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22 May 2015
AFRICA/MALAWI - "Justice and Peace": "The state budget has to give priority to flood victims"
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - " We encourage you, our honourable parliamentarians to consider the plight of those affected by floods and droughts. Through this forthcoming budget deliberation currently in progress, the affe ...
22 May 2015
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In the tragedy a light of life: the funeral of 33 of the 84 deaths due to the landslide in Salgar
Salgar (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Salgar, devastated between 18 and 19 May by a huge landslide caused by a flood, yesterday celebrated the funerals of 33 victims. On Monday, May 18 the flood razed the village of Las M ...
22 May 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - More than 630,000 signatures for political Reform and transparent elections
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On the national Day of mobilization against the constitutionalization of corruption, over two thousand people participated in the march in favor of democratic political reform. The demonstratio ...
22 May 2015
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society denounces the ambiguous role of the army in the massacres in the territory of Beni
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the territory of Beni, in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) people continue to be victims of massacres and thefts" says a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the Peace Network for ...
22 May 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - It is no longer compulsory to indicate one's religion on identity cards
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It is no longer compulsory to indicate one's religion on identity cards in Indonesia. Indonesians, under the heading "religion", can leave a blank or indicate a faith outside of the six official ...
22 May 2015
AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros speaks at the conference on the "Coptic Diaspora"
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to take care of all the questions and demands that come from our people". This is the message that Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II wanted to launch on Thursday, May 21 during the f ...
22 May 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - 106 indicted for the murder of two Christians burned alive: "A step towards justice"
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a step towards justice. We hope that justice is done in a case that shocked the Christian community in Pakistan": is how father Waseem Walter, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societ ...
22 May 2015
ASIA/NEPAL - UNICEF’s psychosocial counselling on air
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - UNICEF has provided two medical tents in front of the Dhading Hospital in Dhadingbesi, to meet the demands of the increased number of patients visiting the hospital, especially with injuries ...
21 May 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church cannot support an electoral process that is likely to divide citizens
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where protests continue against the decision of President Pierre Nkurunziza to stand for election for a third term. The President announc ...
21 May 2015
VATICAN - The Pope recalls the Day of Prayer for the Church in China on May 24
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience yesterday, May 20, the Holy Father recalled the next World Day of Prayer for the Church in China with these words: "On the 24 May, the Catholics in China ...
21 May 2015
AMERICA/HONDURAS - "With courage and more faith": Danilo Aceituno lived at the service of God and of the Church
Suyapa (Agenzia Fides) - Two huge banners with his image and his famous phrase "with courage and more faith" were placed on both sides of the altar of the Shrine of Suyapa, during the funeral of Danilo Aceituno, the most ...
21 May 2015
ASIA/JORDAN - Educational project for young Christian refugees who have fled from north Iraq
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - English courses, computer science and physical education for Iraqi Christian girls and boys who with their families have sought refuge in Jordan, after having fled from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain ...
21 May 2015
EUROPE/SPAIN - Support for an alternative model for the regional economy developed by Caritas
Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of southern Spain, who met in Cordoba for the Ordinary General Assembly on 19 and 20 May, expressed their support for an "alternative economic model" developed by Caritas in order to ...
21 May 2015
EUROPE/SPAIN - Hunger is not inevitable: 350 thousand children in the world against child malnutrition
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, May 22, in more than 30 countries in the world, about 350,000 children will take part in the "Race Against Hunger", an initiative promoted by the humanitarian organization Acción contr ...
21 May 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Punjab moves to protect women victims of violence
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Punjab cabinet has introduced a bill for the protection of women victims of violence. The draft law also provides for the establishment of vigilance Committees to monitor the implementation o ...
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