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• 23 June 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The exhortation of Mgr. Pante to 600,000 refugees welcomed in Kenya: "Do not lose hope" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Every 15 minutes a person becomes displaced in the world", recalled His Exc. Mgr. Virgilio Pante, Bishop of Maralal and Vice President of the Commission for Refugees and Migrants of the Kenya E ...
• 23 June 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops: "The representation of minorities in Parliament has to be ensured" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Every authentic and healthy democracy must ensure the representation of linguistic, ethnic and religious minorities in Parliament: with this belief the Catholic Bishops of Sri Lanka officially e ...
• 23 June 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Maldonado, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 June 2015 the Holy Father, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, by His Exc. Mgr. Francisco González Hernández, ...
• 23 June 2015
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Rwandan intelligence chief arrested in London London (Agenzia Fides) – It is believed that a diplomatic row will break out between the UK and Spain, on the one hand, and Rwanda on the other, due to the arrest of General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake in London, head of t ...
• 23 June 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal from Torit: the few NGOs that have remained in South Sudan must not leave over 4 million displaced alone Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary that the international community intervenes forcefully to stop the fratricidal war between the supporters of President Salava Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar", says, in ...
• 23 June 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Tensions between Druze and Israeli government for medical aid provided to the anti-Assad militiamen Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions between the Israeli army and the Druze residents of the Golan Heights continue after a group of them attacked an Israeli ambulance on Monday, June 22 which was carrying two militants ...
• 22 June 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros receives a delegation of Chinese People Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A Chinese delegation led by Wang Zuo'an, director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs of the Republic of China (SARA), was received on 18 June by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros I ...
• 22 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Two years after the attack against the elderly, the case has not yet been solved Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Two years ago members of the Sandinista Youth attacked a group of young people who were accompanying the elderly who were protesting outside the Nicaraguan Institute of Social Security to ask ...
• 22 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped on June 8 has been released, no ransom was paid Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Don Emmanuel Akingbade, the pastor of St. Benedict in Ido-Ekiti (in southwestern Nigeria), kidnapped on 8 June (see Fides 11/06/2015) has been released. This was confirmed to the local press by Hi ...
• 22 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Hunger strike in 12 states for political prisoners, the Church has been asked to intervene Mérida (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Merida, His Exc. Mgr. Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, yesterday met young people on hunger strike in Mérida, during his visit to the church of El Llano (see Fides 03/06/2015; ...
• 22 June 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Quevedo: "The disarmament of Islamic guerrillas is an important step for peace" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The beginning of the disarmament process of the Islamic militants of the "Moro Islamic Liberation Front" (MILF) is "a step that may seem small, but its importance should not be ignored": says C ...
• 22 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI – Fear is widespread as legislative elections approach Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Even today there are demonstrations against the third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza in some neighborhoods in Bujumbura" say local sources from the capital of Burundi to Agenzia Fides. " ...
• 22 June 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Reopening of the church of the miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves; gathering to protest against the arson attack Tabgha (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Christians in Galilee gathered on Sunday, June 21 at the Church of the miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, made the subject of an arson attack last Thur ...
• 22 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – The Bishops: "Joy and gratitude for the encyclical Laudato sì" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Pakistan have expressed "joy and gratitude to Pope Francis for the new encyclical Laudato sì", stating that "the Catholic Church in Pakistan welcomes it with open heart": is w ...
• 19 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "They have our support": Mgr. Conde receives young people on hunger strike and writes to the Pope Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, Bishop of the diocese of Maracay, received university students who have been on hunger strike since early June on June 17 in the Archbishopric (see Fid ...