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31 May 2012
ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches closed, bans and threats to Christians: religious freedom denied in Sumatra
Medan (Agenzia Fides) – Threats to Christians, they are not allowed to gather to pray , churches are closed, appeasement of the civil authorities: is a disturbing picture on freedom of religion for Christians in Sumat ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio in prayer in Qusayr to stop the sectarian conflict
Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - The minaret wakes him in the night, but in doing so, "helps him in prayer before dawn, that of the monks of the East". An oasis of prayer "in the middle of the fight, in an enclosed city; constan ...
30 May 2012
AFRICA - "We cannot afford to add terrorism to our long list of problems," says the Archbishop of Abuja
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - No African country is immune against the kind of terrorism that has invaded Nigeria and this is why religions in Africa must reject all forms of fanaticism that threatens to turn into violence. ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian refugees welcomed by the Jesuits in the convent of St. Vartan
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Families of displaced Syrians, fled from the conflict that raged in the west of the country, found hospitality and were welcomed in the Convent of St. Vartan, run by the Jesuits in the Midan neig ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - More impetus to mission: the Sisters of Providence 250 years since its founding
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelization continues to be the top priority for the Sisters of Providence, said of Portieux (Soeurs de la Providence de Portieux) that celebrated the 250th anniversary of the foundation ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Christians kidnapped: after Houla, they are possible target for revenge
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Christians are a possible target of revenge by armed groups and Sunni Islamic militants who want to avenge the massacre of Houla. And they are privileged victims of kidnappings. As fa ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/TURKEY - Prime Minister Erdogan. "Abortion is murder, yes to the law to abolish it"
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "Abortion is murder": is what the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a meeting with groups and women's associations in Turkey. "What is the difference between killing a ...
30 May 2012
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Taylor sentenced to 50 years imprisonment, "but who will pay the victims of violence?" Asks a missionary
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a sign that men should remember to atone their sins, but it is not true justice, which we leave to the mercy of God," said Fr. Gerardo Caglioni, a Xaverian missionary with a long experie ...
30 May 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Meeting of Families in Milan: Bolivia present, with a NO to gay couples
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Before leaving for Milan (Italy) headquarters of the Seventh International Meeting of Families, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Bascopé, Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, said that for the four Bolivian c ...
29 May 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas strongly condemns the "DIY justice"
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz, has strongly condemned the scourge of the "DIY justice". "It is really scary to know when someone is lynched, as if it were a significant fa ...
29 May 2012
ASIA/CHINA-With the Day of Prayer for the Church in China "the springtime of the Church" has arrived
Shao Guan (Agenzia Fides) - With the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China "spring has arrived for the church of Shao Guan", in the diocese of Guang Zhou: is what the local priest said. In fact on May 24 the local ...
29 May 2012
AFRICA/EGYPT - Presidentials: runoff between the candidates of the Muslim Brotherhood and the army
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The two realities better organized won: the Muslim Brotherhood, thanks to their social networks spread throughout Egypt, the military and the great bureaucracy state " say to Fides local sources ...
29 May 2012
AMERICA/HONDURAS - The plight of migrants repatriated by force to their country
Toncontin (Agenzia Fides) - "Poverty, social status and violence are the factors that continue to push our compatriots to leave the country, following a dangerous path, full of pain and suffering," said Sister Valdete Wi ...
29 May 2012
ASIA/NEPAL - Civil Society: a power vacuum, there is a risk of violence and profiteering
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Uncertainty, lack of clarity and perspective, fear dominates the social and political climate in Kathmandu, shaken yesterday by protests outside the headquarters of the Constituent Assembly, w ...
29 May 2012
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Rwanda denies supporting the Congolese guerrilla
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Rwanda has denied with a note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo, the allegations contained in a confidential report of the United Nations on the recruit ...
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