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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 ...
• 25 July 2016
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of Archbishop of Nampula and appointment of apostolic administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 25 July 2016, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Nampula, in Mozambique, presented by Mgr. Tomé Makhweliha, S. ...
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  25 July 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Weapons are the weakness of reason": Bishop Arizmendi refers to the assassination of the local mayor San Juan Chamula (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of the diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, has called for dialogue to continue since, he says, it is the only means of obtaining social peace: ...
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  25 July 2016
  AAMERICA/MEXICO - Does being indigenous mean being discriminated against, experiencing marginalisation and poverty ? Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The main disadvantages of being a member of an indigenous community in Mexico are being discriminated against, marginalised and condemned to a life of poverty, exclusion and illiteracy. ...
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  23 July 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - SECAM Assembly : too little investment in media programmes for evangelization in Africa. Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "“The Church must absolutely be more present on the digital media in a deliberate and informed manner,” said the Nigerian Bishop Badejo, of Oyo, who was facilitating a workshop titled “ ...
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  23 July 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - “The wedding couple in Cana”: some non-Christian couples at Spiritual Camp on Marriage Xian Xian (Agenzia Fides) – To feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of a married couple and experience the beauty and happiness of Christian marriage: these were the intentions of some 35 married couples, ...
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  23 July 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - An estimated 250,000 Syrian children refugees in Lebanon are unable to attend school Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – More than half the 500,000 school-age refugee children from Syria, registered in Lebanon cannot attend school because of limited availabilityof resources and strict Lebanese government resid ...
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  23 July 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Restrictions to the use of the Internet endanger the health of many little patients Meki (Agenzia Fides) – “Since the Ethiopian government restricted access to the Internet it has become impossible for us to obtain scientific information on the web or discuss cases of serious illnesses which we ar ...
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  23 July 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Executive regional secretaries of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference visit indigenous communities in Terena Campo Grande (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the busy agenda of their meeting in Campo Grande held 18 to 22 July, the Executive secretaries of the 18 regions which comprise Brazil’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference (C ...
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  22 July 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Floods cause casualties and destruction Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – In recent weeks several lives were lost in severe flooding following widespread heavy rainfall . Moreover some 2200 dwellings in Naivasha camp for displaced persons, Shangil Tobaya, norther ...