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30 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Christian Schools targeted by radical Muslims in Kashmir
Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - Christian schools are being targeted by Islamic extremists in Kashmir, accused of "proselytism". After the expulsion order against two Protestant and one Catholic missionaries (Pastors C.M. Kh ...
30 January 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - The cost of food increases, 250 000 people continue to suffer from hunger
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - After a pause of several months, clashes and feuds have broken out again in Somalia between clans and between 16 and 19 January, eight people died. In the country as well as the lack of securi ...
30 January 2012
AFRICA/SUDAN - Between kidnappings and massacres tension between Sudan and Southern Sudan increases
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - There is a growing tension in the border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, while the governments in Khartoum and Juba are throwing accusations of supporting the rebels operating in their ter ...
27 January 2012
AMERICA/HAITI - Manifesto for the defense of Haitian migrants human rights in Brazil
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The national and international Organizations in support of migration, together with migration research groups from different Brazilian universities follow with concern the reality faced by Haiti ...
27 January 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The parish of Ma Bu Gao Sha of the diocese of Wen Zhou in the footsteps of St. Paul’s missionary spirit
Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "In the footsteps of St. Paul and his missionary spirit, so that we are the salt of the earth and light of the world, becoming authentic Christians": is the wish of His Exc. Mgr. Zhu Wei Fang, ...
27 January 2012
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Faith is an anchor for the young, in times of crisis and unemployment
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faith is a point of reference for young Koreans, and is for them a firm anchorage in difficult times of economic crisis, unemployment, social unrest. This is what emerges from a rece ...
27 January 2012
ASIA/HOLY LAND - On Sunday, 29 January prayers will be held in 2500 cities around the world for peace in Holy Land
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The residents of about 2500 cities around the world will pray for peace in the Land of Jesus on Sunday, January 29. On the Fourth International Day of intercession for peace in Holy Land, a prayer ...
27 January 2012
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Horn of Africa: every day between 100 and 200 children under 5 years of age die
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the famine caused by the severe drought that has hit the area in the past 50 years, between 100 and 200 children under 5 years of age continue to die every day in the Horn of Afri ...
27 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Pastor stripped naked, beaten and humiliated by Hindu radicals
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Hindu extremists beat him, stripped him naked, humiliated and ridiculed him in public for hours, tying him to a pole: the Protestant Pastor Chandrakanth Kalappa Chavan (27 years old), who b ...
27 January 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - The first indictments for the violence of 2007-2008; appeals for peace on behalf of Christian leaders
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The National Council of the Churches of Kenya (NCCK, which includes most of the non-Catholic Christian denominations in the Country) has called on all Kenyans to accept peacefully the ruling of ...
27 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: "The Church contributes to a better India"
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of poverty, unemployment, corruption, lack of education, violence, religious fundamentalism, the Catholic Church intends to be a significant voice and make their own contribution ...
27 January 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We need a political solution to stop Boko Haram" says to Fides the Archbishop of Abuja
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of Boko Haram cannot be solved only at a security level, but a clear strategy is needed to involve all the political environments in the north of the Country, to cope with the issue," ...
26 January 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation of the Archbishop of Karachi and appointment of Successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on January 25, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Karachi (Pakistan), by His Exc. Mgr. Evarist Pinto, according to ...
26 January 2012
VATICAN-Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for the World Mission Day 2012
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Fides publishes Pope Benedict XVI's Message for World Mission Day, which this year will be celebrated on Sunday, October 21on the theme "Called to radiate the Word of truth":
HOLY FATHE ...
26 January 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Caritas Somalia: more than one million internally displaced people rely on international assistance
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - There are one million 356 thousand internally displaced persons in Somalia, of whom 500,000 live in the so-called Afgoye corridor. This is what the last Situational Report says of which a copy ...
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