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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Urgent Message of the Bishops to Catholics and people of good will Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the 108th Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference held in Caracas from 7 to 12 July (see Fides 07/07/2017; 11/07/2017), the Bishops issued an "Urgent message ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: 5% of jobs in churches and ecclesial works will be dedicated for the disabled Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Catholic Patriarch Tawadros II has decided that 5 percent of the work regarding people working in ecclesiastical churches and institutions will now be dedicated for the disabled. The same ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Radio station for human rights: a window for activism Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Humano Derecho Radio Estación radio has just launched a radio channel, a new alternative means of communication dedicated to human rights and the involvement of Venezuelan citizens. The initiat ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Women, true primary missionaries of Faith Mansa (Agenzia Fides) - "You women are naturally the first catechisers who communicate faith and morals to us from the earliest stages of our life. Do not neglect this singular honour God has bestowed upon you, especiall ...
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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Livestock and beef trade: the Supreme Court suspends the ban New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India’s Supreme Court suspended a government ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter throughout India. It is a fundamental right and it is the freedom of every citizen to choose their own fo ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Labor reform approved, despite the opposition of the Church and other institutions Brazil (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Senate approved Michel Temer's labor reform: 50 votes in favor and 26 against. The text, which has caused countless demonstrations and three general strikes, aims to modernize the B ...
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  12 July 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 60 percent of young people are poor: "We are all responsible", says Mgr. Martin Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - If 58.7 percent of young people under the age of 18 are poor, "it is clear that this is a sign of something that could not be solved". "We all are responsible, in one way or another, although we ...
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  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Byron Heralda Chevannes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 24, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of Mgr. Byron Heralda Chevannes, of the diocese of Ju ...
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  12 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - The diocese of Copiapó informs foreign workers of their rights Copiapó (Agenzia Fides) - The Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe House of Migrant in Copiapó hosted a conference on the rights of foreign workers residing in the Chilean region of Atacama, promoted by the Pastoral Ministry f ...
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  12 July 2017
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Major commitment to remove talibés children from the streets Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of the tens of thousands of talibés children in Senegal does not seem to diminish (see Fides 31/3/2017). Although, in March 2017, over 1,500 children were removed from the streets ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Tension and violence among Hindu and Muslim radicals New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) - Tension and violence among Hindus and Muslims in India: in the past few days clashes and violent protests of the local Muslim community occurred in the Western Bengal state, after the provocat ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/TAIWAN - San Camillo hospital has been a reference point for hundreds of people for 60 years Makung (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 July, San Camillo Hospital in Makung, Pescadores islands, Taiwan, celebrated 60 years of activity. The hospital was built by Camillian Missionaries (MI) when, expelled from China in 1952, ar ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdish leader Barzani sponsors referendum on independence: we will respect self-determination for the Nineveh Plain Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The referendum convened by the government of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan to sanction their independence from Iraq is a decisive step for the future of that region. And if Europe ca ...
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  12 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Anniversary of Independence: "Many, of all religions have not given up hope" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Six years after liberation, South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is worse than ever, with grave violations of human rights and a lingering brutal civil war", writes His Ex. Mgr. Edward Hiiboro ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Ecumenism of charity: Catholics and Anglicans share educational projects for Syrian children Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The episcopal Church of Jerusalem, belonging to the Anglican Communion, signed a partnership protocol with Caritas Jordan on Tuesday, 11 July, to jointly set up a project regarding school assistan ...