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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Msgr. Joseph Li Mingshu, Bishop of Qingdao has died Qingdao (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Msgr. Joseph Li Mingshu, Bishop of Qingdao, in the province of Shandong (Mainland China) died on Friday, June 15 at the age of 93. He was born on December 1, 1924 in the village of L ...
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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Child trafficking in the Center of the Sisters of Mother Teresa: a woman arrested, two nuns arrested Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - A nun and a staff member at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Ranchi, which welcomes single mothers, were arrested by the police for allegedly selling babies born to unwed mothers. The ...
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  6 July 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) begin meetings regarding isolated natives Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - With the participation of members from Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, yesterday morning the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) began a meeting in the city of Puerto Maldonado, in Peru, to pla ...
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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The parish priest of Bethlehem: the baptized are disappearing in the city where Jesus was born Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The baptized are dramatically disappearing in the city where Jesus was born. While groups that pocket offers using the name of Bethlehem, without then sending any kind of help to the Christian ...
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  6 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Towards CAM 5: the main missionary institutes born in America Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Fifth American Missionary Congress (CAM 5) which will be celebrated in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, from 10 to 14 July (see Fides 3 and 4/7/2018), here is some informati ...
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  5 July 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New orionine mission to respond to the pastoral and human emergency of Venezuelan refugees Pacaraima (Agenzia Fides) - Pacaraima, state and diocese of Roraima, a small city that borders with Venezuela, is the main access route by land to Brazil for the Venezuelan people fleeing from a terrible situation, whic ...
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  5 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The rate of violence against Christians remains high: a new Report New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against Christians in India continues to be high. 101 episodes were registered in the first five months of 2018 according to a new report published by the Alliance Defending Freedom ...
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  5 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The crisis in Catholic schools is exacerbating: already 500 teachers have been discharged Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Lebanese Catholic schools seems to have worsened, which has resulted in the resignation, decided by Catholic schools, regarding 500 of their teachers. The large number of resignatio ...
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  5 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Pro-government incursion in La Trinidad Managua (Agenzia Fides) - More than 40 hours have passed since the pro-government forces arrived in Estelì to besiege the church of La Trinidad municipality, despite the complaints of priests and Bishops. "I condemn the ...
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  5 July 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - UN mission condemns the killing of Mgr. Gbagoua and warns the population: "Do not let yourselves be carried away by violence" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Firm condemnation by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for the assassination of the Vicar General of Bambari, Mgr. Firmin Gbagoua, killed on 29 Ju ...
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  5 July 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - A parish committed to microcredit for women Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - A microcredit initiative for women is making a community autonomous. Thanks to small loans, the parish of Palmarin is becoming a model of cooperation for Senegal. It all started 15 years ago with ...
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  4 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - American Missionary Congress: from the Synod of Bishops the impulse to consider America as "a unique reality" Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The evolution that led to the current American Missionary Congresses (CAM), the fifth which will be celebrated in the next days in Bolivia, starts with the Mexican National Missi ...
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  4 July 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Walking with Saint Romero to build peace: Salvadorans prepare themselves for the upcoming canonization San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the preparation for the canonization of Blessed Oscar Arnulfo Romero, which will take place on October 14th in St Peter's Square, the Salvadoran Church has organized the second P ...
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  4 July 2018
  AFRICA - Why does corruption spread across the continent? African Union Summit Kara (Agenzia Fides) - Why is corruption rampant in Africa? "This is a phenomenon that goes beyond the problem linked to the extreme poverty that afflicts our Africa", says Father Donald Zagore of the Society of African ...
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  4 July 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops renew their request asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, after the massacre of over 200 Christians Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement published on June 29 following the massacre of more than 200 Christian farmers committed on June 23 by Fulani Muslim pastors (as the Peuls in Nigeria are called) in some villages in ...