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• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions "against human dignity": Christians support the new law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Conversions and forced marriages are "contrary to human dignity, human rights, fundamental freedoms of every individual, inscribed by God in every human being." For this reason "as Christians, we ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "In Kaduna calm has returned, and security forces are doing their best," the Archbishop told Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is quite calm. The police have limited the curfew, which now ranges from 6 pm to 6 am. The population has been able to resume its activities in the hours when the curfew is not in f ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Tropical Storm Talim causes severe flooding in the coastal provinces of the country Fuzhou/Haikou (Agenzia Fides) - The province of northeastern China's Harbin is facing serious flooding due to the tropical storm Talim that brought heavy rains. This is the fifth storm of the year and is the eastern and ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The army: "Yes to the exit of civilians from Homs," but they become human shields Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The 800 civilians trapped in Homs are caught between the crossfire, unable to get out, exploited in the conflict, now used as human shields: is the alarm that reaches Fides Agency by representative ...
• 19 June 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mgr. Ferrazzetta, first Bishop of Bissau, commemorated in his hometown Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 17 June, the small town of Selva di Progno, town and diocese of Verona, brought together Guinean of origin and Guinean of the heart, in the birthplace of His Exc. Mgr. Settimio Ferrazzett ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III Laham: "National Dialogue to end the conflict" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - To come out of the Syrian crisis and end the conflict, "it is urgent that all Syrian unify efforts for a genuine national dialogue" is what the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Gregory III ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Battle in the streets of Damaturu between the army and Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Damaturu, capital of the State of Yobe, north-east of Nigeria, was the scene of a real battle between the Boko Haram sect and the military of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF). The battle began ...
• 18 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope for World Refugee Day: "I hope their rights are respected and that they may soon be reunited with loved ones" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "World Refugee Day sponsored by the United Nations will be celebrated on Wednesday, 20 June, - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Angelus on Sunday, June 17 -. The Day wants to a ...
• 18 June 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Mass Attack against Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Nightmare for Christians in Orissa, eastern India is back. A Pastor and the entire community of a Christian village, about 12 families, were violently attacked and injured by an organized gr ...
• 18 June 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Saltillo: "Do not sell your vote, it is a moral issue" Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) - Two weeks before the presidential election, Mgr. Raul Vera Lopez, Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, has launched an appeal urging the people not to sell their vote, because the corruption that ...
• 18 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGER - The inhabitants of Tibiri organize themselves to deal with the hunger that affects the region each year Tibiri (Agenzia Fides) - In Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, every year six million people out of 18 million inhabitants of the desert region of Sahel in West Africa, suffer from famine situations. Thank ...
• 18 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks in Kaduna: the testimony of the Bishop of Zaria to Fides Agency Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I was preaching during the second morning Mass, when around 9, we heard a loud explosion. The car bomb created a crater 2 feet deep, all around there was broken glass, rubble and burning cars ": ...
• 18 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Civilians trapped in Homs are likely to die of hunger Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "Save us, we are hungry": is the appeal launched by the families of Homs, seeking the intervention of humanitarian organizations. The situation for about 800 civilians (half Muslim Sunni, half ...
• 18 June 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Clashes between police and farmers: 17 victims, the Bishops call for an end to violence and to respect laws Curuguaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Paraguay express their deep regret at the deaths of police officers and farmers which occured on 15 June, during a procedeure of eviction in Curuguaty, and express their solida ...
• 18 June 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Conflict in Syria and appointment of the Bishop of Homs in the Synod of the Greek Melkite Church Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict in Syria, the plight of the approximately 300 thousand greek-Melkite Catholic faithful in Syria, the appointment of the new Greek-Melkite Bishop of Homs: are among the topics on the ...