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26 June 2013
ASIA/PAKISTAN - From social conflict to religious violence: fear of Christians in Punjab
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Interfaith tension in Rahim Yar Khan, a town in Punjab. An episode of conflict between Christians and Muslims has generated mass protests of Christians and could escalate into open anti-Christian ...
26 June 2013
AFRICA/KENYA - 15 victims and about twenty wounded in an attack by an armed group from Ethiopia
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 15 victims (including 6 women and 5 children) and about twenty wounded. This is the toll of an assault carried out on June 23 by an armed gang in Choroko, in the County of Mandera, on t ...
26 June 2013
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church condemns the assault against the elderly who ask for a pension
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "How can one keep silent with regards to an unjust act against the elderly who are an example for us and for our future," said Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, Mgr. Silvio Baez. T ...
26 June 2013
EUROPE/RUSSIA - Patriarch Kirill: let us collect funds for Christians in Syria
Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - An amazing collection of money in all the churches of the Patriarchate of Moscow, to be allocated to the Syrian people torn by civil war. The initiative was launched yesterday, Tuesday, June 25, ...
26 June 2013
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Minister for Minorities and Human Rights in Punjab is Catholic, but the budget is low
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is a Catholic minister in the government of Punjab province, the heart of Pakistan, at an economic, political and cultural level. His name is Khalil Tahir Sindhu, a lawyer elected from the ...
26 June 2013
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The instability of Katanga at the center of the Congolese political struggle
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The failed assault on Kasapa prison in Lubumbashi by an armed commando highlights once again the insecurity in the province of Katanga.
The assault was carried out in the night between 22 and ...
25 June 2013
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul: "A year of pastoral service, with the smell of the sheep"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To evangelize according to Pope Francis’ words, when he says that "Pastors must have the smell of the sheep": is the pastoral perspective of the Archbishop of Seoul,His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom S ...
25 June 2013
ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Jesuits launch a new educational project and a new school
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits launch a new educational project in Cambodia: a secondary school with four classes per year, and a small elementary school will be built in Battambang. The project also includes a ...
25 June 2013
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The university conflict has to be resolved in a positive way " ask the Bishops
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Venezuela (CEV) has launched an appeal to the government and university field in order to create a space of "real and sincere dialogue" in order to find an immediate s ...
25 June 2013
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The social fabric is completely torn" the Bishops write to the President of Transition
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The rebellion led by the coalition Seleka has shaken the foundations of national unity. The Central Africans live in fear and distrust." This is the cry of alarm launched by the Bishops of the C ...
25 June 2013
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - There is still no news of a priest who has been missing for 4 days
Monteria (Agenzia Fides) - There is much concern among the faithful for the priest Nestor Dario Buendia, 35, who works in the parish of San Antonio de Padua in the village of Cereté (about 500 km north of Bogota) who ha ...
25 June 2013
AFRICA/TOGO - "Social peace is threatened, we work for reconciliation": Bishops' appeal
Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "When social peace is threatened, no disciple of Christ can close himself in indifference or withdraw from the call of the Gospel to be a peacemaker. This is what the Bishops of Togo write in the m ...
25 June 2013
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church: thanks to the army, bulwark against chaos
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the demonstration against the government of Morsi convened on June 30 - the first anniversary of his rise to power - by opposition forces, the Coptic Orthodox Church published a message ...
24 June 2013
ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Church in aid of the victims of the "tsunami of the Himalayas"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India "joins the efforts of the government and other voluntary organizations in bringing solidarity and humanitarian aid to victims of the disasters that hit the people of the states o ...
24 June 2013
AFRICA/MALI - Meeting of Caritas on the humanitarian crisis in Mali
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Steering Committee (COPIL) of Caritas, that have initiated a program of emergency aid to help people affected by the crisis in the north of Mali, begins today in Bamako.
Accor ...
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