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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Animation Week in the Archdiocese of Sucre: "I am a Church, I am Mission" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Archdiocese of Sucre is experiencing a week of prayer and meetings in view of the Day of the Diocesean Church, with the slogan "I am Church, I am Mission! I count on you!". The Week o ...
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  18 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai to President Aoun: People are exhausted, it is necessary to favor the repatriation of Syrian refugees Annaya (Agenzia Fides) - "Even with all our solidarity with the refugees, the Lebanese hope that the process to guarantee them a safe return in their Country, by setting aside the different political positions that hinde ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A group from Juiz de Fora goes to Haiti: a missionary exchange is being studied Juiz de Fora (Agenzia Fides) - Following yesterday's Mass, a group of five Brazilian youths belonging to the “Jovens Missionários Continentais” (JMC) community, leave today from the Brazilian Archdiocese of Juiz de ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call for government intervention to release the nun abducted in Mali Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We once again point out our condemnation for this abduction, and we ask the national Government to intervene and and carry out the necessary mediation for the release of the nun abducted and to ...
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  17 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Clash between self-proclaimed "Christian militias" operating in the Nineveh Plain Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) Niniveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) have blamed the so-called "Babylonian Brigades" for having broken into one of their posts to seize military supplies and, above all, to release six of their m ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Cardinal Ezzati at the sanctuary of Maipù: "Mary, in these times of tension, asks us to learn the language of love" Maipù (Agenzia Fides) - At least sixty thousand faithful went on a pilgrimage to the Maipù National Sanctuary on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Patron of Chile, celebrated yesterday, on Sunday, ...
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  17 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram attacks a mosque: "It is an enemy of humanity", says the Social Communications Director of the Diocese of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is an enemy of humanity and does not hesitate to kill faithful Muslims. Its tactics is to commit atrocities against innocent civilians in order to maximize the terrorist impact on the ...
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  17 July 2017
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - More money to teachers and professors. President Atambayev aims at education to counter religious fanaticism Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past five years, an average teacher's salary has grown fourfold in Kyrgyzstan. And more than 20% of the national budget, according to government data, goes to education. These are the d ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The BoscoBús assists street children Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Red de Casas Don Bosco, together with the Municipality Council for Children and Adolescent's Rights in Chacao, have created the BoscoBús program, which takes care of children who live on th ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 'Everything is possible for those who believe': New Camillian Theology Seminary in Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of San Camillo, just celebrated, the Camillians of Indonesia inaugurated a new theology seminary in Maumere, Flores Island. The Camillian Mission began in Flores in ...
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  15 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - First Hispanic Bishop in Ohio: "The Church must accompany migrants well beyond spiritual support" Cleveland (Agenzia Fides) - "The church is called to accompany migrants, but far beyond spiritual support", says Mgr. Nelson Jesus Perez, new bishop of the diocese of Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Appointed only on July 11, th ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Mozart's Mass in the church still in ruins. The Maronite Archbishop: It is a sign of the rebirth of the martyred city Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite cathedral of Sant'Elia, in the historic Al-Jdayde area, is still without a roof, hit by the many mortar blows that devastated it during the Syrian conflict. Right there on the evenin ...
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  15 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The V American Missionary Congress to be held from 10-14 July 2018 Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – From 10 to 14 July 2018, the V American Missionary Congress will be held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), after a five-year preparation in which the church in Bolivia and throughout Am ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church will celebrate the "Day of the Martyrs of the Eastern Churches" on 31 July Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Church will celebrate next July 31 "The Day of Martyrs of the Eastern Churches" in the context of the Year of Martyrdom and Martyrs" proclaimed by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/GABON - The Festival of Cultures, the most popular cultural event in the Country opens its doors again Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The 2017 edition of the Festival of Cultures in Gabon has just ended in Libreville, Akanda and Owendo. The 2017 edition was celebrated under the theme ‘Cultural Diversity and National Cohes ...