ASIA/LAOS - Converted to Christianity? Two soldiers discharged
Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of May 2012, Khamsorn and Tonglai, two members of the security forces in the village of Alowmai in the district of Phin, part of the province of Savannakhet, converted to Christia ...
22 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Homs: "Respect the humanitarian truce"
Homs (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to respect the humanitarian truce in Homs reaches Fides Agency by representatives of the Christian community, civic leaders and important Sunni Muslims of the city. Families trapped ...
VATICAN - Pope’s appeal: "to immediately end the killing in Nigeria"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the general audience on Wednesday, June 20, Holy Father Benedict XVI launched the following appeal "to an immediate end to the killing of innocents " in Nigeria: "I am following with ...
ASIA/SYRIA - Truce in Homs, but civilians cannot leave the city yet
Homs (Agenzia Fides) – There is truce between the Syrian army and rebels: after long and difficult negotiations, a cease-fire agreement was reached to allow the release of civilians trapped in Homs. However, say Fides ...
AFRICA/COMOROS - Flooding, damage to crops, diseases due to heavy rains
Moroni (Agenzia Fides) - Following the heavy rainfall recorded in the wet season from November to May, about 65,000 inhabitants of the Comoro islands, corresponding to 8% of the population, have been severely affected by ...