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15 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal of the civilians in peril of their life in Homs: "Let us go!"
Homs (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us go, in God's name!" Is a desperate appeal by Christian families and Sunni Muslims trapped in the old town of Homs. We are talking about 800 civilians, including women, elderly, youth, child ...
15 June 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - A project of "Shared Houses" for people living on the streets
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In Chile, 12,255 people live on the streets, among them 2,003 are adults and 725 children. 77% of them work as street vendors and parking attendants or do the cleaning in factories. Th ...
15 June 2012
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The rebels sabotage a pipeline: for the UN this "is a criminal act of intolerable war"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A criminal act of intolerable war." Thus, the spokesman MONUSCO (United Nations Mission in Congo) has defined the sabotage of water pipes serving 5 villages in the Rutshuru area, in North Kivu ...
15 June 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Third Missionary Congress is approaching: The Missio ad Gentes is the primary mission of the Church
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – In less than a month the Third National Missionary Congress of Brazil will begin, the event is strongly felt in the community. The Congress will be held in Palmas (Brazil), from July 12 to 15 ...
14 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Amnesty International: "The Syrian army guilty of crimes against humanity"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detentions and indiscriminate destruction of homes: are the actions carried out by the armed forces and "shabiha" government militias in Syria, that consti ...
14 June 2012
VATICAN - The Pope's general audience: "In prayer we open our hearts to the Lord so that He comes to dwell in our weakness, turning it into force for the Gospel"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St. Paul’s attitude makes us understand that "all the difficulties we meet in following Christ and bearing witness to His Gospel can be overcome by opening ourselves trustingly to the act ...
14 June 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - The collaboration of the laity and the priests, for better coordination of evangelization
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - To continue to promote maximum cooperation of the parish priests of the Council for the Laity of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei with the laity, for better coordination of evangelization and greater ...
14 June 2012
AFRICA - Children forced to eat locusts to survive famine
Gao (Agenzia Fides) - According to the humanitarian organization World Vision, founded by an American missionary in 1950, which deals with development and emergencies, West African children are forced to eat locusts to s ...
14 June 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Violence begets violence and it is always an insult to man" Bishop of Barrancabermeja’s appeal
Barrancabermeja (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B, Bishop of Barrancabermeja, has launched an appeal to the civil and military authorities, and to the whole community to join eff ...
14 June 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The CIMI denounces murders of indigenous people and invasions for the exploitation of their lands
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), organization of the Catholic Church in Brazil, presented in Brasilia the 2011 data on violence against indigenous peoples (see Fides 06/06/2012). The A ...
14 June 2012
AFRICA/DR CONGO - A multinational intelligence center to fight the guerrillas of the East
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The joint intelligence center of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL), which has the task to fight armed groups acting in the area, was inaugurated in Goma, capital o ...
14 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced marriages: the most common crime against women
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – he most widespread crime against women in Pakistan is forced marriage, says a Report of the NGO coalition "Free and Fair Election Pakistan" (FAFEN), which counted the official complaints rec ...
14 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Conversions and forced marriages: a new draft law is ready
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new draft law to combat the phenomenon of forced conversions and marriages was presented to the government by the "National Commission for Minorities in Pakistan", which in past months had r ...
14 June 2012
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Still deaths in the West, "There are too many weapons in circulation" reports the Bishop of Man
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of insecurity is real, especially in areas bordering Liberia. There are too many weapons still in circulation, criminal gangs that attack villages and create roadblocks on the roads ...
13 June 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Nan Chong studies the Apostolic Letter "Porta Fidei"
Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) - To implement the recommendations contained in the "Note with pastoral guidelines for the Year of Faith" published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Diocese of Nan Chong of ...
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