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13 April 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of fifty young men and women religious in the Amazon
Itaituba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for the Amazon, together with those for Youth and Missionry Action of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), in collaboration with the Conference of Relig ...
13 April 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - The Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX: the Pope's words on the Genocide express the conscience of mankind, they are not "against" anyone
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Turkish government's strategy to prevent from speaking of the Armenian Genocide is failing. This is why there is tension and the diplomatic reactions of Turkey are so harsh. But the Pope spoke ...
13 April 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - Northern Iraq's displaced get own radio station
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A radio station at the service of the refugees in northern Iraq, belonging to different ethnic and religious groups - Christians and Muslims, Kurds, Shiites eyazidi - forced to flee their homes be ...
13 April 2015
EUROPE/ITALY - 150 years after the delivery of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to the Redemptorists
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 June 2015, the Redemptorists around the world will begin the celebrations of the 150th anniversary (1866) of the delivery of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to the Congregation of the ...
13 April 2015
AMERICA/PERU - Many children grow up in prison with their imprisoned mothers
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 200 children aged three live with their mothers held in 31 prisons in Peru. The note, issued by the National Penitentiary (INPE) and sent to Agenzia Fides, ensures that the young, male and f ...
13 April 2015
AFRICA/SUDAN – Elections contested by the opposition begin, while tension increases with South Sudan
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The 7,100 seats in the polls for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Sudan open today, 13 April. The vote, which will run for three days, was boycotted by the main opposition partie ...
13 April 2015
AFRICA/GABON - Heavy clashes in Libreville after the death of a prominent opposition figure
Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - Unrest in Libreville, capital of Gabon, after the announcement of the death of André Mba Obame, one of the leading opponents in the Country. The death occurred in Yaounde, Cameroon. He was a ...
13 April 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremist leader: "Sterilise Christians and Muslims in India"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The population of Muslims and Christians is growing day by day. To rein in this, Centre will have to impose emergency, and Muslims and Christians will have to be forced to undergo sterilisati ...
10 April 2015
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - New appeal to the President to finally solve the problems of immigrant families
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of detaining immigrant families fleeing violence in Central America will be a "stain" in the legacy of President Barack Obama and in the image of the country, said leaders religi ...
10 April 2015
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From the disaster in Sewol, a seed of peace and resurrection
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The disaster of the Sewol ferry can become a seed of peace and resurrection: with this spirit the Korean Church is experiencing a time of prayer, a year after the tragedy on 16 April 2014, when th ...
10 April 2015
ASIA/VIETNAM – Children of the war return to Vietnam in search of relatives
Ba Ria (Agenzia Fides) - Some of the 4,500 Eurasian children that at the end of the Indochina War (1946-1954) were sent to orphanages in France, have just returned to Vietnam to search their relatives who were left behin ...
10 April 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - The rediscovery of the value of assisting the sick
Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - In Indonesia, where Catholics are only 5%, Good Friday is still a holiday throughout the Country, in order to give the opportunity to Catholics to live the historical event of the passion and de ...
10 April 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - In Jordan and Palestine Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter according to the Julian Calendar
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Since last Wednesday, April 8, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal has been in Jordan to preside the liturgies of Holy Week, that the Latin Catholics of the Hashemite Kingdom are celebrati ...
10 April 2015
AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "Who knows must denounce the terrorists; the government has to address the obvious breakdown in the security intelligence system"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope the Government will get to the bottom of this problem of terrorism and radicalization with a view to proactively stemming such incidences from recurring", said the message of condolence ...
10 April 2015
ASIA/VIETNAM - A new law on religions is being studied
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Vietnam is considering the possibility of reforming the law regulating religious communities in the country: according to some representatives of Christian Churches, government o ...
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