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  31 July 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "Birth cushions" to convince the women of Karamoja to go to hospital Moroto (Agenzia Fides) – The presentation of "Birth cushions" will be held these days, in Washington, created by the NGO Doctors with Africa CUAMM. It is an innovative solution aimed at convincing women from Karamoja, ...
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  31 July 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: human trafficking "is an aberrant plague and a modern form of slavery" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis recalled the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons promoted by the United Nations, Sunday, July 30, with these words during the Angelus: "Each year, thousands of men, women ...
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  31 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Over 100 villagers in the east captured by the Mai Mai Simba militiamen Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Over a hundred people in a Congolese village were kidnapped by an armed group. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides by CEPADHO, a local NGO, on July 26 about fifty Mai-Mai Simba fight ...
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  31 July 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops announce a prayer Novena for the upcoming vote Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We note with appreciation, the relatively peaceful manner in which campaigns have been conducted. We urge all the candidates to continue conducting themselves with decorum and sobriety in the r ...
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  31 July 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Hassaké, the Kurds reject the accusations of having killed a Christian professor. The victim's nephew arrested for murder Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) – The People's Protection Units (YPG), Kurdish militiamen linked to the Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD PKK Syrian Armed Forces) have firmly rejected allegations and suspicions against them regar ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops on the violent day of the election: "Useless, unnecessary, and damaging to the people" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Useless, unnecessary and damaging to the Venezuelan people", this statement was repeated many times yesterday in the many demonstrations that took place on the election day to elect the members ...
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  29 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Puerto Valdivia, "sacrificed in the exercise of his mission" Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Colombia joins the pain of the assassination of Fr. Diomer Eliver Chavarría Pérez, killed on the day of his 31st birthday, on the evening of July 27, in the parish ...
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  29 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Five priests stop the tanks of the National Guard in Ejido Ejido (Agenzia Fides) - The priests of the Catholic Church spoke yesterday July 28 with regards to a confrontation between the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) and demonstrators in the city of Ejido, in the state of Méri ...
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  29 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - August summit of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Eastern Catholic Patriarchs will meet before August 15th in Dimane, Lebanon, at the patriarchal summer home of the Maronite Patriarch, to focus on the complex situation of indigeno ...
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  29 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Church launches the "Youth Festival" in Alqosh. Further controversy over the appointment of Mayor Lara Zara Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - More than 550 boys and girls from various parts of Iraq have fled to Alqosh, a town of the Nineveh Plain, to attend the "Youth Festival", organized under the patronage of the Patriarchate of Bab ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Piñeiro during the national holiday: need to intervene and be severe against corruption Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The national holiday that reminds us of one of the greatest aspirations of Peruvians, independence of living in freedom and democracy, this year has a special blessing: the upcoming visit of Pope ...
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  28 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldian Catholic Lara Zara elected mayor of Alqosh Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - Chaldian Catholic Lara Yussif Zara is the new mayor of Alqosh, the small town of Nineveh Plain, inhabited mostly by Christians, which for three years was the residential area near the border line ...
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  28 July 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Testimony of a fidei donum: "I do not feel like a lonely sailor but a missionary who feels close to his Church of origin" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "Nagaa, akkam jirtuu? Peace, how are you? I like to start with this greeting in Oromo, much used to greet, to wish all the good to the person to whom it is addressed". This is how the testimony se ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops call for non-violence and appeal to law enforcement: "Your role is to maintain peace" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In a few hours the constituent National Assembly elections will be held and the President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference reiterates his rejection with regards to this initiative, conside ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Christian-Jewish group launches fundraiser for "Persecuted Christians" Chicago (Agenzia Fides) -The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, with headquarters in Chicago and Jerusalem, has launched a fundraising initiative to aid Christians and other persecuted minorities in the Mid ...