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13 June 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A program to eliminate the scourge of child laborers in coal mines
Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - In the region of Sinifaná, rich in coal mines, mining is used in the traditional and illegal way, and children are used as a source of cheap production. In the local culture, tradition consid ...
13 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Christian and Sunni Civilians trapped in Homs: negotiations for a cease-fire
Homs (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 800 civilians trapped in the historical center of Homs, to be rescued, while the fighting rages between the army and opposition forces barricaded in the city. Among the civi ...
13 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - A Greek Catholic Church desecrated in Qusayr: an alarm signal
Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - A band of radical militiamen broke into the Greek-catholic church of St. Elias in Qusayr this morning, near the town of Homs, desecrating it. The militiamen forced the door, rang the bells in moc ...
13 June 2012
AFRICA/LIBYA-Tensions in different parts of Libya, but the people want peace and tranquility
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing tensions in different parts of Libya as a result of attacks and clashes between militias. In Misratha, a bomb hit the local headquarters of the International Red Cross, injuri ...
13 June 2012
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious Freedom and the New Evangelization on the Bishops’ agenda
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Today, June 13, the Assembly of Bishops of the United States of America begins, after a long campaign in the local Churches so that the Bishops can officially express their worries about viol ...
13 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Kidnappings and threats against Christians in Karachi
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Armed gangs of Islamic radical militants continue to terrorize the Christians of the district Essa Nagri, the largest Christian settlement in the city of Karachi, where about 50 thousand faithfu ...
13 June 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Give back the $ 4 billion stolen from the State" enjoins President Kiir to 75 officials
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Parliament of South Sudan has passed a resolution suspending 75 addressees of the letter from public office in which President Salva Kiir urges them to give back $ 4 billion stolen from state f ...
13 June 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Rights of children without protection: they work instead of playing, studying and resting
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty, migration, broken families are among the causes which force many children and teenagers to work. In Bolivia, there are 850 thousand boys, girls and teenage workers, accounting for 28% of ...
13 June 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5 elements for sustainable development: Caritas Internationalis for Rio +20
Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - A call for a paradigm shift "toward a new civilization of love for humanity, which concentrates every action in the dignity and well-being of men and women": So says Caritas International ...
12 June 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - Position and rights of disabled people in society and the Church: 30 years of service of "Faith and Light"
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The thirty years of service to disabled people on behalf of the community, "Faith and Light" in Hong Kong have always been inspired by one purpose: to give disabled people their position and r ...
12 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Christian killed in Qusayr, where two priests confirm the ultimatum to Christians
Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Maurice Bitar was killed in Qusayr, near the town of Homs where the Christian population - about a thousand people out of 10 thousand who lived there before the beginning of the vio ...
12 June 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - "We need a new pedagogy for evangelism," says the Archbishop of Concepcion
Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - " Dios anda por estos lados, yo lo he visto" is the title of a photo exhibition organized by the Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali, which will be presented soon in El ...
12 June 2012
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Minors abandoned: more than one million poor children, deidicate themselves to begging and crime
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The reality of most Paraguayan children is very serious. Out of 2,500,000 children, 1,100,000 are poor. The situation gets more and more serious with the current change of season and cold weath ...
12 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - "Reconciliation": in Homs Syrian civil society take to the fields for a non-violent solution
Homs (Agenzia Fides) – It is called "Mussalaha", which means "Reconciliation", and is an extraordinary non-violent popular initiative born in civil society in Homs, a city torn by conflict between the regular army and ...
12 June 2012
AFRICA/TUNISIA - The Salafists are few but well organized
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The Salafists are few but are concentrated in crowds in the places where they stage their protests. In this sense they make a bad impression" says to Fides Agency Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Direc ...
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