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12 May 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - Parties of the two blocs signed a document of "national partnership" proposed by the Maronite League
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Eight Lebanese parties, related to both blocs that for years have dominated the national political scene, have agreed to sign a document entitled "National Partnership to strengthen the state and ...
12 May 2015
ASIA/LAOS - The Vicar of Paksè: "We hope the 17 Laotian martyrs can be celebrated all together"
Paksè (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very happy for the recognition of martyrdom of Father Mario Borzaga, young missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Paul, Laotian catechist. We look forward to the successful out ...
12 May 2015
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops urge to "work for reconciliation in view of elections"
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Disarmament, reconciliation of souls, truth about the recent past of the Ivory Coast, equal justice, forgiveness, dialogue among political opponents and within the parties themselves. These are ...
12 May 2015
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops call for urgent action and dialogue, "No more violence" for the Tia Maria case
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 50 days have gone by since the protests started in Islay, a village near Arequipa, about 800 km south of the Peruvian capital, against the Southern Copper mining project, and government and protest ...
12 May 2015
AFRICA/GHANA - Appeal from Christian leaders: "Young people, stay in Africa, Europe does not guarantee comforts and pleasures"
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We are saddened by the news of many African migrants perishing in the deserts of northern Africa and the Mediterranean Sea and call on African states and Governments to institute proactive measur ...
12 May 2015
AFRICA/EGYPT - Positive comments and controversy over the case of the Ethiopian Christians freed in Libya thanks to the Egyptian intervention
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The recent case of 27 Ethiopian Christians abducted in Libya and released thanks to the decisive involvement of the Egyptian apparatus is arousing positive appraisal regarding the efforts by the E ...
11 May 2015
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Liberia was declared free from Ebola, but MSF warns that the outbreak is not yet over
Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday, May 9, 2015 after 42 days without a new case of the virus. However, MSF warns that, w ...
11 May 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Armendáriz to candidates: "We want proposals rather than promises"
Santiago de Queretaro (Agenzia Fides) - "We all want proposals rather than promises. For example, those who promise to build more hospitals, we ask you to support the existing hospitals and give good service to our peopl ...
11 May 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lynching in Youhanabad: 47 Christians detained in prison
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Forty-seven Pakistani Christians have been held in prison on charges of being involved in the lynching of two Muslims which occurred after the two suicide attacks against two churches in Youhanab ...
11 May 2015
AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops warn: "A Government that cannot protect its own people loses its legitimacy to govern"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Kenyans are worried and desperate. The Government, which swore to protect Kenyans, seems hopelessly incapable of offering permanent solutions to perennial insecurity", said the Kenyan Bishops i ...
11 May 2015
AMERICA/CANADA - First sanctuary in Canada for St. Gianna Beretta Molla: "She is like one of us"
Winnipeg (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday many parts of the world celebrated "Mother's Day", but in Canada, in Winnipeg the day of celebration was special because the whole community celebrated the inauguration of the first s ...
11 May 2015
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishops' Letter for the "Pacific Games": Sport, a tool for growth
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church recognises sport to be one of the great institutions of our society that helps individuals realise their human potential and builds up the bonds of the community, foste ...
11 May 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: politics and diplomacy is needed for peace in the Middle East, not military intervention
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Middle East crisis haunts the peoples of Palestine, Iraq, Syria and Yemen who "suffer the violence of war" and "aspire to fair, global and lasting peace". But the advent of peace is only pos ...
11 May 2015
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Salafi leaders: let us close all the churches in the Country
Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - We have to close all Christian churches scattered on the Algerian territory, and turn them into mosques, where possible. This is the proposal launched by the Algerian Salafist leader Abdel Fatta ...
11 May 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI – There are already more than 50,000 Burundian refugees in neighboring Countries
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Burundi, the protagonist of one of the best reintegration programs for refugees in recent years, sees again part of its population seeking refuge abroad because of the political crisis linked ...
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