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• 3 April 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indigenous children continue to die of hunger and chronic malnutrition Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia, 12% of children suffer from hunger and chronic malnutrition across the Country, 70 % between 0 and 6 years of age that is to say 557 000. The indigenous population are deprived of dr ...
• 3 April 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New incursions of Rwandan rebels denounced by civil society in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have intensified their attacks against civilians in the area of Busanza (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). According ...
• 3 April 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: the repetition of the word persecution of Christians plays into the hands of extremists Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The way and instrumental and misleading tones with which certain Western circles launch warnings concerning the persecution suffered by Christians in the Middle East responds to political calc ...
• 3 April 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of the Archbishop of Mandalay and successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 3, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Mandalay (Myanmar), by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Zinghtung Grawng, in accordance with ...
• 2 April 2014
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Thousands of people displaced due to the collapse of a dam; the Church’s appeal Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Masvingo in the south-west of Zimbabwe has launched an appeal to help thousands of people who have lost homes, land and cattle after the partial collapse of the Tokwe - Mukosi dam, ...
• 2 April 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Six thousand migrants have died in 15 years, the U.S. Bishops celebrated a Mass at the border Arizona (Agenzia Fides ) - "This Mass is for the 6,000 migrants who have died near a border wall in Nogales alone, 11 million people without documents, 30,000 children without parents who have fled. In the desert near he ...
• 2 April 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 600 former child workers have started school in the province of Chiclayo Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child workers continues to spread, however, various humanitarian organizations are trying to protect the young victims. In the Peruvian province of Chiclayo there are over 3,3 ...
• 2 April 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR – The Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga launches an alarm on the resumption of the violence carried out by the Bakata Katanga Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, launched the alarm on the resumption of the activities of the Bakata Katanga armed group, in the so-called "triangle of death", Pweto-Mit ...
• 2 April 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "For a future in freedom and democracy": Bishops' message after 50 years since the military coup Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Council for Pastoral Care (CONSEP) approved yesterday, April 1, a statement on the 50th anniversary of the civil-military coup, entitled "For a future in freedom and democracy". Th ...
• 2 April 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - At least 15 villages have been looted in Kutum Kutum (Agenzia Fides) - The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to attack the town of Kutum, in North Darfur. At least 15 villages in the north east of Kutum have been set on fire. According to the testimonies of the inh ...
• 2 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAN – Iranian Christian prisoner goes on hunger strike Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Vahid Hakkani, a Christian convert from Shiraz, went on a hunger strike, despite his poor health, to protest rejection of his conditional release appeal by jucidial authorities. Hakkani was arres ...
• 31 March 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks: conclusion of the 22nd session Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The 22nd session of peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC representatives (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) ended yesterday in Havana. The chief negotiator on behalf of the g ...
• 31 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Masih’s death sentence is the "death of justice": it is urgent to repeal the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We deplore Sawan Masih’s death sentence which has created further fear and insecurity among Christians in Pakistan. This verdict marks the death of justice in Pakistan". This is what was repor ...
• 31 March 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The creation of an African Criminal Court is urgently needed" said a scholar at the Catholic University of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to create an African Criminal Court to bring to justice those political and military leaders of the continent that are responsible for serious human right violations. This is ...
• 31 March 2014
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Half of the children live in extreme poverty Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the considerable progress made in the economic sector, millions of children in Cambodia are still deprived of basic rights such as health, education and housing, and all kinds of ...