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  5 July 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - President Assad and Patriarch Younan at the Syrian-Catholic youth meeting Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Syria "have never been foreigners", but they have helped to build the Syrian civilization by bringing its message to the whole world, side by side with their "Muslim brothers". Th ...
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  5 July 2019
  AFRICA/CONGO - The body of a priest kidnapped at the end of June has been found Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) – “Investigations are underway to better understand the circumstances of the death of Fr. Paul. For this reason we prefer not to issue statements at the moment”, say sources of the dioce ...
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  5 July 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops meet the Prime Minister: concerns for religious minorities and the contribution to environmental protection Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Our meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan lasted about 30 minutes, during which we spoke about the issues and concerns of Christians in Pakistan. In addition, on behalf of the Bishops’ Con ...
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  4 July 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The "School of Peace" grows, where Afghan children learn how to welcome Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The "Tangi Kalay - School of Peace", an institute founded in 2005 on the initiative of Fr. Giuseppe Moretti, Barnabite missionary in the Afghan Islamic Republic from 1990 to 2015, has an extra 10 ...
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  4 July 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Baptized and sent": door-to-door evangelization in view of the extraordinary Missionary Month Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Door-to-door evangelization: is the initiative of St. John parish in Karachi that has commissioned a group of pastoral workers to visit the homes of parishioners and talk about faith, especially ...
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  4 July 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Meeting of the Pro Vita Movement for French-speaking priests Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - About 40 priests from French-speaking West African countries are participating in the regular session of the Pro Vita Movement, from 3 to 5 July 2019, in Ouagadougou. The works were preceded ...
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  4 July 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Agreement for the repatriation of more than 295,000 Central African refugees from Cameroon Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 295,000 Central African refugees in Cameroon who will be able to voluntarily return to their Country on the basis of an agreement signed by the governments of Cameroon and the ...
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  4 July 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Assassins of social leaders and uncertainty regarding peace agreements catalyze the Bishops' debate Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Bishops of Colombia is currently underway on the theme "The economy at the service of human dignity and the common good" (see Fides, 2/7/2019), but the presentation of the differ ...
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  4 July 2019
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Catholic Church - "important advisor" in the national social dialogue San José (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, met yesterday, July 3, the Archbishop of San José, Mgr. José Rafel Quirós, for more than two hours, with the aim of establishin ...
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  4 July 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Heads of Churches distance themselves from Rayan "the Chaldean", leader of the Babylon movement Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The expressions and modus operandi of Rayan al Kildani ("the Chaldean"), leader and general secretary of the "Babylon" political movement, seem disrespectful and dishonorable towards realities a ...
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  3 July 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Criminals kill layman as he opens the church Morón (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Morón, Mgr. Jorge Vázquez, expressed his "profound sadness" regarding the murder of 80-year-old Ernesto Cavazza, a parishioner and lay person involved in the life o ...
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  2 July 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Unemployment rate among Christian men is the highest in the nation New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Indian Christians are among the last in terms of human development in Indian society. The rate of unemployment among Christian men in rural as well as urban areas is higher than those from oth ...
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  2 July 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - To humanize the digital world: the theme of the Bishops' Justice and Peace Commission report Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "This year's report on social justice will be titled ‘Making it Real - Genuine human encounter in our digital world’. The text states the positive opportunities of encounter and solidarity of ...
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  2 July 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tobin: "Children must not be used as pawns for political ends" Newark (Agenzia Fides) - "Like many of you, I was horrified by the picture of Oscar Martinez and his daughter, Angie Valeria, lying lifelessly by the Rio Grande after fleeing their country to seek refuge in our country. ...
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  2 July 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas participates in the fight against Ebola Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,500 people have died out of 2,200 confirmed cases of Ebola infection since August 2018 in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the C ...