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  27 July 2016
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Costa Rica to offer temporary shelter to Central American refugees San José (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday Costa Rica, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), announced an agreement that the country will offer tempo ...
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  27 July 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - President Abbas writes to Pope Francis: horrified at the murder of the French priest, we condemn anyone who justifies terror with religion Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - “We are horrified at the barbarous attack on the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in which we lost the parish priest Jacques Hamel. On behalf of the State of Palestine and the Palestin ...
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  27 July 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Bishop of Aleppo says: Father Hamel and the other martyrs save the world, let us not exploit their suffering Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – The tragic death of Father Jacques Hamel, the elderly French priest murdered while he was saying mass, “belongs to the great history of Christian martyrdom including the recent martyrs o ...
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  26 July 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Final Message: “in the proclamation of the Gospel of Family, we are to be the witnesses of hope.” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Having come to the end of our meeting, we would like to address this message of hope and solidarity concerning the future of our families and communities, to the Church-Family of God in Africa ...
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  26 July 2016
  EUROPE/FRANCE - An elderly priest has his throat slit as he celebrates Mass Rouen (Agenzia Fides) – This morning an elderly priest, Fr. Jacques Hamel, aged 84, had his throat cut while he was celebrating mass in the church of Saint Etienne du Rouvray, Normandy (France). Two men entered the ch ...
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  26 July 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Thousands of South Sudan refugees crowd into already precarious camps Gulu (Agenzia Fides) – In just three weeks 30,000 refugees have entered Uganda where the camps are overcrowded to the limit. Recent fighting in South Sudan has put pressure on the already difficult situation. In ea ...
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  26 July 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Wayuú children continue to die of hunger and thirst AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Wayuú children continue to die of hunger and thirst La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) – The Wayúu indigenous communities in Colombia report that more children are dying of hunger, undernourishment and ...
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  26 July 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “Justice of Transition” to heal social fabric which has bled for years San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Discussion continues in El Salvador regarding the annulment by the High Court of Justice of the amnesty law. On 22 July the national Bishops’ Conference called for "redress justice" ...
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  26 July 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “All this violence reveals a void in citizens’ security” says Bishop Patiño Leal Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) – "It is clear that the numbers of killings, kidnapping and torture continue to rise. A void has been created in action to guarantee the safety of all citizens. It would appear that thos ...
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  26 July 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ -Chaldean Patriarch proposes to Iranian and Iraqi Shiites the creation of a Standing Committee for Dialogue Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – A Standing Committee for Dialogue between representatives of Shiite religious centres and the Chaldean Patriarchate to tackle together in friendly cooperation difficulties experienced by t ...
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  26 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church rejects foreign exploitation of sectarian attacks experienced AFRICA/EGYPT – The Coptic Church rejects foreign exploitation of sectarian attacks experienced Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Copt Orthodox Church does not want the sectarian attacks recently experienced by Egyptia ...
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  25 July 2016
  EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - Growing cooperation between Caritas Westminster and Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM – Growing cooperation between Caritas Westminster and Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) London (Agenzia Fides) – Growing cooperation between the volunteers of Caritas Westminster and Jewish Vo ...
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  25 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN -Food crisis heightens following fresh outbreak of civil war Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The food crisis in South Sudan has worsened with the new outbreak of civil war . For thousands of people fleeing their homes and the many who stay behind, food is the main priority. Since the civ ...
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  25 July 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Scalabrinian Missionaries: 25 years at the service of migrants in Honduras Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – "They are a visible sign of Christian solidarity " said Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Catholic archbishop of Tegucigalpa, during a Mass of thanksgiving for 25 years of commi ...
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  25 July 2016
  AAFRICA/EGYPT- Copt Orthodox Patriach Tawadros suspends his weekly Wednesday public catechesis because of sectarian violence Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Copt Orthodox Patriach Tawadros II has announced that he has decided to suspend his weekly Wednesday afternoon public catechesis in Cairo due to growing tension following fresh attacks on Coptic ...