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18 June 2015
AMERICA/PARAGUAY – Urgent need to eradicate child labor, which is dangerous and harmful to physical and mental development
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - According to official figures, approximately 436,000 children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years of age in Paraguay are exploited for different types of jobs out of a total population of ...
18 June 2015
ASIA/MALAYSIA - A new group: "Christians for peace and harmony in Malaysia"
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians for Peace and Harmony Malaysia" (CPHM) is the name of a new group that will strive for dialogue and the building of a peaceful and reconciled society in Malaysia.
As reported ...
18 June 2015
AFRICA/CHAD - Chadian aircraft raid in Nigeria against Boko Haram in retaliation to the attacks of N'Djamena
N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The Chadian air force today, June 18, hit six bases of Boko Haram in Nigerian territory. This was announced by the General Staff of the armed forces of Chad, adding that air strikes have cause ...
18 June 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch sends a message to Muslims for the start of Ramadan
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "At the beginning of this holy month, I send my Muslim brothers, my best wishes, hoping that God covers them with his blessings and protects our beloved Country, assuring it stability". This is ...
18 June 2015
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops: 25% increase in electricity prices means the poor will be the ones hardest hit
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in electricity tariffs will influence price hikes in food and other essential products that are used by the poor as the firms pass on their electricity price increases to cons ...
18 June 2015
EUROPE/POLAND - IV National Missionary Congress: "The joy of the Gospel, the source of missionary zeal"
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "A great celebration of the missions": this is how organizers and participants defined the IV National Missionary Congress, which was held from June 12 to 14 in Warsaw, organized by the Episcopal ...
17 June 2015
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Silent march in Tumaco: after 60 years of violence it is now time to form "a truly civilized society"
Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia has lived nearly 60 years of violence, I believe that all generations were born at least in part with the idea of war, attack, fighting and retaliation, I think it is time to think abou ...
17 June 2015
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops: dialogue is the only path to find solutions, violence is always destructive
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - With the title "The Bishops of Ecuador in the face of the situation in the country", the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference issued a statement, sent to Fides, which states: "the Church is present in t ...
17 June 2015
AFRICA/DR CONGO - "One votes on the basis of the existing electoral rolls" says the archdiocese of Kisangani
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Consultations between institutions, civil society and religious leaders continue with regards to the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at a central level led by President ...
17 June 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - Prayers to the Virgin of Fatima to invoke the election of a new President
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - With lawmakers failing to elect a president 24 times over the past year, Parliament chose another way on Tuesday, June 16 to help ease the deadlock: prayers. The prayers were held on the occasion ...
17 June 2015
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African leadership is accused of xenophobia
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - New xenophobic attacks have been denounced by the local Nigerian community residing in South Africa's Northern Cape.
According to representatives of the expatriate community, some cars be ...
17 June 2015
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Women and girls rebel against forced marriage
Maroua (Agenzia Fides) - "Aldepa" is an association of women which was established in the northern region of Cameroon, where the phenomenon of child marriage is widespread, and deals with the protection of the victims in ...
17 June 2015
VATICAN – The Pope: "the international community should act in a fitting and effective way to prevent the causes of forced migration"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of his general audience, held in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis launched the following appeal: "This coming Saturday marks World Refugee Day, promoted by the United Nations. We ...
16 June 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 March 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Rouphael Zgheib, of the Maronite clergy as National Director of the P ...
16 June 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "No to prejudice, yes to rights and participation": week of Migrants
San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Helping our communities to reflect and deepen the reality of migration, enlightened by the experience of this year’s Fraternity Campaign, whose theme 'Church and Society' has allowed us to ...
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