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  31 July 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Camillians in Lotung to "look after and evangelize" Lotung (Agenzia Fides) - In 1952, when the Camillians who worked in China since 1946 were expelled, a group of them decided to head for Thailand, another group to Taiwan. Already in China they had adopted this motto to d ...
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  30 July 2018
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - To prevent and end human trafficking: World Day against human trafficking Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking is a tragic form of contemporary slavery, which constitutes a crime and a serious threat to human dignity and physical integrity. On the occasion of World Day against this phe ...
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  30 July 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops celebrate the Church-Family of God in Africa Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, July 29, 2018, the official launch of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) was held in the ...
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  30 July 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Bishop Epiphanius, Abbot of the Monastery of San Macario, murdered Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are doubts and uncertainties about the circumstances of the murder of Coptic Orthodox bishop Epiphanius, Abbot of Saint Macarius the Great monastery (Dayr Abū Maqār), who was found lifeles ...
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  28 July 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - "God as guarantor of the future": Democracy Day in Niger Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Our democracy is celebrated on Sunday 29th July. In our own little way it is already something", says to Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society of African Missions, on the occasion ...
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  28 July 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - To be contemplative in action: World Assembly of Christian Life Communities Buenos Aires (Agencia Fides) - From Sunday 22nd to Tuesday 31st July, representatives of 70 countries are gathered in Buenos Aires for the World Assembly of Christian Life Communities - CVX. Pope Francis, in a message s ...
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  28 July 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Pastor Brunson moved to house arrest. But on his case the US-Turkey clash reignites Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - US evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, arrested and tried in Turkey for alleged complicity with forces accused of terrorist acts and anti-Turkish subversive plots (see Fides 9/5/201 ...
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  27 July 2018
  AFRICA/GHANA - The project of the Bishop of Wa continues: also a talk show to educate on mental health Wa (Agenzia Fides) - They go to look for the mentally disabled on the street and give them food, clean clothes and proper care. This is the project that Mgr. Richard Kuuia Baawobr, Bishop of Wa, in Ghana, launched in 201 ...
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  27 July 2018
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Towards the cause of canonization: Salvador García Pintos: a politician, doctor and father Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The cause of canonization of Dr. Salvador García Pintos officially began on 25 July in Montevideo. He was a doctor, politician, professor, journalist, director of Catholic civil society inst ...
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  27 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Letter from the Bishops to the President: tell us in writing if you want us to continue mediation Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) have decided to ask, in writing, the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, if he wishes the Bishops to still be mediators and witnesse ...
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  27 July 2018
  ASIA/KOREA - The support of the Korean Church to the victims of the dam collapse in Laos Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Following the sudden collapse of dam in southernmost Attapeu province in Laos, Cardinal Andrew Soo-jung YEOM, Archbishop of Seoul, sent a message of condolence to the victims of the tragic disaste ...
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  27 July 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another priest murdered in Medellín Medellin (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday 25, Fr. John Fredy Garcia Jaramillo, 50, was found dead in his home in the neighborhood of Bethlehem Los Almendros, in the south-west part of Medellin. According to the news sent ...
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  26 July 2018
  ETHIOPIA - AMECEA Bishops: "re-evangelization is necessary, with new methods and digital means" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "As AMECEA Bishops, we are saddened by the reality of the dissonance of the Christian faith and Gospel values among our Christians vis a vis all actions that undermine vibrant diversity, equ ...
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  26 July 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Thanks to Caritas, the families of Paquemás return to their seized lands Turbo (Agenzia Fides) - In a short documentary the Colombian Caritas reports the story of the displaced people of Paquemás, refugees of the internal armed conflict, who after 21 years are returning to their lands thanks ...
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  26 July 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another journalist has been killed in Mexico Quintana Roo (Agenzia Fides) - Journalist Rubén Pat Cauich was gunned down on Tuesday, July 24, the second journalist for the Mexican news site slain in less than a month, in front of a bar in Playa del Carmen, in the M ...