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14 April 2012
AFRICA/TANZANIA - A Catholic priest killed while trying to stop a fight
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - two young people were arrested by police in connection with the murder of Father Anastasius Nsherenguzi, a 43-year-old Catholic priest in the diocese of Kayanga (Tanzania), who was serious ...
13 April 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against women: civil society and religious minorities to the streets
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - To stop violence against women, promote equal rights for women in society, eradicate the scourge of "forced conversions" were the objectives of the demonstration held yesterday, April 12, in Laho ...
13 April 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "Professional schools and education to improve the status of women"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for Harmony intends to undertake programs of education and formation to improve the condition of women in the Christian community in Pakistan. This is what Paul Bhatti, Sp ...
13 April 2012
ASIA/CHINA - More than 3 000 faithful members of the parish of Wu Guan Fang welcome 5 newly ordained priests
San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3,000 faithful of the parish of Wu Guan in the Diocese of San Yuan Fang, province of Shaan Xi, welcomed 5 new priests on April 10, in the climate of the Easter joy. According to what ...
13 April 2012
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Uncertain situation in Bissau after a coup attempt
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning the situation is calm, even if the radios are closed and do not transmit. It is therefore difficult to obtain reliable information " say to Fides local sources from Bissau, capital ...
13 April 2012
ASIA/CAMBODIA-Helping orphaned children or disadvantaged communities to build their future
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Under the acronym HELP the activities promoted by the Don Bosco Children Fund (DBCF) in Phnom Penh, Poipet, Battambang and Sihanoukville are carried out. This is a special program of the Don ...
13 April 2012
ASIA/MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on February 24, 2012 confirmed Rev. Michael Velankanni Arokiasamy, of the diocesan clergy of Kuala Lumpur as National Dire ...
13 April 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The tension is favoringing speculators and the poorest are the first victims": missionary’s testimony from Malakal
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Panic is spreading, in our opinion, justified in part, that risks damaging the weak" refer to Fides missionary sources from Malakal, the capital of South Sudan Upper Nile, not far from the border ...
13 April 2012
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Around 700 000 children living on the streets
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - All over the world there are 250 million "street children": they are the poorest of the poor, completely marginalized, they live, work and sleep on the street. According to estimates by the Spanis ...
13 April 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 850 000 maltreated children who work in precarious conditions
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Half of the Bolivian population, over 5 million people, is 17 years or less old, and among these, approximately 850 000 children and adolescents working in dangerous and poorly paid activities ...
12 April 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions to Islam: Summit of the National Commission for Minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for Minorities, Pakistan's governing body, will dedicate a specific meeting with regards to the old question of forced conversions to Islam. This is what the Minister o ...
12 April 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians kidnapped in Karachi: a hostage has been released
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A Pakistani Christian, Symond Andre, kidnapped more than a month ago in Karachi, was found in past days and is free. The man had been kidnapped at the end of February, with a colleague during a ...
12 April 2012
EUROPE/POLAND - The Polish parliament is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Cardinal Kozlowiecki, a missionary in Zambia for 50 years
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "In search of reconciliation - with open hands" is the title of the exhibition dedicated to the figure of Cardinal Adam Kozlowiecki (1911-2007), missionary in Africa for half a century, inaugurat ...
12 April 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic Community in New York: at Easter 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations
New York City (Agenzia Fides) - During Easter there were 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations in the three churches attended by the Chinese Catholic community in New York, according to what was reported to Fides by Faith o ...
12 April 2012
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 29, 2011 confirmed Rev. Edgar Orozco Alfaro, of the diocesan clergy of San Isidro de El General as National Di ...
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