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  19 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - November 19 - Day Against Child Abuse in Medellin Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - The establishment of the "Day against child abuse", which will be celebrated on November 19, has just been approved in Medellín. The goal is to continue working to protect the rights of child ...
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  19 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishop Seitz's Pastoral Letter: it is important to welcome migrants according to the Gospel El Paso (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, His Exc. Mgr. Mark J. Seitz, condemned the demonization of immigrants, the militarization of the border and the immigration system that divides fam ...
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  19 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian Mayor of Alqosh dismissed. The Nineveh Plain is increasingly a "controversial area" in the eyes of Kurdish secessionists Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - With an unusual emergency procedure, the Council of the Iraqi Province of Nineveh dismissed the mayor of Alqosh, a town of the Nineveh Plain historically inhabited by Christians, and replaced him ...
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  19 July 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Give powers to traditional leaders to manage development projects Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Africans have been called to change their mindset in order to develop the African continent. If traditional leaders joined parliament members, development projects could be managed more quickly an ...
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  19 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Denial regarding the recent reports on Patriarch Tawadros' health conditions Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - An official statement of the Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria denied the allegations that social media had spread regarding a sudden deterioration of the health conditions of Patriarch ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino after the attack in the parish: "enough violence against the people" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, "condemns the attack of armed groups against citizens who were peacefully participating in the popular consultation on the Constituent Assembl ...
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  18 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two priests kidnapped. The Bishops' condemnation: "Hurting them means harming the community they serve" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two Congolese Catholic priests were kidnapped during the night between Sunday 16 and Monday, July 17. Don Pierre Akilimali and Don Charles Kipasa were kidnapped by strangers in the Notre-Dame d ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Month of the Bible on the road of reconciliation, to be artisans of peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In several Latin American countries, September is celebrated as the "Month of the Bible" and is marked by various initiatives at all levels to promote reading and the knowledge of the Scriptures ...
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  18 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - "Rehabilitation Camp" Jihadist families set up in a Christian Village of the Nineveh Plain Bartella (Agenzia Fides) - After the conquest of Mosul, Iraqi security forces have transferred at least 170 families with members considered to be affiliated to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh) to a "Rehabilitat ...
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  18 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Freed from prostitution to become lawyers who pursue exploiters New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Children systematically mistreated and forced into prostitution with 20 clients per day, without rights, no voice and no one worrying about their inhuman conditions. This is the harsh reality ...
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  18 July 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders denounce the terrorist attacks and banditism to prevent the people from voting Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that these attacks, though masquerading as terrorism or banditry, may actually be orchestrated criminality aimed at displacing populations so that they don’t participate in t ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Animation Week in the Archdiocese of Sucre: "I am a Church, I am Mission" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Archdiocese of Sucre is experiencing a week of prayer and meetings in view of the Day of the Diocesean Church, with the slogan "I am Church, I am Mission! I count on you!". The Week o ...
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  18 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai to President Aoun: People are exhausted, it is necessary to favor the repatriation of Syrian refugees Annaya (Agenzia Fides) - "Even with all our solidarity with the refugees, the Lebanese hope that the process to guarantee them a safe return in their Country, by setting aside the different political positions that hinde ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A group from Juiz de Fora goes to Haiti: a missionary exchange is being studied Juiz de Fora (Agenzia Fides) - Following yesterday's Mass, a group of five Brazilian youths belonging to the “Jovens Missionários Continentais” (JMC) community, leave today from the Brazilian Archdiocese of Juiz de ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call for government intervention to release the nun abducted in Mali Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We once again point out our condemnation for this abduction, and we ask the national Government to intervene and and carry out the necessary mediation for the release of the nun abducted and to ...