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  1 August 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Franciscans: mercy and forgiveness in these times of conflict Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "May this centenary help us experience a little healthy shame because no one appears to want to do anything to put peace and concord in the conflicting reality in which we live and may it hel ...
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  30 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - War driven families seek safety in Catholic schools Wau (Agenzia Fides) – In the county of Wau, situated in the western part of Bahr el Ghazal state in South Sudan, families fleeing the consequences of fighting between government forces and armed militia continue t ...
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  30 July 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - A “contest” of promises over future autonomy for Niniveh Plains Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – Atheel al Nujaifi, a local Sunnite politician former governor of the Province of Niniveh and leader of the al Hadba political party, has asserted that once freed from the jihadist clutches ...
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  30 July 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prince Hassan bin Talal: an act of blind violence, the murder of French Catholic priest Fr. Jacques Hamel Amman (Agenzia Fides) – The assassination of Fr Jacques Hamel, the French Catholic priest brutally murdered by two pro-Islamic state fanatics while he was celebrating mass, was an act of blind violence which “sh ...
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  30 July 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Three people abducted by the “People’s Army of Paraguay". The local Catholic Church offers to mediate for their release Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay (CEP), following another abduction by the co-called " People’s Army of Paraguay (EPP), has issued a statement expressing solidarity wi ...
• 29 July 2016
  EUROPE/CROATIA - Confirmation of the National PMS Director Rev. Antun Stefan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 30 June 2016, confirmed Rev. Antun Stefan, a member of the clergy of the diocese of Varazdin ...
• 29 July 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New Rector of Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 20 May 2016, appointed Rector of Good Shepherd Major Interdiocesan Seminary in Kaduna, Nig ...
• 29 July 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of new Rector at St. Joseph’s Regional Seminary in Allahabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 30 April 2016, appointed Rector of St. Joseph’s Regional Seminary in Allahabad, India, Rev. ...
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  29 July 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Campaign on several fronts to discredit the Church in Venezuela, referendum still delayed Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Ramon Ovidio Pérez Morales, emeritus of the Venezuelan diocese of Los Teques and former President of the Venezuelan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CEV), has warned the people bewa ...
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  29 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi receives Patriarch Tawadros; polemic over Coptic Christian protests in the United States Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The citizens of Egypt whatever their religious community, “have equal rights and duties as established by the Constitution ”. Egypt’s Christians have demonstrated “wisdom and a spirit ...
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  29 July 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - “al-Nusra Front” takes new name. Bishop Audo: a purely tactical move, there is no such thing as 'moderate rebels' Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – The decision of the Jabhat al-Nusra jihadist group to take a new name and announce that it has formally left the al Qaida network, represents “purely a tactical move to accredit the simulacr ...
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  29 July 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Day for Latin American Martyrs", remembering also Bishop Enrique Angelelli murdered 40 years ago Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) – Thursday 4 August the diocese of Neuquen and its Bishop Virginio Bressanelli, S.C.I. will mark the "Day for Latin American Martyrs", remembering also the 40th anniversary of the death of ...
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  29 July 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Never seen so many people living on the streets" says Bishop of Neuquén Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) – In recent months the number of homeless persons has grown considerably, "never before in my six years here, have I seen so many people living on the streets " said Bishop Virginio Bressanelli ...
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  28 July 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - “Follow Saint Francis and live the Jubilee”: Chinese youth in communion with WYD Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – “Follow Saint Francis and live the Jubilee”:” with this slogan a Franciscan summer parish youth camp, in the diocese of Zhou Zhi in Shaan Xi province, mainland China, young Chinese Cat ...
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  28 July 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Prison should not be seen as a place to lose hope, but somewhere to learn from our mistakes Aysén (Agenzia Fides) – "Prison it not a place to lose hope, instead it can be a time to start a new way of life to help build a society of more justice and brotherhood; the loss of freedom does not mean the los ...