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  6 July 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Zika and dengue: precautions during the Olympics Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - As of August 5, Brazil, the Country hardest hit by the zika virus, will host the Olympic Games despite months of criticism and discussion. Health workers have warned sports delegations, ...
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  6 July 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops wonder how to support the peace process Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, Archbishop of Tunja, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. speaking to the local press said that the peace process with FARC is ...
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  6 July 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop of Rajshahi: "Behind the radicalization of young people there is the failure of the family" Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - "Parents do not care about children: there is a failure of the family. They have given them only money and good life without taking care of their education, ideas, mentality. They have exposed ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei: "the judiciary should not delay the results of the investigations into the death of Sister Veronika" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The judiciary should not delay the results of the investigations, and the culprits must be brought to justice" said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, in southern Sudan, launching a ...
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  6 July 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - CELAM: Latin America continues to walk with families Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American Meeting of the Episcopal Conferences of representatives for family ministry is being held in Quito, Ecuador, and also attended by representatives of movements that promote the f ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Students in Darfur call for major security in Sudanese universities Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Darfur Students Association in Sudanese universities has rejected the death penalty for a student who is accused of murdering a student. According to what was reported by Radio Dabanga loca ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Coptic Orthodox nun killed by stray bullets Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It was not a targeted attack, but a tragic accident that caused the death of Sister Athanasia, the Coptic Orthodox nun killed yesterday, Tuesday, July 5, while she was traveling on board of a car, ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Justice and Peace: "MPs who skip parliament session betray the people who gave them the mandate to represent them" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Members of Parliament become leaders because people vote for them to represent them in parliament. By choosing to skip parliament session without genuine valid reasons, they betray the people ...
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  6 July 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A fundraiser for the demining of the site of Christ’s Baptism has been launched Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The demining project of Qasr al-Yahud area, which extends around the west bank of the Jordan River, the site where many Christian traditions believe Jesus was baptized, will last two years and ...
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  6 July 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - NGOs to the government: "Protecting religious minorities from attacks by Buddhist nationalists" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Need to take urgent measures to protect the most vulnerable religious minorities in the country: is the appeal launched by a forum of eleven NGOs working for the protection of human rights in M ...
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  5 July 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Porras: "An unacceptable situation, where are the State security organs?" Merida (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Merida, His Exc. Mgr. Baltazar Porras, has strongly condemned the attack on a group of seminarians which occurred on 1 July in Merida (see Fides 02/07/2016). "Everything seems t ...
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  5 July 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Year of Mercy, the Sisters of St. Paul bring the Gospel to the suburbs Nagpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Reach out to the less privileged, to tell them that we recognize them as our brothers and sisters in Christ": in this spirit the Daughters of St. Paul in Nagpur in the Indian state of Maharashtr ...
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  5 July 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Alert about the high figures of child laborers in the capital Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of a recent round table set up by Mexican authorities for Child Labour Prevention, found that the phenomenon, which affects about 90,000 children in Mexico City, is particu ...
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  5 July 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Migrants stranded in Colombia for two months in an "inhumane and unbearable" situation Turbo (Agenzia Fides) - "Inhuman and unbearable": this is how the situation of migrants who are in the zone of Uraba (Antioquia, Colombia) has been described in the letter to President Juan Manuel Santos, signed by His E ...
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  5 July 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops' appeal: Over six million people at risk of hunger Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hospitals are already reporting higher rates of malnutrition cases with the situation feared to worsen as we approach what we normally call the lean period" warn the Bishops of Malawi, in ...