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• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In defense of the rights of minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti remembered Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Religious minorities remain at the center of a political, religious and social debate in Pakistan. In view of the election to be held in March, a formal election procedure remains a point of c ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Former General Aoun: let us welcome Christians fleeing Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Former general Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (MPL), has launched an appeal to the Lebanese authorities so that the entry of new refugees in Lebanon of Christian Assyrians, Ch ...
• 3 March 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Archbishop of Bangui visits two militia leaders in prison Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I came to witness compassion to my children that are going through a difficult time. I came to tell them that God's love is strong, and they must not stop preaching peace", said His Exc. Mgr. Di ...
• 3 March 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Investigation into the embezzlement of funds allocated in the fight against Ebola virus Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - There are 40 people under investigation on charges of embezzlement of funds allocated in the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone. The investigation came after a check carried out by the Audit S ...
• 2 March 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - For observers of the Church: "Elections were held in a peaceful manner" Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - "We read (rather than heard) that there was 'tension in Lesotho'. There was no tension before or during the elections", says a note of the election observers of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the ...
• 2 March 2015
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Unexpected increase of cases of rotavirus in children: a thousand a week San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The most common cause of severe diarrhea in children is due to infection known as rotavirus. Each year, health authorities in Costa Rica are ready to face the peak of the disease starting from ...
• 2 March 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Not always employment is the way out of social exclusion Cadiz (Agenzia Fides) - 24% of the population of the province of Cadiz (South of Spain) is in a situation of social exclusion, we are talking about 297,000 people. This reality affects more than 100,000 families in Cadiz ...
• 2 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Testimony of Mgr. Vidal: "Promises arrive in Cúcuta, never decisions" Cúcuta (Agenzia Fides) - "So far Cúcuta is related more with Venezuela than with Colombian hinterland. This is a very busy border, where many cucuteños (inhabitants of Cúcuta) have family in Venezuela. Venezuelan stu ...
• 2 March 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The parish pastoral Councils answer the questions for the Synod on the family Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Pastoral Council of the Catholic parishes in Jordan gathered on Friday, February 27 at Our Lady Center of Peace in Amman to talk about issues and problems regarding the next Syn ...
• 2 March 2015
  AFRICA - "Do not lose hope aroused by the Arab Spring", say the Bishops of North Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Our region is in full transformation, the universal Church knows major transformations, our local Churches are changing: we strongly feel the call of the Lord to be more than ever 'Servant ...
• 2 March 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Each year 50 thousand deaths due to contaminated water and poor sanitation Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy pollution of river water by household and industrial waste in the Indonesian province of West Java, in particular Ciliwung and Citarum, is threatening the health of at least five million p ...
• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Lenten Mission in the suburbs in Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For the faithful in Jakarta Lent is a special time for mission in the suburbs. The communities of the archdiocese, from the biggest parishes to the smallest, from religious congregations to lay ...
• 27 February 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: "Stop murderous violence!" San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Venezuela have asked Venezuelan authorities to stop violence and not to resort to "methods or weapons that are contrary to the law", making clear reference to the death of t ...
• 27 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest killed in the east of the Country; the Bishop of Goma denounces insecurity in the area Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The treasurer of the parish of Mweso (in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), Father Jean-Paul Kakule Kyalembera, was killed in an apparent robbery attempt on the evening of 25 Fe ...
• 27 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 5 months after the death of the students of Ayotzinapa: a calm but critical attitude Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, February 26, five months after the disappearance of the 43 students of Iguala (Guerrero, Mexico), the Bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas, His Exc. Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, s ...