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• 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 ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The aid of Caritas after the earthquake has begun to bear fruit Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In the two months following the earthquake on 25 April, Caritas Nepal has reached over 269,000 people in need of assistance and provided accommodation to 54 thousand families. People have rece ...
• 30 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "We are losing the values and respect for life", warns Cardinal Brenes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Archbishop of Managua Leopoldo Brenes has warned that society is losing respect for life and moral values, referring to violent crimes that have occurred in various parts of the country ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Thousands of Christian families fleeing Hassakè. Archbishop Hindo: jihadists have found support in the local population Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) – Fighting takes place in the Syrian city of Hassakè, the largest town in the northeastern province of Jazira, after the jihadist militants of the Islamic State (Daesh) managed last Thursday, ...
• 30 June 2015
  VATICAN – Ceremonial gift of the pallium to 46 Metropolitan Archbishops, 13 belong to the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29, according to custom, the Holy Father blessed and delivered the pallium to 46 Metropolitan Archbishops appointed during the yea ...
• 30 June 2015
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Do not abandon Tunisia, otherwise you will find the extremists at home", says the pastor of Sousse Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "They want to punish Tunisia for its democratic progress. This is why it must not be left alone" says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Tunisia, who ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian accused of blasphemy mocked by his lawyers Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Humayun Faisal, mentally disabled accused of blasphemy in Lahore, will remain in prison as his lawyers have withdrawn their request for bail. As reported to Fides by the pool of Chr ...
• 30 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops denounce insecurity and threats to family Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo denounce the insecurity in the north, east and south of the Country, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides at the end of their 52nd Plenary Assemb ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A thousand victims in five days due to heatwave Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Following the wave of scorching heat that is hitting Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan where there are 23 million people, 950 people have died in just five days. The morgues are not enough t ...