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  22 June 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Alcohol addiction alarm regarding street children: from glue to marijuana, to "chespi" Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, the National Center for Drug Addiction in Paraguay receives hundreds of people with drug problems. However, the most alarming phenomenon is the many street children who go there to ...
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  22 June 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The drama of illegal migrants: where are the African politicians? Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sad to see that several ministers had been invited for this constructive exchange of views, but only one came. Others preferred to go to the opening of a casino", said Fr. Norbert Éric Ab ...
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  22 June 2017
  AFRICA - Half a million African children learn to read and write thanks to the initiative of other African girls Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The African Children and Young Workers Movement (MAEJT) has allowed the literacy of over half a million boys and girls in Africa. MAEJT was born in 1994, when a group of illiterate girls in Côt ...
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  22 June 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Clashes in the city of Beni between the army and a coalition of rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Strong clashes occurred this morning, June 22, in Beni in the province of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, the clas ...
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  22 June 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - OAS Assembly: the Holy See asks to allow the entry of food and medicine and to define the date of the elections Cancun (Agenzia Fides) – To allow food and medicine to enter, define the date of the elections and free political prisoners: these are the three priorities that Pope Francis and the Holy See have asked in the face of t ...
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  22 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Bible in every family Manila (Agenzia Fides) – To distribute a copy of the Bible to every family in the Philippines: The project started in 2008 is becoming a reality thanks to the project "May They Be One Bible Campaign": says the Auxiliar ...
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  22 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church: pain and sadness for the victims and the destruction of the Great Mosque in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – The Chaldean Church expresses sadness for the destruction of the al Nuri Mosque in Mosul, renowned for the pending minaret, and reaffirms its sadness for the victims of the bombings and for all ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - To favor the culture of encounter to build a nation of brothers Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days after experiencing difficult moments in our city, it encourages us to find ways to resolve conflicts and reach agreements that guarantee social peace and the common good. We must re ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Over one million children do not go to school and work instead Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - "More education, less child labor" is the name of the campaign recently launched by Fundación Telefónica in the Peruvian city of Cusco to make the population aware of the importance of studying ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Dumps, fields, hotels, restaurants, roads exploit the work force of over 400 thousand children Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In Honduras, more than 400,000 children and teenagers are forced to work in order to survive. According to a study carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), over the past fi ...
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  21 June 2017
  VATICAN - The missionary zeal of Cardinal Dias, recalled by Pope Francis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The contribution to the spiritual and physical reconstruction of the suffering Church in Albania and the missionary zeal demonstrated in his work as Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
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  21 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - In Fatima, the Maronite Patriarch will consecrate Lebanon and the whole Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai will travel to the Portuguese Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to consecrate Lebanon and the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The act of consecratio ...
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  21 June 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Dias: "Our Lady was the godmother of my priesthood" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The first Eucharistic Concelebration in the Chapel of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, after his appointment as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was presided by ...
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  21 June 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA -"Corruption is a cancer. He who is corrupt should resign" says "Justice and Peace" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is true that corruption in South Africa was a problem before Mr. Zuma came into office. It has however worsened during Mr. Zuma’s watch", says a statement by the Justice and Peace Com ...
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  21 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Assyrian Patriarch Gewargis III visits Telkaif and meets the head of the "Babylonian Brigades" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Mar Gewargis III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, visited the territories of the Nineveh Plain, liberated from the occupation of the militia of the Islamic State (Daesh). During his ...