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  5 June 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 15 children die in botched vaccine campaign Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign. Children, 5 years of age, lived in the village of Kapoeta, in the southeast of the Country. According to a survey conduct ...
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  5 June 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Child labor: 64% of cases are concentrated in the agricultural sector Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Of the over 23,000 child workers surveyed in the Panama Republic, 64% are engaged in agricultural activities. For this reason, the Ministry of Labor and Development this year has focused its camp ...
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  3 June 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope to the PMS: "October 2019 will be an extraordinary month for the Ad gentes mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today June 3, Pope Francis received in audience the participants in the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). Here below is the full text of the Speech: Mr Cardinal, dear bro ...
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  2 June 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The first "Weekend for the youth " organized by the Life and Love Education Center Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 and 28 May 2017, the E.V.A. Center (Life and Love Education) of the Diocese of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) organized a weekend for young people between 18 to 30 years of age. This is w ...
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  2 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Mining activity yes, but not like this and not here": Mgr. Londoño Buitrago and the community of Antioquia defend the territory Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Jericho, Mgr. Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.SS.R., joined the voices of protest of farmers, breeders and civil leaders of the municipalities of Pueblorrico, Ta ...
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  2 June 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops' "Serious concern" for President Trump's decision on the Paris Agreement Washington (Agenzia Fides) - President Donald J. Trump announced yesterday that the United States will not honor the Paris agreement on climate change. The United States and China, the two largest carbon emitters, and 19 ...
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  2 June 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "We cannot wait any longer": hunger emergency in eastern Africa Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO World Vision has launched an alarm on the urgent need for aid for 25 million people and 700,000 children on the verge of dying due to hunger in eastern Africa. The severe drought tha ...
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  2 June 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - New controversy over Zuma after the publication of 100,000 confidential documents Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Pressures on South African President Jacob Zuma are growing so that he resigns before his expiration in 2019. The publication of about 100,000 e-mails and confidential documents demonstrate ...
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  2 June 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Agreement between the Holy See and the Korean Church: the Pope’s word in the local language Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has stipulated a pact with the Vatican's Communications Secretariat to strengthen co-operation in evangelization with the aim of spreading Holy Father’s messages in Kore ...
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  2 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Terror in Manila, war in Marawi intensifies: "Hostages at risk", says the Bishop Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - While the capital Manila was upset by a terrorist attack at Resort World Manila (which includes shopping centers, restaurants and hotels in the area near the airport) that killed 36 people, claim ...
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  1 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Trafficking, sexual abuse and early marriages: girls are the main victims Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - In northern Mexico, 3 out of four children, victims of sexual exploitation, are forced to marry early, most of them less than 16 years of age. The complaint comes from a study carried out by a g ...
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  1 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Soldiers and sailors, anonymous heroes who give hope to citizens scared by violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Mexico is aware of the fact that at the moment our country is experiencing a crisis, where crime impoverishes the nation, because of criminal organizations that have expanded ...
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  1 June 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The National Director of the PMS: "Islamism grows, but many Muslims appreciate us" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bangladesh is worrying with regards to the rise of terrorist groups that are said to be linked to the Islamic State. A couple of months ago also the guard of my parish, Santa Rita ...
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  1 June 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - "What is the aim of the article on alleged hidden accounts of the Bishops?" asks the Episcopal Conference Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We are fully at the service of the Church's works", says a statement by the Bishops' Conference of Mali, sent to Fides, in response to the article published by the newspaper "Le Monde", accordin ...
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  1 June 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Dramatic situation, children and sick people die Maturín (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Country is dramatic, there is no food and people have reached the limit of tolerance". This is what His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Pérez Lavado, Bishop of the diocese of Maturín, ...