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  23 June 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Militant Christian politician released by the Syrian apparatus after 30 months of detention Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - Christian political activist of Syriac-Orthodox confession Gabriel Moshe Kourieh, head of the political bureau of the Assyrian Democratic Organization, arrested by Syrian security forces in Qam ...
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  23 June 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Castro: "We need a clear sign that the signature of the agreement is concrete" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We need a clear sign that the signature of the agreement is not just a symbolic act", said His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, Archbishop of Tunja and President of the Episcopal Conferenc ...
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  23 June 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meetings for the prevention, recovery and promotion of life against addiction Mendoza (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the International Day of fight against the use and illicit traffic of drugs, the Archbishop of Mendoza, through the Pastoral against Addictions, Hogar de Cristo, and the desir ...
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  23 June 2016
  ASIA - Death penalty in Indonesia and the Philippines: need to become promoters of an abolitionist culture Oslo (Agenzia Fides) - "The campaign for the abolition of the death penalty is a big challenge in order to protect life, to promote justice and to humanize our societies. However, the campaign can be successful when citi ...
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  23 June 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The legal battle over the ownership of the Armenian Catholicosate continues. Waiting for the pronouncement of the Constitutional Court Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - A lawsuit filed last year by His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of seeking the return of the historic Sis Catholicosate was not taken into consideration by Turkey’s Justice Mi ...
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  23 June 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Mgr. Medina: "Justice must only acknowledge the truth of the Curuguaty massacre", Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (Paraguay), His Exc. Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina Salinas, accused Vice President Federico Franco of being responsible for the "massacre of Curuguat ...
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  23 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The UN recognizes the responsibilities of peacekeepers in preventing the massacre in Malakal Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Confusion in the command and control, and lack of knowledge of the rules of engagement, or orders on how to deal with an attack by the Blue Helmets are among the causes that led to the massacre th ...
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  23 June 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - At least three dead in clashes over cattle rustling in the northwest Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Tension along the border between the county of Kisumu and that of Nandi, in north-western Kenya continues, where in recent days at least three people died in clashes between the Luo and Nandi c ...
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  22 June 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Bishops divided, Synod of the Melkite Greek Church postponed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, after being opened on Monday 20 June in Ain Traz in a climate of internal tension, was interrupted and postponed until further notice due to the no ...
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  22 June 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Death penalty: the Church to oppose President Duterte Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines will do everything possible to discourage political action likely to reintroduce the death penalty in the country. As Fides learns, the President of the Epi ...
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  22 June 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Olympics: religious women active in the fight against human trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro approach August 5, there is growing commitment against trafficking in persons in all its forms. Once again, the Olympics become a time of economic growth fo ...
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  22 June 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Drought and climate change exacerbate famine Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly one million children in Madagascar suffer from acute malnutrition. The current drought, one of the worst ever seen, has burned rice and cassava crops, leaving 80% of the population w ...
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  22 June 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops of Africa: "Bishops of Africa: "Burundi will find peace only through dialogue among all social partners" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Ensure inclusive participation of citizens in the peace process and address all grievances peacefully in a way that maintains stability" says the message published at the end of a visit to Bu ...
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  22 June 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Salah Zuleta: "A true politician seeks the common good" Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to the politicians of the department of La Guajira, so that in these times of crisis they unite and propose a single candidate for the upcoming elections, after the cancellation of ...
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  22 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five Christians acquitted from charges of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An anti-terrorism court in Lahore acquitted five Christians accused of blasphemy. The case was registered on August 16, 2015 against sixteen persons accused of having published material considere ...