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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The BoscoBús assists street children Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Red de Casas Don Bosco, together with the Municipality Council for Children and Adolescent's Rights in Chacao, have created the BoscoBús program, which takes care of children who live on th ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 'Everything is possible for those who believe': New Camillian Theology Seminary in Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of San Camillo, just celebrated, the Camillians of Indonesia inaugurated a new theology seminary in Maumere, Flores Island. The Camillian Mission began in Flores in ...
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  15 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - First Hispanic Bishop in Ohio: "The Church must accompany migrants well beyond spiritual support" Cleveland (Agenzia Fides) - "The church is called to accompany migrants, but far beyond spiritual support", says Mgr. Nelson Jesus Perez, new bishop of the diocese of Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Appointed only on July 11, th ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Mozart's Mass in the church still in ruins. The Maronite Archbishop: It is a sign of the rebirth of the martyred city Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite cathedral of Sant'Elia, in the historic Al-Jdayde area, is still without a roof, hit by the many mortar blows that devastated it during the Syrian conflict. Right there on the evenin ...
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  15 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The V American Missionary Congress to be held from 10-14 July 2018 Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – From 10 to 14 July 2018, the V American Missionary Congress will be held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), after a five-year preparation in which the church in Bolivia and throughout Am ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church will celebrate the "Day of the Martyrs of the Eastern Churches" on 31 July Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Church will celebrate next July 31 "The Day of Martyrs of the Eastern Churches" in the context of the Year of Martyrdom and Martyrs" proclaimed by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/GABON - The Festival of Cultures, the most popular cultural event in the Country opens its doors again Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The 2017 edition of the Festival of Cultures in Gabon has just ended in Libreville, Akanda and Owendo. The 2017 edition was celebrated under the theme ‘Cultural Diversity and National Cohes ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The son of a Coptic killed by jihadists donates the sum for the families of the victims to a mosque and a church Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Young Coptic Michael Atef Munir, son of one of the victims of the massacre of the Coptic pilgrims killed on May 26 in a jihadist ambush, announced he wants to donate the money that the Egyptian go ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Forced repatriation and violence push Nigerian refugees to go back home Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There are 91,000 people who left Nigeria to take refuge in Cameroon, but the hostilities encountered are pushing many to return to their country of origin at the cost of exposing themselves to ...
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  14 July 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. de la Rosa y Carpio: need to fight mafia groups of illegal immigration Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Emeritus Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Mgr. Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, in a brief interview with the local press said that until mafia groups composed of Dominicans and for ...
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  14 July 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionaries from Madrid: 602 at work in 84 nations in all continents Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries of the Archdiocese of Madrid, operating in 84 nations of the five continents, are currently 602 and belong to 122 religious institutes and congregations, as well as the clergy of ...
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  14 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop denounces: The health of the population in jeopardy due to mining activities La Oroya (Agenzia Fides) - After the government reduced the environmental quality standards (ECA) to facilitate the sale of the metallurgical complex of La Oroya, the Archbishop of Huancayo, Mgr. Pedro Barreto Jimeno, SJ ...
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  14 July 2017
  ASIA/SIRIA - Kurdish "autonomist" offensive in Hassaké. Archbishop Hindo: they feel protected by Americans Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The militants and militiamen of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PKY), Syrian branch of Karkeren Kurdistan Party (PKK), have begun to realize in facts their intent of creating an autonomous Kurd ...
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  14 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting still continues in Marawi, but "it is not a war of religion" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are anxiously waiting for the fate of our 15 Christian parishioners, hostages in the hands of Maute terrorist group in Marawi. The crisis continues. But it is not a war of religion: as Bishop ...
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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Maximum transparency in the use of the first national collection Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Maximum transparency and an accurate study of the real needs have been assured by Jinde Charites, the Chinese Catholic charity body, in the use of about 100,000 euros collected in the first Nati ...