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1 July 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Solidarity towards the orphans of the massacre in the church of Peshawar
Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - They have had their lives turned upside down by the terrorism that crept into the very walls of the church: there are visible signs of the hundreds of orphans and widows who are still suffering ...
1 July 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Rustenburg says thanks for the help given to the miners who have concluded the strike
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We have received a great response to the appeal launched in favor of miners on strike", writes His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Dowling, Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa. The workers in the platinum ...
1 July 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Despite the distrust of the population, the police fight against crime
Piedras Negras (Agenzia Fides) - The people do not have confidence in the police force, despite the efforts of the authorities: the assertion comes from the Bishop of the Diocese of Piedras Negras (Coahuila, Mexico), His ...
1 July 2014
EUROPE/SPAIN - The emerging phenomenon of women who are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Spanish police estimated 10,862 "potential victims" of human trafficking, found in places where other victims have been identified, such as industrial areas, strip clubs or brothels. The police a ...
1 July 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Twelve thousand refugees in the Cathedral of Bambari, the Bishop's appeal to Fides
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We have welcomed at least 12,000 people in the Saint Joseph Cathedral who are still totally without any assistance" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Eduard Mathos, Bishop of Bambari, in the Ce ...
1 July 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako’s appeal for the release of the abducted nuns and orphans
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis Raphael I Sako, has made a public appeal to "those who are holding the nuns and orphans kidnapped in Mosul three days ago". According to Fides Ag ...
1 July 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father David Neuhaus SJ: sorrow and grief over the killing of the three teens, it is necessary to put an end to the cycle of violence
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "There is immense sadness for what happened yesterday with regards to the killing of the three teens. We are close to their families and friends, let us pray that the Lord will help them to li ...
30 June 2014
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Archbishop of Madang: "Church and State united against domestic violence"
Madang (Agenzia Fides) - "Domestic violence in the family and sexual violence are of great concern in Papua New Guinea. It is a widespread and serious problem that we have to fight and we need to work all together": this ...
30 June 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - The complaint of the Bishop of Saltillo: "Stop physical violence against detainees"
Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) - Elements of the "Special Weapons and Tactics Group" (GATE) went to the prisons of Coahuila to beat up the detainees: this was denounced by the Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexic ...
30 June 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Exploitation of children: from the World Cup to the Winter Olympics 2016
Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - As has been widely pointed out, in addition to money, job opportunities and economic development, the World Cup currently underway, with about 4 million tourists, increases the risk of se ...
30 June 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore: "A new springtime for the Church in our country"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very grateful to the Holy Father. He has appointed the new Bishop Joseph Arshad in Faisalabad, the new Archbishop of Lahore, the new Apostolic Administrator in Multan. They are very ...
30 June 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Two nuns and three young Chaldeans arrested in Mosul by jihadists of the ISIL
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – Since Saturday 28th June we have no news regarding Sisters Atur and Miskinta, two Chaldean religious women of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, who had returned to Mosul by c ...
30 June 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Civil society organizes itself, but authorities do not always help", says a missionary
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still very fragile", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary, pastor in Bozoum, in the Central African Republic, where the crisis was one of the points ...
30 June 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks in the north: the Bishop of Maiduguri, "the human mind cannot understand what is going on"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - There are no Catholic churches involved in yesterday’s attacks in the three villages near Chibok, the town in northern Nigeria where more than 200 girls were abducted in April by the Islamic ext ...
30 June 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Marijuana and cocaine as early as 12 years of age
San Luis Potosí (Agenzia Fides) - According to a national Study on Addictions, the city of San Luis Potosi recorded cases of children who at the age of 12 begin to consume drugs. The highest consumption is marijuana, fo ...
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