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Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The episcopal Church of Jerusalem, belonging to the Anglican Communion, signed a partnership protocol with Caritas Jordan on Tuesday, 11 July, to jointly set up a project regarding school assistance for children belonging to Syrian refugee families. The memorandum, signed in Amman by the General Director of Caritas Jordan Wael Suleiman and Anglican Bishop Suheil Dawani, will offer 160 children from one to five years of age, the opportunity to be cared for in kindergartens housed in two school buildings. (GV) (Agenzia Fides, 12/7/2017)
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ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic studies no longer compulsory for non-Muslim students
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ASIA/BANGLADESH - Girls forced into early marriage: education is the key to the fight against this phenomenon
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Stop any form of revenge
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EUROPE/RUSSIA - Document of the Synodal Biblical-Theological Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate in response to the Declaration "Fiducia supplicans"
EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Russian edition of the "Spiritual Exercises" of Ignatius of Loyola presented in Moscow
ASIA/CHINA - Generous participation of Chinese Catholic communities in the 2024 "National Collection" to support relief initiatives in emergency situations
ASIA/JAPAN - 'Money, money, money'. The reasons for conflicts and the arms race according to missionary Archbishop, Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi