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  14 June 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera epidemic grips the country; many infected, people uncertain what to do Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds continue to die of cholera in various parts of the country(see Fides 7/6/2017). The National Epidemiological Corporation says that 820 people have died and an estimated 23.766 are ...
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  14 June 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - “Bishop Bala did not commit suicide, he was brutally murdered; Bishops say let “justice to be done” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - “Bishop Jean Marie Benoît Bala did not commit suicide; he was brutally murdered”. The news was announced in a statement released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cameroon regardi ...
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  14 June 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Patriarch emeritus Sabbah: the people of Gaza are victims of Western irrationality Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – The dramatic living conditions of the people in Gaza penalized in the last few days with a further cut in power supply, cannot be explained only on the basis of the dynamics of regional poli ...
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  14 June 2017
  AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - “Promote development and protect vulnerable citizens” NAFTA agreement for revision Washington (Agenzia Fides) – For some time it had been clear that US President Trump aims to revise the free trade agreement between USA, Canada and Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed ...
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  14 June 2017
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Lay missionary expelled: “transversal warning” for the local Church Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) – The media is buzzing today in Papua New Guinea following the expulsion of Doug Tennent, New Zealand citizen lay missionary who was acting as lawyer and administrator for the archdiocese of ...
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  14 June 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 300,000 minor workers in Ancash region Huaraz (Agenzia Fides) – In the Peruvian region of Ancash an estimated 332.050 minors are employed in different jobs, in many cases underpaid . The news comes from the Áncash Regional Labour Office Diretra, which re ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Three lay Catholics foundation for new parish dedicated to Divine Mercy UlaanBaatar (Agenzia Fides) – The little Catholic Church in Mongolia has a new parish: on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 11 June 2017, the Church of Divine Mercy in Erdenet, 380 km north of Ulaanbaatar, was ...
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  13 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO -Violence increases against priests Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – Still on the danger list but slowly improving: Rev. Juan Antonio Zambrano García, of the archdiocese of Tijuana, was attacked and wounded last Friday, June 9, in the parish of San Pedro e San ...
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  13 June 2017
  VATICAN - Now online Omnis Terra new issue : giving voice to mission, missions and missionaries Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Omnis Terra, the multilingual publication of culture and mission from the Pontifical Mission Societies, is on line with its second edition. The opening article “Le Laos et le ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch concerned: priests with less theological grounding and deplorable media hyper-activism Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) – The Maronite Church sees a “weakening of theological, dogmatic and spiritual grounding” among the clergy, but a growing phenomenon of priests who appear eager to catch the attention of t ...
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  13 June 2017
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Parliamentary elections: applause from local Church observers Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - “The election was peaceful and well organised. Although some aspects could be improved, as the local Church we applaud the manner in which the election was held” says a report on parliam ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian women against violence and for rights and dignity Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - “Women in Bangladesh are subject to violence all through life and this prevents them from realizing their dignity and violates their rights as human beings. Daily submission prevents them fr ...
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  12 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Family rejoices for return of Christina kidnapped 3 years ago by DAESH militia Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Christina Kader Ebada is the name of a Christian girl from Qaraqosh who has been returned to her family after being abducted three years ago by militia of the Islamic State group. The girl, now ...
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  12 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The country is bleeding to death: not even a minimum of security is guaranteed the authorities are powerless Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “In recent weeks, in various different parts of the country, violence has not subsided. In Tamaulipas fighting between drug cartels continues. Early last week Reynosa Prison was turned i ...
• 12 June 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - St. John Vianney major interdiocesan seminary opened in Loikaw, Rector appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 4 August 2016, instituted a new inter-diocesan Major Seminary to be known as the St John Vianney ...