compiled by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (CIDH). Is what emerges from the 2015 annual report just published. In these count ...
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  21 March 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Cucuta invites the ELN to peace talks Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve, announced yesterday, through social media, that in the coming hours Corporal Jair Villar Ortiz, who had been kidnapped in the city of ...
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  21 March 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Health emergency: dengue in 14 regions Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Ministry of Health (Minsa) has declared a health emergency for 90 days: cases of dengue have been reported in 14 regions. The alert is intended to strengthen the prevention and treat ...
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  21 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Adorno father seriously injured in a road ambush in the northeast Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor (Adorno Fathers) was seriously injured in a road ambush yesterday, Sunday, March 20, in Katwiguru, 30 km from Rutshuru in North Kivu, eastern ...