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15 April 2015
ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli President visits the heads of Christian churches for Easter
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - President Reuven Rivlin yesterday April 14 2015, visited the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Old City, for a meeting with the heads of Christian Churches in Israel for Easter. This was rep ...
15 April 2015
AFRICA/SUDAN - 70 thousand bags of Carcinogenic Sugar distributed in South Darfur
Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The total load of contaminated sugar recently distributed in South Darfur reportedly consists of 70,000 sacks of 50kg.
A source revealed to Radio Dabanga that prominent South Darfuri members of ...
14 April 2015
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Representatives of the Commission for the inter-institutional relations of CAM 5 elected
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - During the preparatory meeting of the V American Missionary Congress (CAM 5) held yesterday, April 13, at the Cardinal Maurer house, in Cochabamba, the President and Secretary of the Commissi ...
14 April 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops in Ibadan: "We are concerned about the violation regarding the sanctity of life"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The present situation of continual bloodshed due to wanton killing, terrorism, inter ethnic conflicts, ritual killing, armed robbery, murders, traffic accidents and suicide in Nigeria seriously c ...
14 April 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders and politicians united for peace, against terrorism
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A special day of prayer for peace in Pakistan, with the participation of religious, political and social leaders, and intellectuals: this is the initiative organized in recent days by the Council ...
14 April 2015
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Easter resurrection and the birth of twins in one of the most forgotten areas in the world
Jijiga (Agenzia Fides) - We have just concluded the Easter celebrations in the eastern region of Ethiopia known as Somali, named by the Somali people who live there. Even in the heart of Islam a group of faithful celebra ...
14 April 2015
AMERICA/CHILE - Floods force more than 40 000 children not to go to school
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - A tsunami of mud and floods hit the Chilean Atacama desert region, in the north of Chile, causing deaths, people missing and thousands injured as well as more than 40 thousand children ...
14 April 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Bombings on Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo, also two young Salesian animators killed
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The fierce ongoing war in Syria "has hit the children of Don Bosco again". This is what the Salesians of the Middle East write in the statement which reports the news of the death of two young br ...
14 April 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - Meeting between the Church and those responsible of the elections: no to boycott
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Lorenzo Córdova, met with members of the Permanent Council of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, for an exchange of views on the June ...
14 April 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mgr. Kaigama: "It is worrying that we do not know anything about the Chibok girls one year after their kidnapping"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Our thoughts go to the girls and their families", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, one year after the kidnapping o ...
14 April 2015
ASIA - Peace and Justice in Asia: challenges of the future
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We reaffirm our commitment to work for the equality of human beings and for the rights of marginalized groups such as women, minorities, tribal, indigenous peoples. We feel the duty to promote ...
14 April 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Kirill: The Russian Orthodox Church supports the creation of the Palestinian State
Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian Orthodox Church "expresses its support for the demands and aspirations of the Palestinians to create their own State, in implementation of UN resolutions". This is how Patriarch Kiril ...
13 April 2015
VATICAN - Jubilee of Mercy: "This is a time for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Why a Jubilee of Mercy today? Simply because the Church, in this time of great historical change, is called to offer more evident signs of God’s presence and closeness... This is a time ...
13 April 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A boy, burnt alive because a Christian, is in serious condition
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A 14-year-old Christian teenager, Nauman Masih, was burnt alive by some young Muslims who Nauman did not know. The young man is now in hospital in Lahore, where he is struggling between life and ...
13 April 2015
ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of the Archbishop of Taunggyi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 April 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, Myanmar, by His Exc. Mgr. Matthias U Shwe, in accordance with canon 4 ...
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