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  11 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Letter to President Maduro from the Bishops gathered in Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – In order to resolve the serious food and drug crisis, and the insecurity that is causing innumerable victims throughout the country, it is urgent: "To recognize the autonomy of all public powe ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi: we hope our Christian brothers return to Mosul soon Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – After the liberation of the city of Mosul, from the militia of the self-styled Islamic State that had conquered the city in June 2014, now the ambition is "that all displaced people and the sons ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - "Gratitude to God": the Catholic Church celebrates the Silver Jubilee in Mongolia Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the Catholic Church's presence in Mongolia and 25 years since the liaison of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Mongolia. As Fides learns, this ...
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  11 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - About 869,000 children work during the night recycling materials of all kinds Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor exploitation in Colombia is punishable: from 3 to 7 years in prison. According to the police which deals with the country's childhood and adolescent, about 869,000 children work ...
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  11 July 2017
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Bishops: Journeying towards peaceful and credible elections Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on all Sierra Leoneans, especially those who are of voting age, to strongly reject all acts of violence, unnecessary provocations, various forms of fraud that distort results, as well ...
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  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bangassou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis appointed Fr. Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.I.I, Parish priest in Moungoumba, and diocesan coordinator of the Commission for Catechesis in the Diocese of M'Baïki, as Auxiliary ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Armed forces have released 67 child soldiers Naipyidó (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar's armed forces released 67 child soldiers under pact with UN. This is its first discharge this year as part of a process to end forced recruitment of underage fighters. This is the fir ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - First African Assembly of the Scalabrinians Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the missionary Sisters communities of St. Charles Borromeo, Scalabrinians, present in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Mozambique and Angola, have gathered ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMERUN - Bishops confirm their position: Bishop Bala did not drown Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bishops Conference of Cameroon, His Exc. Mgr. Samuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala, during a meeting with journalists convened on July 8 at the Episcopal Conference, reiterat ...
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  10 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another peasant killed for land conflict, a national policy is lacking Parà (Agenzia Fides) - Just over a month after the massacre of 10 peasants in Pau D'arco, in the Brazilian state of Para (see Fides 26/05/2017), another rural worker was killed in the same region. On Friday, July 7 Rose ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 5 million children risk cholera in the Chad Lake region Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the rainy season in the Chad Lake region, more than 5 million children are at risk of contracting cholera or hepatitis E. Due to the violence of Boko Haram, humanitarian aid is ...
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  10 July 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Mgr. Paz denounces: "Mining activity leaves only contaminated water and fields" Palo Quemado (Agenzia Fides) - "Farmers in Palo Quemado have to face the environmental impact caused by mining activity in the area, especially water and contaminated fields", denounces Mgr. Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian parliamentarian: after the liberation of Mosul, it is necessary to reintegrate all public employees to resume state administration Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Now that Mosul has almost been completely freed by the militia of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh), it is necessary to reintegrate as soon as possible all state employees and local public ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal of Filipino Bishops: "No more war in Marawi" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "No more war in Marawi! We ask the return to normality and peace as soon as possible in Marawi and in the area. We wonder if the extension of the martial law will lead to this. We believe that th ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Initiatives of Maronite Institutions to preserve the National Memory of the Lebanese in Diaspora Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than six hundred Maronites from Lebanese emigrated families will come to Lebanon to participate in the "Maronite Youth Days" from 21 July. The initiative, conceived under the patro ...