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  9 June 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Malnutrition and illness affect settlements of displaced people Kalèmie (Agenzia Fides) - "Conditions in the settlements in the territories of Kalémie and Kansimba and in the province of Tanganyika need to be urgently improved, healthcare must be made easily accessible, food aid sh ...
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  9 June 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - In Gujarat, a book defines Jesus "devil": Christians ask for its withdrawal Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - A high school textbook in Hindi language, published by the "Gujarat State School Board for school books", being used in public schools in the state of West India, mentions and defines Jesus Ch ...
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  9 June 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister to Christians: security at risk, reduce visits and celebrations in churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egypt is under attack by forces wishing to destabilize the Country, and among the security measures promoted by State apparatus there is also the advice to Christians to reduce visits and celebrat ...
• 9 June 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Notre Dame de l'Immaculée Conception" Major Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 11, 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Jean Paul René Ondoua Omgba, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Ya ...
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  9 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Nine children out of 100 work and 37% do not go to school Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico 9 children out of 100 between 5 to 17 years of age work. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), there are two million and 475,000 children engaged ...
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  9 June 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The priests of Jakarta: a pastoral movement to defend unity in diversity Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – To create a pastoral movement inspired by the Gospel to defend "unity in diversity", fundamental principle of Indonesia: as Fides learns, this is the goal expressed by the priests of the Archd ...
• 9 June 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope deeply saddened by the events of the diocese of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received a Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria, in a private Audience, which has been living a painful situation for years (see Fides, 8/6/2017). The me ...
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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 ...