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• 2 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Terra Sancta Museum" ceremony of laying the foundation stone Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the creation of the "Terra Sancta Museum", a profound desire of the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land, took place at The Franciscan ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Floods destroy homes and buildings, there are two thousand displaced Douala (Agenzia Fides) - A week of heavy floods, caused by heavy rains have hit the economic capital of Cameroon, Douala, and has caused the death and destruction of homes and buildings in the city, as well as two thousa ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church after the jihadist attacks in Sinai: we are on the side of the military fighting "evil forces" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After a series of attacks carried out yesterday by jihadist groups against 18 army posts in north Sinai, the Coptic Orthodox Church expresses sympathy and full support to the Egyptian military. I ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - More and more weapons circulate even among the opposition, a very worrying situation Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of victims in yesterday’s clashes is higher than reported by official sources, that speak of 6 dead", say local sources to Agenzia Fides from Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where ...
• 2 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The police save a Christian accused of blasphemy from being lynched Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - New case of blasphemy charges against a Christian in Pakistan. As Fides learns, in the town of Farooqabad, in Punjab, the young Awais Qamar, son of Saraj Masih, was denounced when neighbors saw h ...
• 1 July 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Procession at sea on Easter Island for St. Peter, praying for the Pope's visit Valparaiso (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, is deeply felt in different parts of Latin America, where fishing is a major activity for the economic sustenance of families. Also on ...
• 1 July 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - An international conference in Erbil to found the "League of the Chaldeans" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The International Conference of the founding of the "League of the Chaldeans", an organization strongly backed by Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis I as a tool to address the political and social p ...
• 1 July 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - School lunch program to fight malnutrition and school dropout Moamba (Agenzia Fides) - Primary education and access to basic health services for school age children are the target of the non-profit Cooperative Development Center (CCS), which has been involved in promoting a better ...
• 1 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three missionary nuns forced to leave Pakistan Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Three Filipino missionary nuns of the Congregation of the "Religious of the Virgin Mary" will have to leave Pakistan. The High Court in Islamabad has in fact confirmed the decision of the Mini ...
• 1 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Two hundred thousand Burundian refugees abroad, some priests forced to flee because of threats Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we celebrate national independence. The celebrations in the center of the capital, Bujumbura, are taking place without problems, but the suburbs are blocked due to the presence of oppos ...
• 1 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A radio station to help farmers in Bundelkhand Tikamgarh (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Bundelkhand has about 250,000 listeners, of whom 99% are farmers, distributed in ten villages that form Bundelkhand, agricultural region of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. This vast re ...
• 1 July 2015
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Twenty years of commitment to the reception of migrants Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – To develop guidelines on the pastoral theme of reception and solidarity towards migrants and asylum seekers: is the mission of the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office within the Bish ...
• 1 July 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The indifference of the state in the face of a situation of injustice denounced by the Bishop of Dourados Dourados (Agenzia Fides) - "For the umpteenth time the diocese of Dourados has become the scene of clashes between indigenous people and farmers, revealing the indifference and inhumanity of the executive and the judicia ...
• 1 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Precarious security and non-existent infrastructure in the areas liberated by Boko Haram" reports the Bishop of Yola Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Many refugees would like to return to their villages and return to work in the fields, but different areas formally liberated by Boko Haram are still dangerous", says His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Dami M ...
• 1 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - New jihadist threats to the Christians in Jerusalem. Palestinian leaders: suspicious operations Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A new leaflet signed by the "Emirate of Jerusalem" containing threats to the Christians of the Holy City was found in the neighborhood of Jerusalem of Beit Hanina. The text of the paper found ...