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22 June 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN – The Bishops: "Joy and gratitude for the encyclical Laudato sì"
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Pakistan have expressed "joy and gratitude to Pope Francis for the new encyclical Laudato sì", stating that "the Catholic Church in Pakistan welcomes it with open heart": is w ...
19 June 2015
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "They have our support": Mgr. Conde receives young people on hunger strike and writes to the Pope
Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, Bishop of the diocese of Maracay, received university students who have been on hunger strike since early June on June 17 in the Archbishopric (see Fid ...
19 June 2015
AFRICA/MOROCCO - Child workers decrease, except in rural areas
Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - According to reports from the National Labour Survey widespread recently by the Commissariat Général du Plan (HCP), news of which was sent to Agenzia Fides, in the last 15 years, the phenomenon ...
19 June 2015
ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations: To serve the Church and become witness of faith
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To serve the Church becoming witnesses of faith and love with a life dedicated to the Lord: this is the common thought of the new priests and new deacons ordained in this period, as well as the ...
19 June 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Unanimous condemnation of the arson attack on the church of Tabgha
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released by the official media of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land expressed strong condemnation of the arson attack agains ...
19 June 2015
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The number of refugees worldwide increases, half are children
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - A report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was announced recently in Geneva, in which the great concern over the dangerous wave of mass forced displacement worldwide emerges, w ...
19 June 2015
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Mpanda to the young: "Go and vote in the October elections"
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "Go and register as voters and know that your vote will make a difference by voting for good leaders; make sure that you use your democratic right by voting on the day of the election", ur ...
19 June 2015
AMERICA/CUBA - Catholic radio through Internet
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the island of Cuba will be broadcast on digital radio "cristoenlinea.com". The project was born in the diocese of Saltillo, Mexico, and has developed at a na ...
19 June 2015
AFRICA/MALAWI -The government spends $ 145 million for a military contract while 400 are needed for flood victims
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Malawi announced plans to renegotiate a military contract of 145 million dollars with a single South African company, which had been canceled in 2013 on the grounds that it vi ...
19 June 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Urgency to set up a "special investigation team" for cases of blasphemy
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – There is need to form a "Joint Investigation Team JIT"; to release Asia Bibi and all other defendants in prison on charges of blasphemy: is what the "Pakistan Christian Congress" (PCC) asks fo ...
19 June 2015
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer and fasting for peace and reconciliation in Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Fasting and silent prayer for peace: this is how the Korean Church celebrates the Day of Peace and Reconciliation that, since 1965, the community lives on the Sunday before June 25, the day when w ...
18 June 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The first Congress on intercultural and interreligious dialogue
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The organizational meeting of the "First International Congress on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue" to be held from November 16 to 18 on the theme "A path towards peace" was hoste ...
18 June 2015
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Schools closed for ebola: child abuse, teenage pregnancy, prostitution are on the rise
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The epidemic of Ebola in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent closure of schools to prevent the further spread of the disease, have exacerbated the phenomenon of child exploitation and violence aga ...
18 June 2015
ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: "Martyrs teach us to love till the end"
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Cambodian Bishop Chhmar Salas and fellow martyrs launch us an urgent appeal: be brave and be faithful. All this was possible thanks to Jesus Christ, who loved everyone till the end, offering ...
18 June 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND – Suspected arson attack against the Church of the miracle of the loaves and fishes in Galilee
Capernaum (Agenzia Fides) – A suspected arson attack carried out between Wednesday 17 and Thursday June 18, by unidentified extremists devastated the church in Tabgha, the village located about three kilometers from Ca ...
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