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4 April 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Death sentence for the Christian Sawan Masih: politics is deaf but dissent is increasing
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian Sawan Masih was sentenced to death on false charges of blasphemy. But what happened to those who were found guilty? This question is still unanswered. Religious minorities in Pakis ...
4 April 2014
EUROPE/SPAIN - An army of women and children who collect garbage to earn a living
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - About 15 million people live and work all over the world collecting and recycling waste. Among these, the most vulnerable are women and children. However, this activity begins to be seen as a pos ...
4 April 2014
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Drought and monsoons: the dramatic situation especially for the poorest people
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - After six months of drought and with forecasts of a monsoon arriving, Sri Lanka is likely to suffer serious losses in crops and significant decreases in the production of electricity. According ...
4 April 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President, give an explanation of the excessive expenditure on the renovation of your house with public money"
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of South Africa have criticized President Jacob Zuma’s decision not to respond "promptly and comprehensively" to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on the expenditure ...
4 April 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - All involved in finding different mechanisms to put an end to violence
Monterrey (Agenzia Fides ) - "We know God has the real power and we know that the families of the victims are moving, they are beginning to act on their own to solve the problem of violence. But we are all involved, we n ...
3 April 2014
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops alarm after two months of violence: "Venezuela government seeks 'totalitarian' regime"
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuela's organization of Roman Catholic bishops is accusing the government of seeking totalitarian-style rule and has issued a statement which highlights "the fundamental cause of the crisis ...
3 April 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to the lawyer who defends Christians accused of blasphemy
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian activist and lawyer is closely following the cases concerning Asia Bibi and Sawan Masih, Christians accused and sentenced to death for blasphemy: this is why Sardar Mushtaq Gill, head ...
3 April 2014
AFRICA/MALAWI - Montfort Media and Luntha TV: two important missionary voices
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "With nearly 70 people, Montfort Media is a simple and complex reality, capable of producing newspapers and magazines as well as books on catechism for the benefit of those parishes that need t ...
3 April 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indigenous children continue to die of hunger and chronic malnutrition
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia, 12% of children suffer from hunger and chronic malnutrition across the Country, 70 % between 0 and 6 years of age that is to say 557 000. The indigenous population are deprived of dr ...
3 April 2014
AFRICA/CONGO DR - New incursions of Rwandan rebels denounced by civil society in North Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have intensified their attacks against civilians in the area of Busanza (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). According ...
3 April 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: the repetition of the word persecution of Christians plays into the hands of extremists
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The way and instrumental and misleading tones with which certain Western circles launch warnings concerning the persecution suffered by Christians in the Middle East responds to political calc ...
3 April 2014
ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of the Archbishop of Mandalay and successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 3, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Mandalay (Myanmar), by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Zinghtung Grawng, in accordance with ...
2 April 2014
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Thousands of people displaced due to the collapse of a dam; the Church’s appeal
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Masvingo in the south-west of Zimbabwe has launched an appeal to help thousands of people who have lost homes, land and cattle after the partial collapse of the Tokwe - Mukosi dam, ...
2 April 2014
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Six thousand migrants have died in 15 years, the U.S. Bishops celebrated a Mass at the border
Arizona (Agenzia Fides ) - "This Mass is for the 6,000 migrants who have died near a border wall in Nogales alone, 11 million people without documents, 30,000 children without parents who have fled. In the desert near he ...
2 April 2014
AMERICA/PERU - More than 600 former child workers have started school in the province of Chiclayo
Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child workers continues to spread, however, various humanitarian organizations are trying to protect the young victims. In the Peruvian province of Chiclayo there are over 3,3 ...
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