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29 May 2013
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks: First agreement on equitable distribution of land
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Colombian bishops believe that the land issue is central to building true peace. Indeed, the Church's social doctrine stresses the need for an equitable distribution of land and policies tha ...
29 May 2013
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Eritrean refugees protest against the regime in Asmara
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly three thousand Eritrean refugees have protested in the camp of Berahle in the Afar region of Ethiopia a few kilometers from the border with Eritrea.
The protesters wanted to draw the ...
29 May 2013
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops to the government: no to religious discrimination in textbooks
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The education and formation of the mentality of young people are one of the key points on which to intervene to change Pakistan, to reduce religious intolerance and to promote harmony and peac ...
29 May 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Vera López’ humanitarian mission
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishop Raul Vera Lopez OP will be part of a delegation of 12 observers who in the first half of June will try to enter Syria to collect data and information on the atrocities and hu ...
29 May 2013
ASIA/INDONESIA - Politics: "Yudhoyono has to act more to put an end to religious intolerance"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Adviser for Human Rights, Albert Hasibuan, asked the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to be more decisive with his subordinates, including local and regional lead ...
29 May 2013
AFRICA/SOMALILAND - More severe penalties to curb rapes in Somaliland
Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - According to official estimates, there were about 5,000 cases of rape in Somaliland in 2012, compared to 4,000 in 2011. The figures of Sexual Assaults Referral Centre (SARC), indicates an incre ...
28 May 2013
ASIA/LAOS - The government encourages women to sterilization, Christians defend life
Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - A family planning campaign launched by the Department for Health Care in the province of Huaphan (eastern Laos) encourages women to undergo surgical sterilization (tubal ligation). As reporte ...
28 May 2013
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration with the Pope: to pray for peace with North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration, will be broadcast from St. Peter’s Basilica next Sunday, 2 June, in communion with Pope Francis. The Archdiocese of Seoul will pray with a particular intenti ...
28 May 2013
ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II and Cardinal Sandri at the solemn inauguration of the American University of Madaba
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The official opening of the American University of Madaba, AUM, affiliated to the University of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, May 30. King Abdullah II of ...
24 May 2013
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - North Korea proposes a summit with the South: "hope re-opens", say the Bishops
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - North Korea has formally proposed to South Korea to host a joint event to commemorate the inter-Korean summit of 2000, which marked the beginning of a detente and rapprochement phase (the so-calle ...
24 May 2013
EUROPE/SPAIN - Africa Day: Economic growth is not reflected on the population
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, we celebrate Africa Day and, despite the macroeconomic estimates declare an increase of 5.1% in the continent in the last year, this is not reflected in the various sectors of society: ...
24 May 2013
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "British-born Adebolajo is not a Nigerian": the Nigerian community in London react
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian press is giving prominence to the murder of British soldier which took place on May 22 in the London area of Woolwish, by two people carrying weapons. The first identified killer, Mic ...
24 May 2013
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: the Palestinian problem is the focus of all conflict in the Middle East for the last one hundred years
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no doubt that the Palestinian problem is the focus of all conflict in the Middle East for the last one hundred years. This is the truth that we cannot circumvent". This is what the Patr ...
24 May 2013
ASIA/INDIA - A new future for Christians in Karnataka
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - There may be a different future: made of respect for human rights, dialogue, justice and harmony for Christians in Karnataka, one of the major Indian States. After the local elections on May 5 ...
24 May 2013
AFRICA/CONGO - The erection of the new diocese of Dolisie (Republic of Congo) and appointment of the first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis on 24 May 2013, erected the new diocese of Dolisie (Republic of Congo), with territory taken from the diocese of Nkayi, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of B ...
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