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  14 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop denounces: The health of the population in jeopardy due to mining activities La Oroya (Agenzia Fides) - After the government reduced the environmental quality standards (ECA) to facilitate the sale of the metallurgical complex of La Oroya, the Archbishop of Huancayo, Mgr. Pedro Barreto Jimeno, SJ ...
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  14 July 2017
  ASIA/SIRIA - Kurdish "autonomist" offensive in Hassaké. Archbishop Hindo: they feel protected by Americans Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The militants and militiamen of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PKY), Syrian branch of Karkeren Kurdistan Party (PKK), have begun to realize in facts their intent of creating an autonomous Kurd ...
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  14 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting still continues in Marawi, but "it is not a war of religion" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are anxiously waiting for the fate of our 15 Christian parishioners, hostages in the hands of Maute terrorist group in Marawi. The crisis continues. But it is not a war of religion: as Bishop ...
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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Maximum transparency in the use of the first national collection Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Maximum transparency and an accurate study of the real needs have been assured by Jinde Charites, the Chinese Catholic charity body, in the use of about 100,000 euros collected in the first Nati ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Urgent Message of the Bishops to Catholics and people of good will Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the 108th Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference held in Caracas from 7 to 12 July (see Fides 07/07/2017; 11/07/2017), the Bishops issued an "Urgent message ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: 5% of jobs in churches and ecclesial works will be dedicated for the disabled Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Catholic Patriarch Tawadros II has decided that 5 percent of the work regarding people working in ecclesiastical churches and institutions will now be dedicated for the disabled. The same ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Radio station for human rights: a window for activism Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Humano Derecho Radio Estación radio has just launched a radio channel, a new alternative means of communication dedicated to human rights and the involvement of Venezuelan citizens. The initiat ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Women, true primary missionaries of Faith Mansa (Agenzia Fides) - "You women are naturally the first catechisers who communicate faith and morals to us from the earliest stages of our life. Do not neglect this singular honour God has bestowed upon you, especiall ...
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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Livestock and beef trade: the Supreme Court suspends the ban New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India’s Supreme Court suspended a government ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter throughout India. It is a fundamental right and it is the freedom of every citizen to choose their own fo ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Labor reform approved, despite the opposition of the Church and other institutions Brazil (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Senate approved Michel Temer's labor reform: 50 votes in favor and 26 against. The text, which has caused countless demonstrations and three general strikes, aims to modernize the B ...
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  12 July 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 60 percent of young people are poor: "We are all responsible", says Mgr. Martin Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - If 58.7 percent of young people under the age of 18 are poor, "it is clear that this is a sign of something that could not be solved". "We all are responsible, in one way or another, although we ...
• 12 July 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Byron Heralda Chevannes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 24, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of Mgr. Byron Heralda Chevannes, of the diocese of Ju ...
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  12 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - The diocese of Copiapó informs foreign workers of their rights Copiapó (Agenzia Fides) - The Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe House of Migrant in Copiapó hosted a conference on the rights of foreign workers residing in the Chilean region of Atacama, promoted by the Pastoral Ministry f ...
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  12 July 2017
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Major commitment to remove talibés children from the streets Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of the tens of thousands of talibés children in Senegal does not seem to diminish (see Fides 31/3/2017). Although, in March 2017, over 1,500 children were removed from the streets ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Tension and violence among Hindu and Muslim radicals New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) - Tension and violence among Hindus and Muslims in India: in the past few days clashes and violent protests of the local Muslim community occurred in the Western Bengal state, after the provocat ...