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20 March 2015
AFRICA/EGYPT - Hospitals in Al Azhar open their doors to Christian doctors
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Abel Hai Azab, dean of the University of Al Azhar - known as the greatest theological center of Sunni Islam - has announced the decision to take advantage of Christian doctors and professors withi ...
18 March 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Millions of children deprived of education: schools destroyed or used as shelters for the displaced
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the beginning of the conflict in Syria, there are currently more than 5 million children and 2 million displaced who have sought refuge in neighboring countries. According to est ...
18 March 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report on conflicts over water in Brazil: 42 000 families involved
Paranà (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has announced the imminent publication of the Report on conflicts over water with data related to the year 2014. According to some data already disclosed, last ...
18 March 2015
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Elections: the Archbishop of Medellin urges the socio-political formation of the community
Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 October the regional elections will be held in Colombia to choose mayors, councilors, governors and deputies. "For a successful outcome of such an important civil event in the life of soc ...
18 March 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregoire III: "one is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in the Middle East"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "One is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in Syria and the Middle East. We are a sovereign Country with a legitimate government, which is responsible ...
18 March 2015
AFRICA/DR CONGO - New violence in North Kivu: "there is an attempt to block the operations against the FDLR" denounces civil society
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From east to west, from north to south, there is insecurity in the territory of Rutshuru", says a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by the Civil Society of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republ ...
18 March 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - No trace of the schoolgirls abducted in areas reconquered by the army
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian military have found no trace of the 200 girls abducted in April last year by Boko Haram, in the territories they reconquered in northern Nigeria. "In the liberated areas we made some ...
18 March 2015
AFRICA – One out of 5 people with Ebola is a child
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - 20% of cases of Ebola recorded so far in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are children. Ebola continues to be a tragic reality for nine million children living in infected areas.
Besides moni ...
18 March 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Bishops meet in Homs
Homs (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, March 17 the Catholic Bishops of Syria met in Homs, on the occasion of the assembly that sees them together twice a year in order to reflect together on the pastoral and charitable serv ...
17 March 2015
ASIA/CHINA - Even the "24 hours for the Lord" in the Lenten journey of the Chinese Catholics
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in mainland China are preparing themselves for Easter, following the indications of the Lenten Message of Pope Francis. According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, the d ...
17 March 2015
AMERICA - Human rights and extractive industries in Latin America: the position of the Church
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Catholic Church in Latin America will be heard in open court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), in Washington, on Thursday, March 19. Here th ...
17 March 2015
ASIA/INDIA – The Bishops: "Violence against nuns, a crime of which India should be ashamed"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Physical violence inflicted on religious women, the rape of an old and sick nun, the desecration of consecrated hosts, are ruthless and inhumane acts, of which all citizens of India should be ...
17 March 2015
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appeal for the victims of Cyclone Pam: 54 000 children affected
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Appeals have been launched to help the thousands of people affected by a devastating cyclone that has battered Vanuatu and other parts of the Pacific.
Martin Teulan, National Director of Cathol ...
17 March 2015
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Diocese of Cochabamba in solidarity with the children of TIPNIS
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday will be the Fifth Sunday of Lent, and we want to make a collection in all the churches, in all communities of Cochabamba, with a key objective, namely, our solidarity, our love f ...
17 March 2015
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Justice and Peace: "Our initiatives for conflict resolution and environmental protection"
Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - A structure or a continental reconciliation committee in the event of conflicts, a committee that is able to go wherever there is need for mediation. This is one of the decisions taken at the e ...
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