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28 June 2014
EUROPE/ITALY - A "social audio book" in defense of the Africans with albinism, the last of the last
Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "They are white in Africa. They are the last of the last" reads the home page of the site dedicated to the initiative in defense of Africans suffering from albinism which bears the same name of th ...
28 June 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination and violence against a Christian businessman, threatened by Islamic extremists
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Jabar Masih, from the district of Nahla in Lahore, has been threatened by extremists, "If you do not convert to Islam, you cannot continue your business", they ordered. Jabar, who l ...
28 June 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Head of UNICEF: In northern Iraq, a plan of "ethnic and religious cleansing" that affects minorities
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of displaced people who fled from Qaraqosh and other Christian villages in the Nineveh Plain under the military pressure of Sunni insurgents led by Islamists of the Islamic State of Iraq ...
28 June 2014
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Solidarity of Churches for the humanitarian emergency of immigrant children
Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - "By the end of September, the number of Central American and Mexican undocumented immigrant children who come to Laredo and Brownsville in Texas could reach 90 000": this was said yesterday by th ...
28 June 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA – IDPs are increasing: the Church appeals to the authorities to resolve the crisis
Magangué (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to find the appropriate solution with regards to the plight of internally displaced persons: is the appeal launched to public institutions by Mgr. Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, Apost ...
27 June 2014
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Poverty and hunger, the consequences of an unjust economic system
Wukro (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty in Africa is the result of a global economy based on injustice. Chronic hunger seems a completely normal phenomenon. "No one can imagine the horror of the consequences of poverty", says Fa ...
27 June 2014
AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Social Week begins, to promote "the culture of meeting"
Mar de Plata (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 27th June, the XXXI Argentine Social Week begins in the diocese of Mar de Plata. This important event will see the presence of many authorities nationwide. During the presentation of ...
27 June 2014
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 9, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Estefan Turcios Carpaño, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of San Salva ...
27 June 2014
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Asian Bishops: "The Pope with our young people: an event of grace"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the first time a Pope participates in the Asian Youth Day (AYD, Asian Youth Day): the event will to be held from 10-17 August in Daejeon, South Korea. The Pope's presence will certainly be ...
27 June 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop Moshe’s appeal to the international community: Save us!
Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - Qaraqosh is almost a ghost town. More than ninety percent of the more than 40 thousand inhabitants, nearly all Christians of the Syrian Catholic Church, have fled in the past two days due to th ...
27 June 2014
AFRICA/MALAWI - Politics restarts a month after the election; "Transition towards normality is not easy", says a missionary
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections were really chaotic also due to electoral fraud. The difficulties found were caused by a strong lack of preparation, by the difficulty to get the electoral apparatus to function, ...
27 June 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church with regards to peace talks: Consider the pain of the victims
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of a meeting of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN), which is led by the Catholic Church, His Exc. Mgr. José Daniel Falla Robles, Auxiliary Bishop of Cali and Secretary ...
27 June 2014
ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Society of Jesus welcomes the second cambodian Jesuit
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Chour Damo, 29, is the second cambodian Jesuit: professing the solemn religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the Society of Jesus, the young man made his entrance in the order f ...
27 June 2014
AFRICA/CAMEROON - An alleged kidnapper of the Italian missionaries and Canadian nun has been arrested
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The Cameroonian gendarmes arrested one of the alleged kidnappers of the two Italian priests and Canadian nun kidnapped on April 5 and released on June 1 (see Fides 05/04/2014; 05/05/2014; 02/06/ ...
26 June 2014
AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Emergency continues for girls accused of witchcraft
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - In the Democratic Republic of Congo the high rate of poverty and widespread superstition lead to dramatic consequences: many girls are considered to be the direct responsibility of family misfort ...
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