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  19 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Denial regarding the recent reports on Patriarch Tawadros' health conditions Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - An official statement of the Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria denied the allegations that social media had spread regarding a sudden deterioration of the health conditions of Patriarch ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino after the attack in the parish: "enough violence against the people" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, "condemns the attack of armed groups against citizens who were peacefully participating in the popular consultation on the Constituent Assembl ...
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  18 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two priests kidnapped. The Bishops' condemnation: "Hurting them means harming the community they serve" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two Congolese Catholic priests were kidnapped during the night between Sunday 16 and Monday, July 17. Don Pierre Akilimali and Don Charles Kipasa were kidnapped by strangers in the Notre-Dame d ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Month of the Bible on the road of reconciliation, to be artisans of peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In several Latin American countries, September is celebrated as the "Month of the Bible" and is marked by various initiatives at all levels to promote reading and the knowledge of the Scriptures ...
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  18 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - "Rehabilitation Camp" Jihadist families set up in a Christian Village of the Nineveh Plain Bartella (Agenzia Fides) - After the conquest of Mosul, Iraqi security forces have transferred at least 170 families with members considered to be affiliated to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh) to a "Rehabilitat ...
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  18 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Freed from prostitution to become lawyers who pursue exploiters New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Children systematically mistreated and forced into prostitution with 20 clients per day, without rights, no voice and no one worrying about their inhuman conditions. This is the harsh reality ...
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  18 July 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders denounce the terrorist attacks and banditism to prevent the people from voting Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that these attacks, though masquerading as terrorism or banditry, may actually be orchestrated criminality aimed at displacing populations so that they don’t participate in t ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Animation Week in the Archdiocese of Sucre: "I am a Church, I am Mission" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Archdiocese of Sucre is experiencing a week of prayer and meetings in view of the Day of the Diocesean Church, with the slogan "I am Church, I am Mission! I count on you!". The Week o ...
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  18 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai to President Aoun: People are exhausted, it is necessary to favor the repatriation of Syrian refugees Annaya (Agenzia Fides) - "Even with all our solidarity with the refugees, the Lebanese hope that the process to guarantee them a safe return in their Country, by setting aside the different political positions that hinde ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A group from Juiz de Fora goes to Haiti: a missionary exchange is being studied Juiz de Fora (Agenzia Fides) - Following yesterday's Mass, a group of five Brazilian youths belonging to the “Jovens Missionários Continentais” (JMC) community, leave today from the Brazilian Archdiocese of Juiz de ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call for government intervention to release the nun abducted in Mali Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We once again point out our condemnation for this abduction, and we ask the national Government to intervene and and carry out the necessary mediation for the release of the nun abducted and to ...
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  17 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Clash between self-proclaimed "Christian militias" operating in the Nineveh Plain Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) Niniveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) have blamed the so-called "Babylonian Brigades" for having broken into one of their posts to seize military supplies and, above all, to release six of their m ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Cardinal Ezzati at the sanctuary of Maipù: "Mary, in these times of tension, asks us to learn the language of love" Maipù (Agenzia Fides) - At least sixty thousand faithful went on a pilgrimage to the Maipù National Sanctuary on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Patron of Chile, celebrated yesterday, on Sunday, ...
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  17 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram attacks a mosque: "It is an enemy of humanity", says the Social Communications Director of the Diocese of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is an enemy of humanity and does not hesitate to kill faithful Muslims. Its tactics is to commit atrocities against innocent civilians in order to maximize the terrorist impact on the ...
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  17 July 2017
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - More money to teachers and professors. President Atambayev aims at education to counter religious fanaticism Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past five years, an average teacher's salary has grown fourfold in Kyrgyzstan. And more than 20% of the national budget, according to government data, goes to education. These are the d ...