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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: urgent measures against the proliferation of private weapons Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proliferation of private weapons among civilians worries the Maronite Bishops who call upon the Lebanese authorities to counteract it with effective measures, without guaranteeing any toleran ...
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  6 July 2017
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Mgr. Panfilo: "The Church is called by the Gospel to work for justice" Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to inform all candidates in the national elections that the Archdiocese of Rabaul and the Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands will give weight to the issue of ...
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  6 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - On Independence Day, assault against Parliament Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A day of tension was experienced yesterday in Venezuela: on the one hand the celebration of the 206th anniversary of the signing of the Act of Independence, on the other the violence in parliame ...
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  6 July 2017
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The creation of a Church Solidarity Fund for national emergencies is being studied Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A workshop on the establishment of a Caritas national solidarity fund is being held in Ouagadougou, at the Center for Integral Human Development, to address the various crises and natural ca ...
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  6 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children in the State of Chihuahua begin to use drugs at the age of 10 Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - Drug use in the state of Chihuahua starts at 10 years of age. The complaint comes from the PCE State Center for Toxicology, of the Mexican State, which is the first in the Country where alarmi ...
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  6 July 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera also reaches the refugee camps of East Darfur Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - Following the cases of cholera registered in the White Nile and in the northern State of the Country (see Fides 14/6/2017), it is the turn of the refugee camps in South Sudan and Darfur. Deaths ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Marawi: "Let us pray and hope that the war ends soon" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is exhausting: more than 40 days of guerrilla war have gone by and our beautiful city of Marawi has been reduced to rubble. We are suffering for Father Chito and the other hostages ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - UNESCO Committee: No to unilateral measures that alter the status of Jerusalem and its Holy Places Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The old city of Jerusalem and its historic walls remain in the list of world heritage sites to be considered "in danger". And all the "facts" and the legislative or administrative measures put ...
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  6 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous delegations to the Ministry of Justice: We are experiencing great difficulties Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 July, the delegations of the Pataxó, Tupinambá and Kaingang peoples submitted requests to the Ministry of Justice in Brasilia, to the Federal Senate Commission for Human Rights and to th ...
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  5 July 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 50 years at the service of the evangelization of the world of work Avila (Agenzia Fides) - "Land, Roof and Work for a dignified life" is the motto of the International Seminar and the General Assembly of the World Catholic Movement Workers (WCMW) which will be held in Spain from July 15 ...
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  5 July 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian President Assad meets the new Patriarch and Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Melkite Greek Catholic Church and the other Churches and ecclesial communities in Syria played an "important role" at a national level during the Syrian conflict, to the effect of consolida ...
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  5 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padron: "Human rights must be respected in Venezuela"; another young man dies in the clashes Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela (CEV), Archbishop of Cumaná, Mgr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sanchez, recalled that the social and political crisis in his country is "very serio ...
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  5 July 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - After the earthquake, faith grows in the people of God Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In a tragic event like an earthquake, God's grace is not lacking: this is what emerges from the context of Nepal where, after the 2015 earthquake, faith in the people of God has strengthened: ...
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  5 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tobin: "We, American Catholics are a Church of Migrants" Orlando (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of the closing of the largest meeting of North American Catholics in Orlando, in the United States of America, which gathered more than 3,000 people, the Archbishop of Newark (New ...
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  4 July 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Stop contagion": campaign against trachoma Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 2 million blind people around the world due to trachoma, an eye infection that spreads in precarious hygiene conditions through contact, even with a simply kiss or a caress. In Eth ...