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23 March 2015
AFRICA/EGYPT - The conviction for the Salafist leader who tore up a copy of the Bible confirmed
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Court of Appeal confirmed the sentence to five years in prison against the preacher Ahmed Mahmoud, also known by the nickname Abu Islam, convicted for having torn the pages of a Bible ...
23 March 2015
AFRICA/LIBYA - After two days of bombing, the situation is calm in Tripoli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Tripoli is quite calm. We do not know yet how long the calm will last", report local sources to Agenzia Fides from the capital of Libya.
The government of Prime Minister Abdul ...
23 March 2015
AMERICA/CANADA - The Canadian Bishops in solidarity with CELAM: Defense of creation and problems regarding mines
Ottawa (Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Canada, His Exc. Mgr. Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau, expressed solidarity with and support for the Episcopal Council of Latin America CELAM in ...
23 March 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan: "We need a change in policy, people are tired"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There has to be change in the policy of Nigeria, no matter who wins on March 28", said Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria. On March 20, in his speech for ...
23 March 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian President invited to the canonization on 17 May
Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, has invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to attend Mass for the canonization of the Blessed Palestinians, Sister Marie Alphonsine Ghattas an ...
23 March 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: "Close schools in sign of protest against the violence on Christians"
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "We demand the closure of the schools of the Archdiocese of Mumbai on March 25, to protest against the attacks on Christian institutions": this is what Catholics of the state of Maharashtra say, ...
23 March 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - Caritas supports 80 thousand people without food or health care
Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - Charity and social justice are part of the institutional mission of Caritas Mexico, that has just published a document in which all the initiatives carried out in a year in the Mexican state o ...
20 March 2015
AMERICA/HAITI - Three murders a day: unprecedented wave of aggression, crimes and violence
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At least 164 people were killed in violence between January and February in Haiti: this was stated by the National Commission Jistis ak Lape (JILAP, in Creole, Justice and Peace in Italia ...
20 March 2015
EUROPE/SPAIN - Every minute a child dies due to lack of drinking water
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the next World Water Day, scheduled for March 22, the NGO Plan International recalled that every year about half a million children die due to the lack of access to drinking in ...
20 March 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Thottunkal: "India should be concerned about human rights, not just cows"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "India should be as concerned about its people, as it is about its cows": said Indian Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). The ...
20 March 2015
AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Tunisians, peaceful people who want a democratic Country are those who suffer the most" says the Director of the PMS
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Tunisians are deeply saddened because they are the first to experience the violence of the terrorists", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Jawad Alamat, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) ...
20 March 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian Bishop writes to the jihadists: our Church does not identify itself with any armed group
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The Assyrian Church of the East – to which hundreds of Christians in the Khabur valley taken hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) belong – has chosen not to identify itself with a ...
20 March 2015
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Project which involves women to bring electricity to poor communities
Siuna (Agenzia Fides) - A three-hour drive from the town of Siuna, Nicaragua, surrounded by vegetation, is a small community with no electricity, just like many others throughout Latin America.
Recently, thanks to a pr ...
20 March 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The pastor of Youhanabad: "Critical situation, let us pray with the Via Crucis"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is critical. Many people are afraid of an attack by Muslims in Youhanabad after the traditional Friday prayers in nearby mosques. But there is a massive deployment of police. We, t ...
20 March 2015
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops of the diocese on the border: enough with violence and more attention towards the youth
Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) - Some Bishops of the United States and Mexico consecrated the border between the two countries to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 17, at the Cathedral of ...
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