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8 June 2012
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The precautions that would prevent death due to pneumonia and diarrhea of 2 million children
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - There is a serious disparity in medical treatment and preventive treatment of diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. If the young ones of the 75 countries which have the highest infant mortalit ...
8 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - False accusations: a Christian pastor in prison accused of fraud
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor Mehboob Yaqoob was arrested and charged with fraud by police in Lahore. The Pastor is the victim of deception and was denounced and dragged in on false charges by ...
6 June 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN-The delegation of Taiwan: leaving for Dublin to attend the International Eucharistic Congress
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful who will represent the local Church of Taiwan at the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, will leave on June 8 for their pilgrimage to Ireland. Led by His Exc. Mgr. John B. ...
6 June 2012
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE-Health care for the inhabitants of the district of Caia and 3 other neighboring districts
Padua (Agenzia Fides) - After 3 long years of waiting, a new hospital in the district of Caia, in the province of Sofala has just opened. According to information Fides received, thus far health activities were carried o ...
6 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN- Asma Jahangir receives threats on behalf of secret Services: solidarity of the Church and civil society
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asma Jahangir, well-known lawyer and leader in the protection of human rights in Pakistan, is in danger: her life is threatened by sectors of the Pakistani establishment and the powerful intel ...
6 June 2012
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "When the repression began, the Church was not silent": the testimony of Cardinal Quezada
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - There are many accounts submitted to Fides Agency regarding the valuable role carried out by Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala, who died on June 4 at the ...
6 June 2012
AFRICA/LIBYA - "The Catholic community has resumed its activities," says the Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi
Benghazi(Agenzia Fides) - "We have resumed the normal pace of our activities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi, in Libya. "Today, for example, we celebrate the Novena of Our ...
6 June 2012
AFRICA/MALI - Serious human rights violations in the north continue
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Mali for the Protection of Human Rights (AMHR) has reported serious violations of human rights in the North African area controlled by Tuareg rebels and the armed Islamist grou ...
6 June 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - First report on violence against indigenous peoples
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) will present on 13 June the 2011 Annual Report on violence against indigenous peoples in Brazil. The presentation will take place at the headquarters o ...
6 June 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - At least 16 suspected members of Boko Haram killed in a security operation
Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were killed in a major operation conducted by the army in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. After having surrounde ...
6 June 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor killed in Tamil Nadu
Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor C. Wilson, 54, was murdered in Tamil Nadu, in South India. His body was found last Saturday, June 2, near a highway and, according to police, his skull was fractu ...
5 June 2012
ASIA-The Asian Bishops: enhance religious institutes for the mission of the Church
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - For the mission of the Church in Asia the contribution of the institutes and religious congregations, called to collaborate with the Bishops, clergy and laity is essential. This is why the Offic ...
5 June 2012
ASIA/CHINA-Five years of the "House of the Faithful", where the laity immigrants cultivate their faith in order to evangelize others
Ning Bo (Agenzia Fides) – To provide a reference point to the faithful lay people from other places where one can live the life of faith, develop the sense of belonging to the Church and therefore to be able to evangel ...
5 June 2012
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-The Diocese of Bangassou welcomes the victims of the "tyrant of child soldiers"
Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - For about 5 years, the Bishop of Bangassou, His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre, welcomes boys and girls who succeed in escaping from the criminal Joseph Kony, "the tyrant of child soldiers", in ...
5 June 2012
AFRICA/LIBYA - "Libya is free, but it is a freedom that must be conquered," said Bishop Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm again. When we left this morning at 7 am after Mass, we did not notice anything special " said His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli to F ...
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