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  9 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Three years on, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako returns to Mosul districts taken back from jihadist militia Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – Exactly three years since Mosul was taken by the so called IS Islamic state terror group (DAESH), Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako was able to return to the northern Iraqi city ...
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  8 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraq's Kurds to hold September independence referendum Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region will hold a referendum on independence on September 25. The decision, aimed at provoking the negative reaction of the central government in Baghdad was take ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA - Meeting of political leaders of the continent summoned by CELAM Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - A group of politicians and leaders of various Latin American parties were summoned for an unprecedented meeting with Bishops, inspired by Pope Francis's thought. The meeting, organized by the La ...
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  8 June 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 15,000 Aids patients treated with compassion in Catholic structures Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – Currently over 15,000 patients infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are treated with love and compassion in Catholic structures run by the Catholic Medical Association of India (CHAI), a natio ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The State of Roraima appeals to the federal government to help the Venezuelans who arrive Roraima (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the state of Roraima, where there is the only land border between Venezuela and Brazil, have asked for help from the federal government of Brazil in order to respond adequatel ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - More than 3,000 people evacuated due to flooding in the north of the country Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - As a result of the floods that led to the overflow of the River Uruguay, there are currently 3,700 displaced persons in the north of the Country. The most hit department continues to be Salto ...
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  8 June 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two Red Cross operators kidnapped in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were kidnapped in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to news sent to Agenzia Fides by CEPADHO (a local ...
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  8 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian priest following the massacres in Tehran: terrorists will not succeed in frightening our people Teheran (Agenzia Fides) - "As Iranian Assyrian Chaldean Catholic priest, I am saddened by such inhumane acts, mostly accomplished by people who present themselves faithful to God and Islam, and therefore spread a false i ...
• 8 June 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope receives in audience the Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 8, the Holy Father received a Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara in a private Audience, accompanied by the Archbishop of Abuja and Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara, His Emminence ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Campaign to eradicate the phenomenon of child labor Huamanga (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child labor continues to spread in the urban area of Huamanga, Peruvian province of the Ayacucho region, where 520 children work on the streets of the city every day. In order ...
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  7 June 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera epidemic: 14,659 people infected and 292 deaths Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Cases of cholera in Khartoum and White Nile States continue to increase. In the Khartoum Bahri areas, the Ministry of Health registered 30 new cases, while local sources confirm at least one hu ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The diocese of Cucuta opens a transit home for Venezuelans seeking food and medicine Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - A new transit home, significantly called "Divine Providence" was inaugurated on June 5 in the Colombian diocese of Cucuta, to help Venezuelans affected by the severe social, economic and politica ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US House of Representatives approves law on intervention in favor of religious minorities persecuted in Syria and Iraq Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, the United States House of Representatives unanimously voted Law 390, Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief Accountability Act of 2017, which authorizes among oth ...
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  7 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi crisis: possible negotiations to release the hostages Marawi (Agenzia Fides) – The crisis in Marawi has entered the second week: since May 23, terrorists of the "Maute" group have occupied the city, destroyed the cathedral, burned down schools, and forced the civilian pop ...
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  7 June 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops sympathize with Capt. Mahama’s Family Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Cruel way of treating human beings must stop now: I have never seen anything like that. I pray for the soul of Capt. Mahama", said His Exc. Mgr. Charles Palmer-Buckle, Archbishop of Accra and Vic ...