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29 September 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce the manipulation of tribalism: "Put an end to the civil war now"
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "War is evil (...).There is no moral justification for any further killing. The fighting and killing must stop immediately and unconditionally" say the Catholic Bishops of South Sudan in a message ...
29 September 2014
AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Twelve years after the tragedy of the ferry Joola, ships are still overloaded and continue to travel" denounces the Church
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The sinking of the ferry Joola, on September 26, 2002, "highlights even today our sins of negligence, lack of sense of responsibility, of fatalism", said Mgr. Alphonse Seck, Vicar General of Dakar ...
29 September 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Prevention and relief centers: the Church committed against addiction
Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - "We must find a strategy for the prevention of addictions, and there are many ways. Unfortunately, what I see is the lack of rehabilitation centers or other supporting organizations. We have o ...
29 September 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girl raped, the perpetrators film the violence
Sialkot (Agenzia Fides) - Four young Muslims from Sialkot raped a 15-year-old Christian girl Monaza Bibi, and filmed the gang rape. As Fides learns by Christian lawyer Mushtaq Gill, who is dealing with the case, the vict ...
29 September 2014
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The natives are victims of poverty and racism
Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - A relatively new phenomenon, that is rapidly evolving in Paraguay, concerns the natives who are expelled from their native lands and sent to cities such as Asunción and Ciudad del Este. The c ...
29 September 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic woman who had disappeared returns home: she did not convert but had been kidnapped
Gabal al Tir (Agenzia Fides) - Iman Sarofim, the Coptic woman from Gabal al-Tir who disappeared in early September returned home to her family and said she was the victim of a kidnapping. Initially it was thought that th ...
27 September 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pastor killed in prison is "a new martyr"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Zafar Bhatti, an innocent man killed "is a new martyr", says in an interview with Fides Agency, prof. Shahid Mobeen, Pakistani professor of Islamic mysticism at the Pontifical Lateran University an ...
27 September 2014
EUROPE/ITALY - 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition: to go all over the world to educate and evangelize
Turin (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, 28 September, the missionaries of the 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition will receive the missionary cross from the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime. Later, they will set ou ...
27 September 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - New rules for the construction of churches: Christians prepare their proposal
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of Churches and Christian communities in Egypt will gather next week to put the final touch on proposals and suggestions on the draft law which will be discussed in the next pa ...
27 September 2014
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Do not be afraid of peace" Pope Francis’ letter to Venezuela
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - From 21 to 26 September the International Week of Peace was celebrated in Venezuela. The government and various institutions in the country organized meetings, events and moments of dialogue and ...
26 September 2014
ASIA/CHINA - A hundred days dedicated to the formation of young people in the diocese of Xian Xian
Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The young are called to be light and salt of the earth: this is the theme of the path of formation regarding the young people in the diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou), in the province of ...
26 September 2014
AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops for the upcoming election: "We dream of a country where human life and the family are worth more than a hectare of land"
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "We dream and fight to make this country a place where human life and the family are worth more than a hectare of land, a bank account, a degree or a particular skill. And so that young peopl ...
26 September 2014
EUROPE/SPAIN - Another Spanish missionary doctor suffering from ebola died in Madrid
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Brother Manuel García Viejo, a specialist in internal and tropical medicine and medical director of the San Juan De Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar, (Sierra Leone), tested positive for Ebola ...
26 September 2014
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese army releases over a hundred child soldiers
Rangún (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese army has released 109 children from its military ranks. Myanmar has for years been listed among Countries where children have been recruited to fight - both by government forces and ...
26 September 2014
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Health systems are near collapse, while those infected double every three weeks
Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Perhaps there has never been so much attention on a single issue at a global level, but the reality on the ground today is this: The sick are desperate, their families and caregivers are angry, ...
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