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16 September 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "How many people have to die before they have justice?", since 1983 at least 50 indigenous leaders have been killed
Campo Grande (Agenzia Fides) - "How many people have to die before reaching the conclusion that we need to do something concrete for peace, respect for human rights and justice for all?". The question is posed by His Exc ...
16 September 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI - UN warning: "The crisis in Burundi can trigger a broader regional conflict"
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a risk of a major conflict in the Great Lakes region, which no one can predict the proportions" if the political crisis in Burundi is not resolved. This is the warning launched by Pa ...
16 September 2015
AFRICA/CAMERUN - Over 300,000 refugees welcomed in Cameroon, to which are added 100,000 IDPs
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - Only one African country, Cameroon, welcomes over 300,000 refugees from Nigeria and the Central African Republic, according to data from the Inter-ministerial ad hoc Committee responsible for ma ...
16 September 2015
ASIA/JORDAN - The Jordanian proposal: let us set aside the term "minority"
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In order to find effective and lasting solutions to conflicts and sectarian rifts that disrupt the Middle East, it is necessary to break free from the language and the logic that interpret the soc ...
16 September 2015
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the tomb of Mother Teresa, "a model of love for God and for the poor"
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Mother Teresa "will continue to be an inspiration and model of love for God and for the poor; a beacon of light and hope; a friend and intercessor to all; and, as she always was, a caring Mothe ...
16 September 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Hundreds of cases of extrajudicial killings
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - There are between 150 and 200 people who were found dead in what appears to be extrajudicial killings in Bujumbura and in the "Rural Bujumbura", the suburban area of the capital of Burundi. Th ...
15 September 2015
ASIA/LAOS - A Protestant Pastor killed in a cold-blooded manner by the police
Luang Prabang (Agenzia Fides) - There is confusion among Christians in Laos: Christian Protestant Laotian Pastor Singkeaw Wongkongpheng was killed in a cold-blooded manner by the police in the province of Luang Prabang. ...
15 September 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic activist threatened with death by Hindu radicals
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The well-known Catholic intellectual and human rights activist John Dayal has received death threats by radical Hindu groups. This is what Fides learns from sources in the Indian Catholic comm ...
15 September 2015
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A Comboni Congolese missionary wounded in a road ambush
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A Comboni missionary of Congolese nationality was injured in a road ambush in Lakes State in South Sudan. The event took place on 11 September. According to Church sources contacted by Agenzia Fide ...
15 September 2015
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Nearly half of all children live in the poorest households
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - 49.2% of Uruguayan children live in a situation of complete poverty. This probelm affects almost half the country's children between 0 and 11 years of age. This was reported by the Continue A ...
15 September 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - "In Mexico there is no real administration of justice" says the Archdiocese of Mexico
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "International Shame" is the title of the editorial of "Desde la Fe" magazine, the main body of information of the Archdiocese of the Mexican capital, which denounces the situation of the ad ...
15 September 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Preparation for World Mission Sunday 2015 begins
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil called a press conference on September 17, to present World Mission Campaign 2015. The campaign aims to awaken the Christian commitment to the m ...
15 September 2015
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni on his visit: the enthusiasm of the Church in Bangladesh, the vivacity of the Church in India
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "It was really comforting to see the small Church in Bangladesh with such enthusiasm that I would define overwhelming": this is what the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Pe ...
15 September 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - One death due to malnutrition every 10 hours, 2 out of 10 children do not have adequate food
Resistencia (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest report released by the Ministry of Health of Argentina, one person dies every 10 hours in the country for problems due to malnutrition. Following the recent death fro ...
14 September 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Christians to the President of India: "Justice for the victims of the massacres in Orissa"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – To do justice for Christian refugees in Orissa, displaced from the district of Khandamal, after the anti-Christian massacres of 2008: is what Rashtrapathi Bhavan, President of India says to ...
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