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  14 July 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops denounce: Irresponsible mining activity is destroying environment, human dignity and social life Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - "As pastors, we have repeatedly raised our voice, and drawn attention to the harmful effects of the exploitation of natural resources, in particular the irresponsible management of the mines. T ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - A law is being studied to punish those who oppose Christian Arabs to join the Israeli army Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Committee on the Constitution, Law and Justice of the Israeli Parliament passed a bill providing for criminal penalties - up to imprisonment - for those who try to dissuade Arab Christian ...
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  14 July 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Fear in Kinshasa for the discovery of the bodies of people killed in the river N'Djili Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, the recovery of corpses in the N'Djili River, in Kingabwa district, between the municipalities of Limete and Masina continue. On July 11, ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp: an opportunity to strengthen solidarity and cooperation among communities Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The summer camp for children and young people is now a traditional activity of the Chinese Catholic continental communities, and this year has also become an opportunity to consolidate so ...
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  14 July 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Seminarian disappears in the river after saving a woman Kansas (Agenzia Fides) - A seminarian disappeared after saving the life of a woman who had fallen into the river. Brian Bergkamp, a seminarian of the Diocese of Wichita (suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kansas City) who w ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: "We are grateful to God for the judgment on the South China Sea" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We have welcomed the court's decision with favor and with gratitude to God. We ask everyone to be magnanimous and not to brag, but to take it with simplicity and humility": with this spirit the ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - A coordinating committee of Maronite organizations has been established Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The institutions and organizations that respond to the Maronite Patriarchate and are involved in social, educational, health care and environmental activities from now on will be linked to a coor ...
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  14 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The truce holds out in Juba but clashes have been reported in Wau Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In Juba, capital of South Sudan, the evacuation of foreigners continue, after the fighting between the forces of President Salva Kiir (SPLA, the Sudan People's Liberation Army) and those loyal to f ...
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  14 July 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The value of the elderly: the Church's campaign for social justice Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the Day of Social Justice, 25 September, and inaugurate the campaign for the year 2016-2017 with one central theme: the life of the elderly. This is the initiative of the Council for ...
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  13 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Did the "hawks" trigger the clashes in the capital? Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "What has happened in recent days indicates an absence of unity of command, a very serious thing for an army because it means disorder. On July 11, President Salva Kiir ordered the military to retu ...
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  13 July 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Civilians killed in Orissa, the Church in alarm Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Orissa is on alert after the killing of five civilians, including two Christians in the district of Kandhamal in the Indian state of Orissa. As Fides learns, the five ...
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  13 July 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Volunteers, doctors, nurses continue their commitment towards the population in South Sudan Padova (Agenzia Fides) - "I am with you in a direct and personal way to share what we are experiencing in South Sudan, particularly in Juba, the capital". This is what Fr. Dante Carraro, Director of Doctors with Africa C ...
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  13 July 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The priorities of the Bishops: entry of medicines, opening of the border, political prisoners Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The Archbishops and Bishops of Venezuela, gathered in the 106th Ordinary Assembly, want to share the anguish with the Venezuelan people and want to communicate the hope that, reconciled and thr ...
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  13 July 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 70 years of presence of the Friars Minor Conventual in Brazil Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations for the 70 years of presence of the Friars Minor Conventual in Latin America and the Caribbean begins today in Rio de Janeiro. For three days, from July 13 to 15, confere ...
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  13 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church is mobilizing against illiteracy Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church is mobilizing against illiteracy, affecting sectors of the Egyptian population belonging to different generations. The pilot experiment of the new campaign for literacy ...