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  19 June 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Alarm of Justice and peace for increased human trafficking, especially young women Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The Justice and Peace Commission and Caritas urge the authorities of the National Public Power to investigate, prosecute, and convict those responsible for human trafficking crimes; to guarante ...
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  19 June 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - "Welcoming Christ in refugees": let us not be carried away by voices that encourage xenophobia, discrimination and fear Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Refugees are people who flee conflict and persecution, are protected by international law, because of their particular vulnerability, and should not be expelled or returned to situations where the ...
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  19 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped priest released; over 150 violent deaths in a week Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Isaac Agubi, a priest who serves at the Holy Name church of Ikpeshi, 230 km away from Benin City, capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria was released by the police. The priest had been kid ...
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  19 June 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "For years we have been in the grip of terrorism", denounce the Bishops of Burkina Faso and Niger Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Countries of our Bishops' Conference, Burkina Faso and Niger, are prey to terrorist attacks", denounce the Bishops of the two West African States, in the final message of their Plenary ...
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  19 June 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prayers for peace among the ruins of the ancient church in the area of Karbala Karbala (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and Christian hymns along with the reading of verses from the Koran echoed among the ruins of the church of Al Aqiser, in the area of Karbala, the holy city of Shiite Islam. All this too ...
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  18 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Project to reform Islamic schools: Christians approve Islamabad (Agenzia Fides): "Updating and reforming the education system in Islamic schools (madrasas) is a good step of the government of Pakistan. It is a new path to fight extremism, fundamentalism and terrorism in the ...
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  18 June 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Call to holiness: young people reflect on "Christus Vivit" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Island are "called to holiness" in their daily life: this was the central theme of reflection of the national seminar dedicated to youth pas ...
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  18 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Interfaith prayer for Father Maccalli in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "After nine months of Father Pierluigi Maccalli’s absence, there was the first common moment of prayer with the Muslim leaders of the capital": says Father Mauro Armanino, priest of the Society ...
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  18 June 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Habla Quibdó": media will make itself available to communities to talk about violence and problems Quibdó (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 19 June, from 7 to 10 am, the social media of Quibdó and the community will be the main protagonists of the "Habla Quibdó" campaign, which aims to open spaces so that people can c ...
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  18 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Islamic State in the east of the DRC; the concern of local bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There is also the mysterious Islamic State in the Province of Central Africa among the armed groups that rage in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose violent actions are at t ...
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  18 June 2019
  AMERICA MEXICO - Shooting in Church, catechist killed; the Bishops reaffirm their commitment to building peace Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - A catechist instructor was shot dead in the municipality of Acacoyagua, in a chapel in Chiapas state - another example of how the violence consuming Mexico is impacting the Catholic Church. The ...
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  17 June 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The unpunished killings of priests, considered "social stabilizers" that disturb organized crime Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM), violence against priests is not a direct expression of hatred of faith, but a desire for "social destabilization". "The priest and parish c ...
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  17 June 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - To pray and hope: prayer vigil and march for the release of Father Gigi Maccalli Crema (Agenzia Fides) - Another long month of silence passed from the night between 17 and 18 September 2018 in which Father Pierluigi Maccalli, a priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA), was kidnapped in Niger. ...
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  17 June 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Migration and public policies": 34th National Migrant Week San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - The 34th Migrant Week began yesterday, Sunday, June 16, throughout the country, which will end on Sunday 23. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, the theme of the week is as always ...
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  17 June 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Luys TV inaugurated, first Turkish-Armenian TV station launched in Turkey Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Luys in Armenian means "light". "Luys TV" is the first television channel in Armenian and Turkish, inaugurated in recent days in Turkey. Turkish Armenian journalist Aram Kuran, the station’s c ...