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15 March 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - Gunfight at the Dadaab camps where 500,000 Somalis live; "situation at breaking point" says Caritas Somalia
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A gunman this morning killed two civilians and seriously wounded a third person in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, where more than 500,000 Somali refugees live. The security alarm had ...
15 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop: "Christians powerless, while the conflict is headed into the unknown"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The suffering which we live is great. We are assisting the tragedy helplessly. Fortunately, the Holy Father Benedict XVI fills the void demanding peace, justice, dialogue and reconciliation" M ...
15 March 2012
AFRICA/RWANDA - Mgr. Misago has died, Bishop of Gikongoro, accused and acquitted for the genocide in 1994
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of His exc. Mgr. Augustin Misago, Bishop of Gikongoro in the south-west of Rwanda, who died suddenly on March 12 was held today March 15.
Mgr. Misago was arrested in April 1999 follo ...
15 March 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - Warning of the overflowing of the rivers in the north and south of the country: thousands of people harmed
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand people have been affected by heavy rains that are breaking down in the northern part of the country. In the southern region of Magallanes y Antártica a violent storm, cons ...
14 March 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA-Appointment of the Rector of the national major Seminary "St. John Vianney "in Pretoria
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on November 18, 2011 appointed rev. Simon Molewe Machingoane, of the diocesan clergy of Witbank (South Africa) as Rector o ...
14 March 2012
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE-Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary, "Sts John Fisher and Thomas More" in Harare
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 6, 2011 appointed rev. James Ndhlalambi, of the archdiocesan clergy of Harare as Rector of the inter-diocesan ...
14 March 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - The preparations for the "Congress on the ministry of the laity" next October
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the objective of the sanctification of oneself indicated by the Year of the Laity; promoting the threefold ministry (prophetic, priestly and regal) of the laity; encouraging the ...
14 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Girl converted to Christianity thrown out of her house and beaten by Hindu extremists
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Rekha is a girl who a few months ago discovered the message of Jesus Christ and embraced him in her life. Her conversion, however, was not accepted by her parents, of Hindu faith, and other mem ...
14 March 2012
AMERICA/CUBA - The government of Cuba opens a website for the papal visit
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "This are brave people!" Said Esteban Lazo Hernandez, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba, with respect to "a sincere welcome, joyful and well-organized, with full guarantee of safety, ...
14 March 2012
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A helpline dedicated exclusively to children
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - In Sierra Leone children often find themselves having to handle a variety of negative situations: from personal, family, educational, legal and child labor problems to unemployment, exclusion, ...
14 March 2012
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops against free trade of drugs
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, His Exc. Mgr. Socrates Rene Sándigo, Bishop of Juigalpa, has declard to be against the decriminalization of the drug trade in Central Ame ...
14 March 2012
AFRICA/MALI - As the conflict continues in the north, the Archbishop of Bamako invites "not to lose hope for peace"
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The conflict continues, but I can say that there is a strong mobilization to calm tempers. There are also several examples of solidarity on behalf of ordinary people, both towards the families o ...
14 March 2012
AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Cerials and seeds to prevent famine in the south of the country
Nouakchott (Agenzia Fides) - Many places in southern Mauritania, an area mainly devoted to agriculture and cattle breeding, are facing a food crisis that threatens to degenerate into famine if no action is taken immediat ...
14 March 2012
ASIA/NEPAL - The Apostolic Vicar: "Less corruption, more unity: urgent need to finalize the Constitution"
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The political future of Nepal could be rosy if "corruption and patronage politics are effectively contrasted, if the forces come together for the common good. It is necessary to overcome the ...
14 March 2012
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas launches a project for the victims of the LRA in northeastern DRC
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas has launched a reintegration project for more than 28,000 victims of the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Bondo and Butu, in Bas-Uele District of Oriental Province, in no ...
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