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29 July 2016
AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi receives Patriarch Tawadros; polemic over Coptic Christian protests in the United States
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The citizens of Egypt whatever their religious community, “have equal rights and duties as established by the Constitution ”. Egypt’s Christians have demonstrated “wisdom and a spirit ...
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29 July 2016
ASIA/SYRIA - “al-Nusra Front” takes new name. Bishop Audo: a purely tactical move, there is no such thing as 'moderate rebels'
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – The decision of the Jabhat al-Nusra jihadist group to take a new name and announce that it has formally left the al Qaida network, represents “purely a tactical move to accredit the simulacr ...
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29 July 2016
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Day for Latin American Martyrs", remembering also Bishop Enrique Angelelli murdered 40 years ago
Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) – Thursday 4 August the diocese of Neuquen and its Bishop Virginio Bressanelli, S.C.I. will mark the "Day for Latin American Martyrs", remembering also the 40th anniversary of the death of ...
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29 July 2016
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Never seen so many people living on the streets" says Bishop of Neuquén
Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) – In recent months the number of homeless persons has grown considerably, "never before in my six years here, have I seen so many people living on the streets " said Bishop Virginio Bressanelli ...
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28 July 2016
ASIA/CHINA - “Follow Saint Francis and live the Jubilee”: Chinese youth in communion with WYD
Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – “Follow Saint Francis and live the Jubilee”:” with this slogan a Franciscan summer parish youth camp, in the diocese of Zhou Zhi in Shaan Xi province, mainland China, young Chinese Cat ...
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28 July 2016
AMERICA/CHILE - Prison should not be seen as a place to lose hope, but somewhere to learn from our mistakes
Aysén (Agenzia Fides) – "Prison it not a place to lose hope, instead it can be a time to start a new way of life to help build a society of more justice and brotherhood; the loss of freedom does not mean the los ...
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28 July 2016
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestine's Scout movement one of the oldest reinvigorated
Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) – After a long period of suspension of contact with analogous groups and networks at the global level, the Scout Movement in Palestine, re-connects with its long history taking part gatheri ...
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28 July 2016
EUROPE/POLAND - The Church's Social Teaching with an app especially for young people
Krakow (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, on 26 July presented the young participants at the 31 World Youth Day in Krakow an app on the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching create ...
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28 July 2016
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: it is “shameful” to have to wait for other countries to decide who shall be the next President of Lebanon
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - “It is shameful that the Lebanese people should have to wait for years while other countries in the region choose who shall be the new President of their country”. This is how Maronite ...
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28 July 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Situation ever more serious”: the Bishop of Apartado denounces more than 1,500 people blocked
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Situation ever more serious”: the Bishop of Apartado denounces more than 1,500 people blocked
Turbo (Agenzia Fides) – With the number of illegal migrants passing into the Colombian town of ...
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27 July 2016
AMERICA/PERU - Independence Day: Bishops call for commitment to combat lawlessness, poverty and corruption
AMERICA/PERU – Independence Day: Bishops call for commitment to combat lawlessness, poverty and corruption
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of Independence Day in Peru, tomorrow 28 July, the country’s Bis ...
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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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