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  24 July 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop reports: "Half the population of Bangassou has fled". The Cathedral has been attacked Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Half of the population of Bangassou has fled, taking refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The clashes have been going on for days", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan Jo ...
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  24 July 2017
  ASIA/SIRIA - Christian professor killed in Hassakè, Syrian city controlled by Kurdish militias of the PYD Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - The lifeless body of Basil Isaac, a Christian professor from the Khabur valley, who was killed with a bullet to his head, was found in a village eight kilometers east of the Syrian city of Hass ...
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  24 July 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Thirty years ago the martyrdom of a Spanish Bishop and a Colombian nun who defended the natives Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On July 21, 1987, what seemed like a friendly encounter in a remote Ecuadoran jungle (today is the province of Orellana) turned out to be the terrible killing of a Spanish Bishop and a Colombian r ...
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  24 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the Countries with the greatest income and rights inequality Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - In Nigeria, income inequality is one of the most serious and often less discussed issues. A recent study by Oxfam and the Development Finance International group, puts Nigeria outright last in a l ...
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  21 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Day of prayer and fasting for the country, two more dead during yesterday's strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Friday, July 21, the Day of prayer and fasting for liberty, justice and peace in Venezuela, promoted by the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference to ask God to bless the efforts of the Venezuelans. In ...
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  21 July 2017
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Permanent Diaconate raises interest in the community of Papeete Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - The school for the deacons of the Archdiocese of Papeete (Tahiti), founded in 1976, concluded the academic year with just over thirty students, therefore the school is doing well and is "a sign ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Copt dies while being detained in a police station. Relatives and friends: he was tortured to death Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Egyptians, largely belonging to the Coptic community, gathered spontaneously in front of the police station in Manshiet Nasser district to express their anger after the news of the kil ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Beni: a "dead city" for three days to ask for the release of the two abducted priests Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A "dead city" for three days to demand the immediate release of the two priests kidnapped on Sunday, July 16. Yesterday, July 20, the civil society of Beni in the North Kivu province, in the ...
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  21 July 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Cardinal Lacunza has been asking to resolve the situation of Cubans blocked in Panama for months David (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal José Luis Lacunza O.A.R., Bishop of the Diocese of David (Panama), has asked the government to resolve the situation in which Cuban migrants are still blocked at the Los Planes de Gualac ...
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  21 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: there is an attempt to put a hand on the towns of the Nineveh Plain Bhaghdad (Agenzia Fides) - It is unfortunate that the "attempt to put a hand on the towns of the Nineveh Plain, through public or concealed struggles is imposing a negative influence on the native people of this land". T ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMER00N - Death of the Bishop of Bafia: The Episcopal Conference has lodged a complaint for murder Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Cameroon have filed a lawsuit for an inquiry into the death of His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Marie Benoît Bala, Bishop of Bafia, whose body was found in the Sanaga River, 2 June. The Bishop ...
• 21 July 2017
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Keetmanshoop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the diocese of Keetmanshoop (Namibia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Philipp Pöllitzer. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 21 ...
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  20 July 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp, school of faith and life for children Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Some recited the rosary for the first time and learned how to use the crown, some participated in the Mass for the first time from beginning to end, and there are those who are more discipline ...
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  20 July 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Churches in Jerusalem on the tensions around al-Aqsa-Mosque/Haram esh-Sharif: no to measures that alter the Status Quo Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Leaders and representatives of all Churches and Christian communities in Jerusalem express "serious concern" regarding the new spiral of tension and violence around Haram ash-Sharif. With a do ...
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  20 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Gualberti after the gunfight: "These deaths must shake our conscience" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "First and foremost, it is urgent to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation to eliminate any possible doubt on what happened. We must also take preventive measures, such as having w ...