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  29 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - August summit of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Eastern Catholic Patriarchs will meet before August 15th in Dimane, Lebanon, at the patriarchal summer home of the Maronite Patriarch, to focus on the complex situation of indigeno ...
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  29 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Church launches the "Youth Festival" in Alqosh. Further controversy over the appointment of Mayor Lara Zara Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - More than 550 boys and girls from various parts of Iraq have fled to Alqosh, a town of the Nineveh Plain, to attend the "Youth Festival", organized under the patronage of the Patriarchate of Bab ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Piñeiro during the national holiday: need to intervene and be severe against corruption Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The national holiday that reminds us of one of the greatest aspirations of Peruvians, independence of living in freedom and democracy, this year has a special blessing: the upcoming visit of Pope ...
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  28 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldian Catholic Lara Zara elected mayor of Alqosh Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - Chaldian Catholic Lara Yussif Zara is the new mayor of Alqosh, the small town of Nineveh Plain, inhabited mostly by Christians, which for three years was the residential area near the border line ...
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  28 July 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Testimony of a fidei donum: "I do not feel like a lonely sailor but a missionary who feels close to his Church of origin" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "Nagaa, akkam jirtuu? Peace, how are you? I like to start with this greeting in Oromo, much used to greet, to wish all the good to the person to whom it is addressed". This is how the testimony se ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops call for non-violence and appeal to law enforcement: "Your role is to maintain peace" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In a few hours the constituent National Assembly elections will be held and the President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference reiterates his rejection with regards to this initiative, conside ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Christian-Jewish group launches fundraiser for "Persecuted Christians" Chicago (Agenzia Fides) -The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, with headquarters in Chicago and Jerusalem, has launched a fundraising initiative to aid Christians and other persecuted minorities in the Mid ...
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  28 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO RD - Internal and international pressures increase in order to hold elections by the end of the year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Internal and international pressures on President Joseph Kabila increase so presidential elections can be held by the end of 2017.The Lucha (Lutte pour le Changement) movement, based in Goma, i ...
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  27 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Dialogue on illegal mining, a first positive approach Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting between Colombian Minister for Mining and Energy Carlos Andrés Cante and the Catholic Bishops held on 24 July in order to clarify the main points of this activity in different p ...
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  27 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Hundreds of children wear fancy-dresses for the Santiago Wanka feast Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) – The schoolchildren of seven school institutes gave life to the start of the traditional Santiago Wanka feast in Huancayo province. With great enthusiasm, hundreds of children represented the ...
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  27 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - A church burned in Mapuches conflict area in Chile Vilcun (Agenzia Fides) – An evangelical church has been burned to the ground along the road from Cajon to Vilcun. According to a note by Radio Bio Bio, sent to Fides, the arson attack happened late Tuesday, July 25. ...
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  27 July 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - After tensions on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Al Azhar convenes an "International Conference" on Jerusalem Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The University of Al Azhar, the most prominent academic-theological center of Sunni Islam, announced the decision to convene an International Conference on Jerusalem by September next year to disc ...
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  27 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Opposition launches operation "Dead City" and civil disobedience to send Kabila away Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two days of "dead city" throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo to "send" President Joseph Kabila away have been announced by the opposition which recognizes itself in the "Rassemblement". ...
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  27 July 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Archbishop of Kumasi: "Ghanaians involved in illegal mining are the wicked citizens who seek the fall of the country" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Ghanaians involved in illegal mining are the wicked citizens who seek the fall of the country over their personal interest, denounced His Esc. Mgr. Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, Archbishop of Kumasi ...
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  26 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A bomb explodes at the entrance of the Episcopal Conference, appeal for calm Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, a bomb exploded at the main entrance of the Mexican Episcopal Conference headquarters in Mexico City around 1.50 am, causing some damage but no one was injured. "We appreciate t ...