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20 April 2015
AFRICA - Senegalese NGO: "An international coalition to combat human trafficking"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An international coalition to curb illegal immigration, at the origin of tragedies such as the sinking of a boat with at least 900 migrants in the early hours of Sunday, April 19 off the coast of L ...
20 April 2015
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - New date for the V Eucharistic Congress: September 16 to 20
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Fifth National Eucharistic Congress, initially scheduled from 1 to 5 July in Tarija, will undergo a change of date, following the announced visit of Pope Francis in Bolivia. According to the ...
20 April 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - Every day two thousand weapons smuggled into Mexico from the United States
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican government is discussing the Law on Arms thanks to the initiative of the President of the Republic. In this context, the Archdiocese of Mexico through its weekly "Desde la Fe", c ...
20 April 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - Thousands of "invisible" children: without access to education and healthcare
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Opportunities are few for those who live in Jakarta’s slums. That is especially true for children. Some collect plastic bottles and sort through trash, others play the banjo on local buses for ...
20 April 2015
AFRICA/KENYA - "The real aim of Al Shabaab is to spark religious conflict, let us not fall into that trap", say the Islamic leaders
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The real aim of Al Shabaab is to spark religious conflict in Kenya between Christians and Muslims. Kenyans of different faiths should not fall into that trap. We have lived together in harmony ...
20 April 2015
AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina on Ethiopian Christians massacred: the martyrs are those in whom the great and consoling victory of Christ shines
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarchs and Catholic Bishops of Egypt, have gathered in Cairo for their regular assembly that sees them together twice a year, and will dedicate part of their common pastoral reflection to ...
17 April 2015
AFRICA/GABON - "The decline in oil revenues is causing negative effects on social life", says President of the Episcopal Conference
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The drop in oil prices is having a negative impact on social life in Gabon, one of the largest producers of crude oil in Africa. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan, Bishop of Mou ...
17 April 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Assembly of Bishops: "Without trust and participation we cannot go forth!"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishops are preparing a message, in view of the elections to be held on 7 June, which will stress that society must actively participate in the democratic process in order to mee ...
17 April 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Vandalizing acts against a Catholic church in Uttar Pradesh
Agra (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic church in the city of Agra, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has been the object of vandalizing acts. As reported to Fides, Fr. Eugene Lazarus, the pastor of the church of Santa Mar ...
17 April 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian government dedicates a garden to the Martyrs of the Assyrian Genocide in the center of Damascus
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian government has offcially titled as "Garden of the Syrian martyrs" Qishleh garden, in the center of Damascus, to coincide with the centenary of the massacres of Christian Syrians, Ass ...
17 April 2015
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Floods favor the spread of the chikungunya virus
Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador declares chikungunya ‘state of emergency’, an infectious disease transmitted by the insect vector of dengue hemorrhagic fever. According to the latest data released by the local M ...
17 April 2015
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops condemn the outburst of xenophobic violence: "we are a nation of peace who conquered apartheid"
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has observed with sadness the outburst of xenophobic violence in Durban which the Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier ha ...
17 April 2015
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic communities towards the Jubilee of Mercy
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholic communities have welcomed the publication of the "Misericordiae vultus" Bull that proclaims the special Jubilee of Mercy, and are already intensely living the preparation ...
17 April 2015
ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Christian Cemeteries vandalized in Mosul and in Galilee
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The militiamen of the Islamic State (IS), who since last June have been controlling Mosul, have ravaged the oldest Christian cemetery of the city, publishing pictures of the destruction of the tom ...
17 April 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shots fired against a Catholic school in Lahore, three injured
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, gunmen opened fire on a school in Lahore, the "St Francis High School", a Catholic high school located in the district of Bahar, in the Anarkali area. This was reported by sources i ...
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