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		<title>TUNISIA: Bishop expresses fear of Sectarianism following Priest’s Death</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TUNIS, February 22, 2011 (CISA) -A Catholic bishop in Tunisia today February 22 expressed fear of growing Islamic extremism in the area after a 34 year-old Polish missionary priest was found brutally killed on February 18. As local protests took place in the wake of the murder, Archbishop Lahham Marun Elias of Tunis told Vatican Radio on February 19 that he believes “an Islamic movement” directed against “all non-Muslims” is growing in influence within the country. The body of Fr Marek Marius Rybinski a Salesian missionary was discovered last Friday in the parking lot of the local Salesian school, which...]]></description>
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		<title>SOUTH AFRICA: Anglican Bishop Receives Death Threats</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRETORIA, March 18, 2011 (CISA) -The South African Council of Churches and its international ecumenical partners are shocked and outraged by death threats against its President, Bishop Jo Seoka, outspoken Anglican Bishop of Pretoria and members of his family. On Tuesday morning March 15, 2011, five men armed with guns arrived at Bishop Seoka’s Pretoria home, declaring their intention to kill the Bishop and his wife. The Bishop and his wife were not at home at the time, but the intruders returned later in the day looking for them.  They also made remarks that suggested that they were watching the...]]></description>
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		<title>KENYA:  Catholic Bishops Appeal for Food to Aid hard-hit Dioceses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, March 18, 2011(CISA)-An estimated 2.1 million people within some of the country’s catholic dioceses are said to be hard-hit by the current drought and the Catholic bishops have made a passionate food appeal on behalf of the affected people. The food appeal is addressed to all archbishops, religious superiors of Kenya (RSCK), Association of sisterhood of Kenya (AOSK) and KEC-Kenya Episcopal Conference, Kenya Catholic Secretariat (KCS) commissions and institutions. The appeal signed by Cardinal John Njue of Kenya, on behalf of his fellow bishops is titled: “Emergency Response Fund for Kenya 2011 Drought Appeal.” The bishops say, “As you...]]></description>
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		<title>AFRICA: African Disabled Women Call for Inclusion in all Sectors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, March 18, 2011 (CISA) –Disabled women from all African regions are urging the African Union, regional bodies and governments to ensure a 10 percent representation of women with disabilities within committees at all levels, continental, regional and national. The disabled women said this during a three-day Pan-African Task-Force forum on violence against disabled women in Africa held in Nairobi, Kenya. The disabled women called on the African Union (AU), governments, civil society and non-governments organisations to take immediate action to protect women with disabilities and to guarantee their human right to life. A Malawian disabled woman, Rachel Kachaje Deputy...]]></description>
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		<title>LIBYA: Islamic Body invites Vatican to help Find Peace</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIPOLI, March 18, 2011 (CISA) –The World Islamic Call Society (WICS) is calling on the Holy See to contribute to finding a peaceful solution to the crisis in Libya, says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli. “Yesterday I had a fruitful meeting with the Secretary General of the World Islamic Call Society, an institution funded by Libya, which is involved in inter-religious dialogue and the promotion of Islam throughout the world,” the bishop told Fides. Bishop Martinelli said, “The Secretary General of the WICS was grateful for the presence of the Catholic Church in Libya and particularly...]]></description>
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		<title>JAPAN: Catholic Bishops express Solidarity with Quake Victims</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG, March 18, 2011 (CISA) – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Catholic Community of Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland have sent a message of solidarity to the  people of Japan following the developing crisis in that country. They wrote to the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada, Archbishop of Tokyo on March 15 saying, “We have watched the developing crisis in Japan with sadness, shock and horror.” A message signed by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale OMI, Archbishop of Johannesburg and President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said, “On behalf of...]]></description>
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		<title>KENYA: Alarming Study shows 65 Percent of Maize Flour is Unhealthy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, March 18, 2011 (CISA) –A new research reveals that most maize flour in the Kenyan major commercial millers is highly contaminated with aflatoxin, a dangerous toxin causing cancer, poor learning skills in children and other health complications. The research was carried out by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ministry of Public Health. Making the presentation on March 16, researcher with CDC, Dr. Margaret McDaniel said samples taken from 20 of the major maize millers last December from the country’s six provinces were found to contain levels of aflatoxins that were unsafe for human...]]></description>
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		<title>AFRICA: Secretaries of Episcopal Conferences meet on African Synod</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACCRA, March 18, 2011 (CISA) -A meeting of Secretaries General of National and Regional Episcopal Conferences of Africa will be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), from March 16 to 21, 2011. The meeting organised by the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has its theme:  “The Role of Secretaries General in the implementation of the Final Message and Propositions of the Second Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa.”  The meeting is expected to come up with practical ways and means for the implementation of the outcomes of the Second African Synod...]]></description>
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		<title>VATICAN: John Paul II Beatification on Face book and YouTube</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, March 18, 2011 (CISA) –Vatican Radio and the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) have organised a number of initiatives and made a wide range of documentary material available for the beatification of John Paul II on May 1, 2011. According to a communiqué from the Holy See Press Office, “A new page dedicated to John Paul II for his beatification has been activated on YouTube. The page includes video clips on the pontificate year by year, as well as video clips with the pope&#8217;s voice in various languages, trips and in the Vatican. &#8220;These are audio recordings supplied and...]]></description>
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		<title>ITALY: Prayer Service to mark International Year of the Forests</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME, March 18, 2011 (CISA) –The Commission for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Rome office has prepared a Prayer Service to mark the International Year of the Forests on March 21, 2011. The UN declared 2011 the Year of the Forests to create awareness of the urgency to protect fragile global forestry and encourage a greater sustainability in their use.  The prayer service is prepared by the Poor Clares of Cortona, Italy for the JPIC Commission. This International Year will help cultivate an appreciation of the role of forests in conserving the strength and vitality of the planet,...]]></description>
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